When they say “Bulgogi Sandwich”, they mean “Bulgogi Sandwich”
Well, the mystery of the infamous $1 Bulgogi Sandwich has finally been solved. The Korean Cart on 49th St. btw. 6th & 7th was back this week, and finally had the sandwiches. Now that I know what it’s made of, it’s hard to understand what took them so long. My guess is they hadn’t received their “special machine” from Korea. The pictures on the cart were totally mysterious, but now that I know what it is, it makes a lot more sense. Here was the picture on the cart:
The sandwich is made up of two pieces of white bread, with bulgogi in the middle. The whole thing is put into this “Special Korean Machine” that presses the sandwich, and cuts it into the circle you see above. (Tomatoes not included)
Shots of the actual sandwich, after the jump… Read more »
Posted by Zach at 8:37 am, February 15th, 2007 under 49th btw 6+7th, Cart.
Name: Corey
Some places you just know are going to be good. It may be rare, but it happens. I trekked over to Milant, a tiny deli on 39th St. btw. 3rd & Lex. after getting a tip from a Midtown Lunch’er named Corey. I’m not usually a big sandwich guy, and I almost never write about “delis”, but when I walked into this tiny take-out only place, something said to me “This is going to be good.” Don’t let the name fool you though. Milant is tiny, and sort of dumpy, but I think that’s part of its charm. Take the same place and dress it up in fancy Midtown duds, and it probably wouldn’t be as good.
I don’t know if it was the crowd (there were about 5 or 6 people cramped in there waiting for their sandwiches), the price ($5 to $6.50 for some pretty sweet sounding sandwiches), the free soup (you get a free cup of soup) or the fridges full of nice cheeses and assorted pates- but I was not leaving this place empty handed. Corey had told me to get the #13. No explanation, or description… just an “Order the #13. It rocks.” When I saw it on the menu, I knew I had found a winner. 
Everybody loves falafel! So the second week of Midtown Lunch’s existence was dubbed Falafel Week- and each day I visited and wrote about a different Midtown falafel joint (
Bread & Olive is a Lebanese take out place on 45th btw. 5th & 6th ave. They have both beef and chicken shwarma, kafta, delicious homemade breads, and an array of maza (Lebanese salads and dips). There is a small seating area in the back, but most people take the food to go. Everything is Lebanese style, so the spices are going to be different than the shwarma at an Israeli place, or the gyro from a Greek place.
Name: Nosher
From the moment I heard that you could get fried chicken served on a waffle, I knew it would be good. How could it not be??? Fried chicken. Good. Waffle. Good. Syrup. Always good. I had heard that Amy Ruth’s in Harlem (116th btw. Lennox & 7th) is one of the best places to go for this amazing treat, but I haven’t found time to make the pilgrimage. Well, I guess they got sick of waiting- and have now decided to bring the Chicken & Waffles to me! The owners of the famous, always a line out the door Amy Ruth’s in Harlem, have opened Ressie Mae’s Soul to Go in Midtown, across from the Port Authority (on 8th Ave. btw. 39th & 40th.).