It was another crazy day at the office, and I needed something nearby and quick for lunch. Rickshaw Dumpling Truck was only 1/2 block away and they don’t usually have a long line, which fit the bill perfectly. Today’s Lunch is the Thai chicken basil dumplings with peanut sauce ($6) and a cold noodle salad ($3) from Rickshaw Dumpling Truck. (Note: This was a few days ago.)
New and repeat food truck festivals are taking place this weekend in NYC and Boston.
In an encore performance of a very successful debut, the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market is having another Gourmet Food Truck Bazaar…and Boston is holding it’s 1st Annual Food Truck Festival.
“From wontons to pierogis, the dumpling is a beloved eat in many cuisines. Wai Hon Chu, the chef behind the cred-securing title The Dumpling: A Season Guide, huddles with authors Jayne Cohen and Tom Birchard (of Veselka fame) on Thursday, May 27th to extol the greatness of a cooked ball of dough. Chu knows his stuff, with a background that includes stints at March and the Russian Tea Room, and select dumplings are on hand to give the talk some delicious context. ” - Jason Jude Chan
It was another crazy day, so I didn’t have time to go anywhere but right near my office for lunch. Being by 57th & Broadway, there aren’t a lot of good food trucks or carts around here, but the Rickshaw Dumpling Truck parks on 57th St & 8th Ave every Wed (this lunch was yesterday).
I’ve had Rickshaw dumplings several times, and while I can’t say they are the best dumplings you’ll ever have, with the lack of Chinese restaurants in this area, they have become my go-to place for dumplings. My favorite so far were the thai chicken & basil dumplings, but I’ve also had the edamame dumplings and the shrimp dumplings.
Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times The Go Burger truck, run by the BLT restaurant group.
The BLT Restaurant Group will inaugurate a restaurant on wheels the weekend of April 17 and 18 when its new Go Burger truck heads out to street fairs around the city. It will have a menu of burgers, hot dogs, a breakfast frittata, a salad, sweets and milk shakes, $3 to $9.
On Saturday (17th), it will be at the Police Athletic League festival on University Place between Waverly Place and 14th Street, and on Sunday (18th) it will be on 45th Street between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue for the Times Square Spring Block Party.
The Go Burger truck’s locations can be found at goburger.com and twitter.com/goburger. We have already added Go Burger to the NYSF Mobile Munchies twitter feed.
Also on the food truck front, there will be a conclave of them meeting at the Hells Kitchen Flea Market from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 2 (rain date May 9), at 39th Street and Ninth Avenue, with Bistro Truck, Treats Truck, Calexico Carne Asada, Frites ‘n’ Meats, Rickshaw Dumpling Truck and Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. [NY Times]
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