Have you ever thought, “I could really go for some momo for lunch today,” but instead had to settle for potstickers or some other substitute? If you work downtown, there really aren’t many non-Chinese or Japanese dumpling options but with Chinese Mirch’s new truck, that’s changed. The menu is pretty limited to either chicken or vegetable momo, plain ($4), over rice or in a stew called thukpa, or a trio of duck bao (all $8). Being something of a dumpling freak I opted for the vegetable momo rice bowl with spicy Manchurian sauce. The twist with the truck is it was served over basmati rice for an Indian twist and the momo and thukpa are more of Tibetan staples than Chinese. Regardless, my lunch from Chinese Mirch was so good I didn’t even apologize for stinking up my office with it.
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Posted by Andrea H at 10:00 am, May 21st, 2012 under Chinese, Chinese Mirch Truck, Truck.
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Old school Western omelet, courtesy of Eating in Translation.
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Posted by Andrea H at 12:00 pm, May 18th, 2012 under Downtown Links.
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It’s Friday, And The FiDi Has Many Taco Options: Are you in the mood for fusion tacos today? Well that's good because the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker has Korilla's at a location TBA, Mike N Willie's at Front & Wall and Domo Taco at Broad & Water. The WFC lot has Schnitzel & Things, Mexicue, Big D's Grub, Morris Grilled Cheese and Coolhaus, Bongo Brothers is at Varick & Charlton, Our Heros is at Wall & Water with a buffalo chicken sandwich and new Latin food truck Blend is at Varick & King.
Posted at 11:14 am, May 18th, 2012 | 0 Comments
New Trucks Cruisin’ Kitchen, Munchie Mobile At Lent Space: What's on the ML Downtown Twitter Tracker today? Well, we have Kimchi Tacos and Sweetery at Hudson & King, Our Heros is at Wall & Water with pastrami and grilled chicken, Bongo Brothers and Desi Food are at Old Slip & Water, Red Hook Lobster, Frites N Meats, Taim, Andy's Italian Ice and Milk Truck are at the WFC lot, and Eddie's Pizza, Juice Pirate, Munchie Mobile, Now Eat This, Cruisin' Kitchen and Coolhaus are at the Lent Space lot. Mexicue's at Water & Broad, Phil's Steaks is at Water & John and Calexico has Carnitas at Prince & Wooster.
Posted at 11:14 am, May 17th, 2012 | 0 Comments
It seems like it’s been awhile since a lunch spot like French Cafe Gourmand has opened in the Financial District – as in a place that’s not a chain or a new branch of a chain. No, this cafe on Maiden Lane (btw. B’way & Nassau) is run by actual French people and they sell a small selection of items including coffee, soup, salads, sandwiches and some French pastries and baked goods. When I went in to check it out, I could almost for five seconds imagine that I was somewhere else but Manhattan (or at least in cafe-heavy Tribeca or Soho).
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Get Free Coffee From Carts On Friday: There's a free coffee giveaway at independent carts on Friday sponsored by Zipcar, and it miraculously includes five within the Downtown Lunch boundaries. The carts will be identified by green balloons and are at Church & Barclay and Chambers & W. Broadway in Tribeca, and Broadway btw. Spring & Broome, Broadway & Prince and Broadway & Houston in Soho. Each cart will have 200 free coffees to give away starting at 8 a.m., and you also get some sort of credit for Zipcar.
Posted at 9:00 am, May 17th, 2012 | 0 Comments
In recent months I’ve seen multiple posts about Famous Ben’s Pizza on Spring St. (at Thompson) and their Palermo slice. It looked like a delicious brick of carbs, perhaps made not such a gut bomb by its absence of cheese. Then there was a post last week by Ben Leventhal basically calling the slices at Artichoke Basille’s overpriced crap (my words, not his) s0 I opted to head up to Soho for a taste of Famous Ben’s. What I found was a good pizza experience slightly soured by tourists.
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Posted by Andrea H at 12:05 pm, May 16th, 2012 under Famous Ben's Pizza, Italian, Pizza, Soho.
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