PROFILE: Midtown Lunch’er “Jeanine”
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 Jeanine, a project manager who needs a good Chinese food recommendation.
Name: Jeanine
Age: 38
Occupation: Project Manager for a Magazine/Online Publishing Company
Where in Midtown do you Work?: The Hippodrome Building 6th between 42/43
Favorite Kind of Food: Thin Crust Pizza, Burgers, Mexican Food
Least Favorite Kind of Food: Indian Food, Most Soups, Sandwhiches with Avocodo in them.
Favorite Place(s) to Eat Lunch in Midtown: Cafe Manhattan on 45th (btw 5+6th) has great pre-made sandwhiches and decent sushi. BXL Belgian Cafe on 43rd (btw 6+B’way) has an amazing Croque Monsiour with fries. Figaro on 44th (btw 5+6th) for their personal pizzas. Baja Fresh over on Broadway (btw 40+41st) for Soft Chicken Tacos (so much better than Chipotle, not sure what the big fuss is!) I also like the Treats Truck when I can catch it on Wednesdays/Fridays.
“Go-To” Lunch Place You and Your Coworkers Eat at Too Often? The Red Flame Diner in all honestly. Its on 44th (btw. 5+6th). I always run into several co-workers there and its quite the “scene”. Love their BLTs and Chicken Wraps.
Place(s) you discovered thanks to Midtown Lunch? The Kwik Meal Cart on 45th- love their Falafel Pita! Affordable and tasty
If you could work anywhere (just because of the lunch) where would it be and why? I would have to say Italy… I can have pizza or pasta everyday and then some cappuccino and gelato for dessert.
Anything you’d like to add? Where is your favorite place for Chinese Food? I haven’t really found one yet….
Got an answer for Jeanine? Put it in the comments. And, 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, December 14th, 2010 under PROFILE: Midtown Lunch'er.
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17 Comments
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thanks. fixed it!
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Hi neighbor, 6th btwn 44th and 45th here. I like to go to Hing-Won for Chinese. It’s on 48th btwn 5th and 6th. :)
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Szechuan Gourmet, 21 W. 39th St. (btw. 5+6th), double-cooked pork loin, or cumin lamb
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Smithers: “Shall I send out for some Chinese?”
Mr. Burns: “No, those people are all gristle.” -
Not fav in Midtown when it coems to Chinese food. I’d advise adventures through Chinatown or Flushing if you like to explore. Plenty of American-Chinese take outs throughout the city though.
I want pizza or pasta everyday but not in Italy. NY-style pizza is the way to go.
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I’d be happy to hear your thoughts on Flushing. I live in Bayside and would like to explore Main St. a little more but don’t even know where to start.
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We go as a group occasionally. Not recently because of the abhorrent weather though.
Some reading material:
http://feistyfoodie.com/2010/10/19/tuesdays-with-tt-flushing-food-tour/ -
Thanks!
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For quick Chinese food, I like Sun Yip (also called Ho Yip) on 45 Street between 5th and 6th. You have three choices: A self-serve steam table that is by the pound, a steam table where the employees serve you (without gloves despite putting their fingers in your empty bowl while holding it), or you can have a custom dish cooked to order for you.
For slightly better quality try the Main Noodle House on Sixth Avenue between 37th and 38th. It is a sit-down restaurant but you can get takeout.
Prices are very reasonable in both places but a bit higher at the Main Noodle House.
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
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You are becoming trite. Mix it up, use a pun, something.
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I think of it more as a tradition.
I tried theme songs, few if any liked them
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Trite was my pun.
Tradition for the sake of tradition is silly.
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Much Better
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Doesn’t like Indian food or “Sandwhiches with Avocodo” (atrociously misspelled)? Next!
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Chinese = Lan sheng
American-Chinese = Main NoodleI think Hing Won is fine, but kinda overrated.
You may want to edit this entry. (This week it’s Rich, a 26 year old radio guy who wishes he was in L.A. (gee, that sounds familiar!) To be completely honest, as a longtime radio vet who quit his job to do this craziness full time, I have to say I’m kind of shocked somebody under 30 even knows what “radio” is!
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