Comments on: Flatiron Lunch: New “Desi Truck” Brings Kati Rolls to 5th Ave.

By: adamprato

adamprato — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:22:01 +0000

Desi – you should review all the other indian carts, especially the biryani cart. I’m curious :)

By: desiny

desiny — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:38:56 +0000

I just ate at the cart, after reading about it here. And I have to say I was disappointed. I ordered the 4.00$ Aloo Rolls (potato filling). The wrap is essentially a luchi(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luchi)which is Bengali variant of the more popular North-Indian poori (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poori). Either way, it is not a paratha, which is what it should have been.
The filling was basically aloo, coriander chutney and onions. A lot more could have been done with it, but nonetheless it was bearable.

I am very picky about my Indian food, but when it comes to street food my general philosophy is if it is cheap and it tastes good, it works for me. In this case, i thought it was moderately prices and failed miserably on the taste front. The wrap had become rubbery and it was difficult to tear it apart and consequently, my jaws are still hurting. The filling, like I said, was only okay but I was really let down by the fact that the kati rolls, were simply not kathi rolls to begin with :(

By: moriath

moriath — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:59:57 +0000

I’ve noticed at least two more carts – one of 5th Ave just off the corner of 27th (conveniently across the street from my office!) and another on 26th just off of 5th – they’re both halal carts, though I haven’t tried them yet. There’s been a hot dog cart on 5th & 26th, across from the hot dog/ice cream vendor in the corner of the park, for awhile now, but the halal carts are definitely new in the past few weeks.

By: Spydr331

Spydr331 — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:35:55 +0000

… ummm… just an observation and i dont know if its true or not… but there are a lot of carts in that area since that truck moved in… there used to be like one clump of treat carts in the park corner and then a food cart on the opposing corner around the block from where the truck is… now there are 2 or 3 more carts in that general area a pretzel/hot dog cart, a halal cart, and a hot dog/halal cart. has anyone else noticed this?

By: secgeek

secgeek — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:01:19 +0000

Just stopped by for the kathi rolls as we were planning on going to roomali and figured lets try this… I got the 2 chicken/anda kathi rolls.

The wait was a little bit long, we were the only ones on line and waited a good ten minutes. I would hate to see what the wait would be if they get as popular as the schnitzel truck… Other than that, the bread is soft and chewy.. Just the right amount of spices.. I will definitely be coming back here…

By: nomnomnyc

nomnomnyc — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:38:23 +0000

I went there for lunch today and ordered two Aloo (potato) Masala Kati Rolls (2 for $6). The two guys inside were so busy, they gave me a paneer kati roll by accident! There were four customers waiting in front of me and four in back of me. Overall, it was good. I liked the potato better than the paneer cheese.

By: ChetP

ChetP — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:10:46 +0000

The rolls look like an altogether different food compared to the place FKA Kabab Factory. That place’s kati rolls looked much more appetizing from your photos, but if the bread here is better I’ll check this one out first.

By: ultraclay

ultraclay — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:46:57 +0000

@HaveFun: Thanks!

@Spydr: All boneless.

By: Spydr331

Spydr331 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:43:29 +0000

is the curry of the tiny bone variety or the meat chunk variety?

By: HaveFun

HaveFun — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:20:04 +0000

This was nicely written. Thanks.