Comments on: NYC Cravings Truck is Not Just Taiwanese Fried Chicken Anymore

By: Taiwanese Fried Chicken – NYC Cravings Truck « logical epicureanism

Taiwanese Fried Chicken – NYC Cravings Truck « logical epicureanism — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:03:35 +0000

[...] Their website has the truck’s schedule. Midtown Lunch summarizes the phenomenon as follows: Fried pork chops over rice with pork sauce and pickles cabbage is a standard Chinese dish, populariz…Hua [...]

By: Food Edition and Weekend Recap « Nothin’ But Awesome

Food Edition and Weekend Recap « Nothin’ But Awesome — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:27:34 +0000

[...] few weeks ago I hit up the NYC Cravings truck, a food truck in midtown that serves Taiwanese food. I tried the fried chicken over rice with [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:16:27 +0000

@ omo

The price, as well as the preparation. That’s basically fried battered fish, and that’s not what tianbula is really like

By: T.C.

T.C. — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:26:22 +0000

I tried to get the fried chicken today but they sold out. Damn the busy friday. Oh well.

I just saw on the twitter that they’re going to charge $1 for an extra scoop of sauce. Have people been getting free sauce before that? ;P

By: omo

omo — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:08:02 +0000

Thanks for chiming in Chris. I suspected it to be the case from the picture, although I’m not sure what you mean by ridiculous (besides the price).

By: flank

flank — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:32:05 +0000

The rice (undercooked last time) was fixed this time around. The tea egg with a rice platter really adds to the dish. Even though the value of a 1 dollar hard boiled egg seems tough to stomach, I would recommend it just to add a different layer of texture to it. Its mildness also works well with the strong pork sauce and pickled veggie flavors. I liked the pork chop flavor better than the chicken, but the chicken is a dollar cheaper and also juicier. It’s a toss up for me.

By: pshinnyc

pshinnyc — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:08:41 +0000

Went today and they had “no dumplings”. Claimed they won’t be doing dumplings on Monday/Friday in midtown due to some trouble with another vendor (could the RickShaw dumpling truck have complained about being undercut?)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:15:16 +0000

From a Taiwanese’s perspective, their version of tianbula (and the price) is really ridiculous

By: Dan L

Dan L — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:32:45 +0000

As usual, Wikipedia is helpful here:

In northern Taiwan, tempura is also known as å¤©å©¦ç¾… or ç”œä¸è¾£ (tianbula) and can be found at night markets such as Shilin Night Market and Keelung Temple Night Market, where it is famous. The ingredients and method used for making Taiwanese tempura are completely different from Japanese tempura, and they share only the name.

By: viktor

viktor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:36:10 +0000

I thought about doing a Chinatown run every Monday and sell the tastier chicken over rice below the truck price.