New Cart Alert: Happy Well Being House
To me there is nothing more exciting than the arrival of a brand new cart… especially when it’s as weird as this one! Meet the “Happy Well Being House” cart, which popped up on 50th street btw. 6+7th for the first time yesterday. Started by a Korean lady, and another girl (who I’m guessing is her daughter), the cart is serving up fried fish and grilled chicken, over rice or home fries for $6. They used to own an “American food” restaurant in Long Island. I don’t know what is “well being” about fried fish and hash browns but this cart is in the early lead for strangest cart of 2009.
I was already on my way to a different lunch destination, but thankfully they offered me a taste!
The chicken was pretty good for a cart (just plain white meat chicken with a really good char) but the fish was surprisingly even better. Crunchy on the outside, and not fishy tasting at all. I had it topped with teriyaki sauce (standard/sweet) and hot sauce (standard vinegary hot sauce, not that spicy) but you can also get it with white sauce or bbq sauce. I didn’t get to try the rice or the potatoes.
As fun as it is to see new carts, I can’t imagine this one will last too long… it’s probably a little too strange for the standard person in Midtown, and the menu is really limited (it’s literally just two things). But if you like fried fish (or home fries for lunch) and work in the area, I’d give it a try before it disappears! It does say breakfast on the cart also… I wonder if they serve eggs and homefries in the morning. That would be awesome! Early adopters, let us know what you think the comments…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 10:15 am, March 26th, 2009 under 50th btw. 6+7th, Cart, Happy Well Being House, Seafood.
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“And the girl seems very nice.”
Seems or looks? Big diff
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She’s pleasant taking orders and assembling food, and she’s pleasant to look at, but Jebus, she’s quite young.
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just gave this cart a whirl, and overall, not too bad for $6. i tried the chicken, tho a little on the dry side, had a nice char flavor to it. a colleague tried the fish and does seem like the better choice. the rice is VERY generic, and my colleague’s potatoes looked a lot better.
oh, and not sure how “new” it is, but they are now offering bulgogi, the traditional korean beef dish. seemed like a bit of a wait fo that tho.
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I just tried it out as well – fried fish and rice lunch box. Fish had a nice crunchy coating, which wasn’t too thick and surprisingly not greasy. The fish itself was pretty mild, and definitely doesn’t too much of a fishy stink (something that I was pretty worried about, esp being in an enclosed office). Generous portion of rice and slaw, this is worth every penny of the $6.
One of the better cart options out there. Certainly beats a dirty water Sabrett or mystery street meat from a Halal cart.
Just finishing up a lunch of the fried fish and the home fries, with hot sauce. Good, light breading on the fish — not greasy, not fishy. The real star is the home fries – lots of green bell pepper, with actual flavor to the potatoes. They have one flat grill for the potatoes with a counter for cutting the fish/chicken, a deep fryer for the fish, a barbecue grill for the chicken (still doing samples), refrigeration, cold storage for the “salad” and I would guess the uncooked chicken, three coffee-style taps holding who-knows what… it’s one of the more impressive cart setups I’ve seen.
Lots of food for $6. And the girl seems very nice.