Midtown Lunch

Pizza by Cer Te has started offering Thanksgiving pizza this week, according to their twitter. Topped with turkey meatballs, mashed potatoes, cranberries, gravy and mozzarella, the slice sounds like the most delicious gut bomb ever! A call to the store told us the special is supposed to last through next week, and the slice will run you $3.95.  If it’s anything like October’s special Tony Manero slice that Blondie liked so much, we’ll be stoked to try it. Has anybody tried this yet?  If you have, let us know what you think in the comments!

Pizza by Cer Te, 132 East 56th (btw. Park+Lex) (212) 813-2020

Mastercard’s Food Truck Feast promotion continues today with offerings from ten new food trucks. Check out their Facebook page for all the details. Just like the last two weeks, all you have to do is show your Mastercard or tweet using the hashtag #pricelessny to obtain free lunch. This week, the participating trucks include Bian Dang and Pera Turkish on 40th between 5th and 6th 6th Ave b/w 40th & 41st, Chef Samir and Andy’s Italian Ice (a Long Island based dessert truck) on Lexington between 36th and 37th, and Big D’s Grub and Cupcake Crew in the Flatiron. Remember, the promotion only lasts from 11-3 and the lines tend to get long since all the freeloaders come out for a promotion like this. See you there!

Rachel had a delicious looking meal at Village Yokocho, Donny tried the Bunuelos at La Newyorkina, Blondie had pierogis and blintzes in Greenpoint, while Brownie wrote a Dear John to Doughnut Plant, Brian lists his favorite international food in New York and I wrote a piece on Scout Mob about how I learned to love The New York City Marathon.

Elsewhere in the ML universe… Andrea reports that FiDi’s Hot Soup cart has started up a new season, Jamie got everything but the kitchen sink on noodles in Philly and Zach got a pile of big falafel balls in LA.

We never bothered checking out Otarian, the health conscious, eco-friendly shitshow fast food place on 8th Ave. and 56th that shuttered back in January.  But The New York Times hated it, and apparently they weren’t the only ones.  Ouch!  Hope that won’t effect something better moving into the space…

If the new Pad Thai Cart on 50th and 6th has taught us anything this week it’s that the heart of Midtown has a serious craving for thai food.  The cart was packed yesterday (reports had the line at 20+ people) and they ran out of food shortly after 1pm.  But I’m more of a pad see ew kind of girl.  Located on 8th Ave. btw. 42+43rd, Qi Thai isn’t quite as far as the places on 9th and Chris had nice things to say about their reasonable lunch specials back in the spring.

But how is their Pad See Ew?  I needed to find out…

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One of the things that I love about ramen joints in New York City, is the sheer variety of options and riffs on noodle soup that one finds on the typical menu. Walk into Ippudo, Men Kui Tei, or Sapporo, and you’ll find the traditional, the experimental, and in the case of Tabata Noodle, a truly multi-national take on ramen. According to Julia Moskin of the New York Times, the owner of Tabata, Linn San Maung, as well as most of the staff are Burmese. Thusly, the ramen at Tabata seeks to marry Chinese, Indian and Thai (the primary flavors of Burmese cuisine) influences into a happy handshake with traditional Japanese ramen procedures. And with over a dozen variations of ramen, ranging from the more traditional Tan Tan Men to a crazy coconut based concoction that Danny seemed to enjoy, there are plenty of reasons to come back time and time again.
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