NYSF First Look: Taïm Mobile

We've been looking forward to the opening of Taïm Mobile for a while now.  Taïm (the restaurant) was cited as the  Best Falafel Sandwich in New York by Serious Eats earlier this summer, and when we heard they were working on a food truck - let's just say we were very excited. In the past couple of weeks,  Taïm Mobile...

AWESOME TIPS FOR STARTING YOUR FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS

You had to have been living on an island (and we don't mean Manhattan) not to have noticed the proliferation of food trucks in the past few years.  With the economic downturn, there are many talented chefs out there who cannot, or do not want to, find the financial backing  to open a restaurant or store.  Food trucks have...

TODAY’S LUNCH: FISH & SHRIMP COMBO FROM MEDITERRANEAN HEALTHY FOOD

I happened to be in the Empire State Building/Herald Square area around lunch today, which is generally a wasteland for good street food.  There are lots of run-of-the-mill hot dog and pretzel carts, but not much else. With it being right before Thanksgiving, there were tons of tourists, but when I walked past 34th St, I saw a food cart...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR WED, NOV 24TH

  The mercury has dipped a little, but it's still a nice sunny day to enjoy some great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. Most of the trucks are out today, with a few exceptions like Souvlaki GR.  Street Sweets will be giving out free chocolate chip cookies to the first 25 people...

FREE FRENCH FRIES & KETCHUP FROM THE HEINZ TRUCK

As we told you last week, the Heinz Ketchup Road Trip is rolling into town from Nov 24-26.  We caught this tweet yesterday. DipandSqueeze Heinz Ketchup - On our way to the city that never sleeps. We'll be rolling into NYC tomorrow with our new Dip & Squeeze™ Ketchup! #ketchuproadtrip The road trip is to introduce a new way to eat...

LEARN HOW TO COOK INDIAN STREET FOOD IN BROOKLYN

If you would like to learn how to cook Indian street food, here's another option in addition to the Indian street food cooking class we took at Miette Culinary Studio earlier this year.  We really enjoyed the class at Miette, but if you're in Brooklyn, this class might be closer to home. Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center in Brooklyn is...

TODAY’S LUNCH: CHICKEN QUESADILLA FROM EGGS TRAVAGANZA

I was over by Park Ave at lunchtime today and wasn't that hungry, so I thought a chicken quesadilla from the Eggs Travaganza cart on the NE corner of 52nd St & Park Ave would fit the bill.  It shouldn't be as filling as a Mexican wrap, but hopefully it would just be as tasty. Today's Lunch is a chicken...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR TUES, NOV 23RD

Another nice day out to enjoy some great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. We don't have a lot of time to chat today, so please check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed before heading out in case anyone had to move at the last minute.  Last we checked, Schnitzel & Things is...

LAID-OFF WORKER NOW OWNS SUCCESSFUL FOOD CART IN NJ

The Daily Record has a nice story about an office worker laid-off from his job who opened a food cart by the courthouses in Morristown, NJ. Norley Castillo and his father once operated a food cart, and as a child he learned how to cook by watching his mother.  "Me and my father used to do this in New York,"...

TODAY’S LUNCH: TACO SET FROM KORILLA BBQ

The day has finally arrived - I got a chance to try Korilla BBQ for lunch!  I went to their Launch Party last month, met a few of Korilla's owners who I had been corresponding with, and enjoyed their food.  However, right after the Launch Party, I had to go to London for a couple of weeks, and didn't...