PROFILE: Midtown Lunch’er “Steve”
Every Tuesday we turn over the site to a different Midtown Lunch’er for his or her recommendations for the best lunch in Midtown. This week it’s Steve, a $10 salad hating journo who wishes his office moved 10 blocks every year so he could easily sample the other areas of Midtown. He’s also the same Steve that tipped us off the Trini Paki Boys’ jerk chicken yesterday.
Name: Steve
Age: 48
Occupation: Journalist
Where in Midtown do you Work?: Midtown West 40s
Favorite Kind of Food: Szechuan, Cantonese, Asian but NOT “Pan Asian,” haute cuisine, grilled almost anything but splamb
Least Favorite Kind of Food: Most brands of fast food, Tex Mex and other Americanized Mexican, steam table pasta, chicken breast in most of its incarnations
Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Midtown: Hing Won (on 48th btw. 5+6th) is great for lunch – roast pork w/ sour cabbage, fried soba noodles, Malaysian chicken, beef stew w/noodles; Kati rolls at Biryani Cart (on 46th and 6th); Biryani at Trini Paki Boys (ask for extra veg, no salad); Chaats at Bombay Lunch; Cubano at Margon on 45th btw. 6+7th (but man that thing has got some calories); falafel at Kosher Deluxe on 46th btw. 5+6th (w/pickle/salad bar); Jerk at a couple of carts; Kobideh Kabab at Kabab Express (on 55th and 6th)
“Go-To” Lunch Place You and Your Coworkers Eat at Too Often? They eat at various tossed salad joints. I won’t spend $10 for a freakin salad when I can make a much better one at home in the evening.
Place(s) you discovered thanks to Midtown Lunch? Just about all my favorite lunches
If you could work anywhere (just because of the lunch) where would it be and why? Hong Kong. Beijing. Or if my office could just move 10 blocks each year so I could sample all the places on ML that I don’t have time for.
As always, if you want to be next week’s Profiled: Midtown Lunch’er (or know somebody you’d like to nominate), email editor@midtownlunch.com.
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:45 am, November 16th, 2010 under PROFILE: Midtown Lunch'er.
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I once saw Steve take a paper bag out of his desk drawer, sniff the contents, think for a second, take out the mysterious object inside, take a bite, and put it back, and close the drawer.
Truth.
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Too many freaking “Steves” around here.
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agreed.
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Why no question?
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
The ‘there should only be one person named Steve among all the 4 billion or so folks on this Earth’ edition
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You don’t get to be our Fred though. Rules are rules.
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Just name the 2+ billion Asians all Steve. Have fun there. :P
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What’s cracking Steve?
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I guess he’s an avid reader so no questions necessary?
No tex mex/ americanized mex but you’ll eat american-chinese take out? ok, MORE hard-shell tacos for ME!
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What is this “Bombay Lunch” you speak of? Quick google search turned up nada.
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It was Bombay Eats….It shut down I think.
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Oh, Steve, you need to provide so many more details on these jerk carts – inquiring minds want to know, as another magnate of journalism once said!
No questions for the commentariat?
Pishaw!
Also, we’re neighbors. West 40’s unite!