New York Street Food

Midtown Lunch discovered a Dept of Health resolution scheduled to go into effect January 1st that bans street vendors from selling fish or shellfish from a "mobile vending unit". While some might question the sanity of eating fish or shellfish from a New York food cart or truck, there are some good choices out there.  I've enjoyed the fried cod...

Miche and her friends had a banh mi taste-off and posted the results over at Midtown Lunch.  There was no clear-cut winner, but there were some favorites - Banh Mi So 1 and Sau Voi for the cold cuts, An Choi for the crispy pork belly, and Nicky's for the grilled pork.  Most of the places are in the...

Much of the street food in Seoul comes in cups, which helps to contain any sauce it comes with.  It also gives you a place to rest your food to take a drink or a short break.  It may not be the most environmentally-friendly solution, but street vendors in Korea aren't generally known for being green (with the exception...

If you happen to be in midtown around 40th and Broadway one evening and see a truck that looks like a Parisian cafe, how do you know if it's worth trying?  Listen to your "Mamacita" , who filed a detailed report with Midtown Lunch. Her conclusion: their grilled onions were much better than the usual, their hot sauce was really...

Last week we extolled the virtues of stuffed lotus leaves, also known as joong (Cantonese), zongzi (Mandarin) and Chinese tamales, as sold by an elderly woman at the corner of Mott and Hester streets in Chinatown. Today I tried the zongzi at the NYC Cravings truck and was quite a happy camper.  Inside the wrapped leaf was glutinous rice, and...

Two New Yorkers, Andy & Tara, got married in June and needed a break from their NY lives, so they decided to take a long honeymoon and travel the world inexpensively for 18 months or so.  Of course, they had to blog about it. The first leg of their trip was through Central and South America, where they indulged in...

Budget Travel had readers submit their favorite food photos, and they created a slideshow which included some great-looking street food from around the world.  One of the best ways to experience any culture like a local is to sample the street food.  Just make sure to do your homework first. Please send me your favorite street food photos, and...

Wafels & Dinges is the subject of our latest New York Street Food Featured Vendor Profile.  W&D was founded in October 2007 by Thomas DeGeest, a Belgian native who had been in the US for 10 years as a management consultant with IBM.  Like many of us, Thomas wanted to control his own destiny, and was also looking for...

The trial started yesterday in the infamous "falafel cart" slaying of October 2006.  According to news reports, a teenager and 2 friends cut in line at the well-known 53rd and 6th food cart.  One person in line left and got into their SUV, then drove up and stabbed and killed one of the line-cutters.    The man said he...

Frogs are popular all over Asia and none more so than in Cambodia, where Joshua Armstrong  provides the following description: "They skin them and either deep fry them in an orange batter or bbq them splayed and stuffed.  The stuffing was made of crushed peanuts and lots of lemongrass.  The frog itself was juicy and slightly sweet from the...