EVEN MORE TV COVERAGE COMING FOR FOOD TRUCKS
There will be additional TV coverage for food trucks coming up in the spring. Two items of particular note:
TLC is shooting a five minute segment on food trucks for part of a show called American Eats. For the show, the Clover Truck near MIT in Cambridge, MA was followed for a typical day.
The Clover Truck is eco-friendly and uses...
THIS IS THE 100TH POST FOR NYSF – WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?
This is the 100th post for New York Street Food, and we would like to thank each and every one of you for following us. The site has taken off faster than even we expected, and we have enjoyed every minute of putting NYSF together and keeping it updated.
Now we are asking you to tell us what you like...
TODAY’S LUNCH: FRIED CHICKEN AND ZONGZI FROM NYC CRAVINGS TRUCK
Today's Lunch is the fried chicken platter and zongzi from the NYC Cravings truck. (Note: Since I'm actually on the road today, this was a lunch I had recently at the NYC Cravings truck.)
I got there around 1pm. The line was about 12 people long. When it was my turn, there were no more pork chops, and there was...
BEYOND CHEESESTEAKS IN PHILLY
Looking for something other than cheesesteaks in Philly? We recently told you about some good Chinese food trucks there. Since I'm heading out of town for a few days, I thought this would be a good time to tell you about some other options, first for breakfast, then for lunch.
For breakfast, La Dominique Crepes (pictured above) at 33rd and...
FISH & CHIPS HITS 150 THIS YEAR (BUT IT DOESN’T LOOK A DAY OVER 145).
Fish and chips celebrate their 150th anniversary this year. It started as street food in the Dickensian era and continues to be a staple diet of the British working class. It was also one of the few foods not rationed during the Second World War.
There are 10,500 fish and chip shops in Britain, and the industry is worth £1.2bn...
WHERE’S THE BEEF?
Brenda Tan, 17 and Matt Cost, 18 of Trinity School
Two students at the Trinity School on the Upper West Side spent four months collecting 217 samples of organisms in their neighborhoods in order to study DNA barcoding. They were trying to identify the various species they were surrounded by in their daily lives.
Most of the conclusions were expected, until...
CALIFORNIA, HERE ZACH COMES
Big news on the NYC food blog front. As some of you may have heard, Zach Brooks, founder of the groundbreaking Midtown Lunch website, announced today that he's moving to LA at the end of this month due to his wife receiving a great job offer.
While we will miss his physical presence at the various food trucks, carts...
TODAY’S LUNCH: COCONUT SHRIMP WITH COCONUT FLAKES FROM NUM PANG
After my earlier post today about banh mi starting to get popular in London, I had to go back to Num Pang for Today's Lunch, even though I had it not once, but twice last week. This is turning into a serious addiction (which I have no desire to cure).
I hadn't tried their coconut shrimp sandwich yet, so that...
BANH MI JUMPS ACROSS THE POND
Looks like banh mi, one of NYSF's favorite street foods, is catching on in London. According to Tim Walker in The Independent, "Like a lot of street trends, this one has been appropriated from the developing world, popularised by urbane New Yorkers, and is now finally reaching our shores."
I've never been called an "urbane New Yorker" before, but I've...
WHERE DO I SIGN UP?
How do you determine where food carts should be located? By rating them, of course.
In Madison WI, one of the top college towns in the US, there are around 30 food carts that park on the Library Mall and Capitol Concourse in the warm weather. When they return to the streets next spring, not all will be in the...
