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Road to Street Meat Palooza 3 - Never Too Early
Posted: 1:47 pm, July 15th, 2009 in Miscellaneous
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... I'm thinking each week, I will eat at a Street Meats vendor and write about it to everyone. ML Street Meats correspondant?
Please feel free to throw out some vendors that have not gotten the attention it deserves and should be in SMP3.
I just ate at the Steak Truck this week. 2nd time for me. Finally claimed a chicken/ lamb combo...
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I was a judge and I don't blog about food, or anything for that matter. I just commented on enough street meat and I've eaten Kwik Meal and Biryani cart for over 70% of my meals the past 6 months. Just stick with the site, update the posts and you could get lucky.
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I give a "Ditto" to dougiec. I was invited but couldn't attend=== I would offer to be a "Freak of the Week" aka a Tuesday Lunche Profile. Get your name out there... as freaky a name as StreetMeasOnsumer3008 is.
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I usually eat halal at 53rd/6th and XPL, as many,many MLers. Once in a blue moon, I also go for Carnegie John's and the 100% H&H. I only recently hit up the Steak Truck thanks to SMP2.
Their chicken proves to be their meat of choice. The lamb wasn't anything special. Just irregular chucks of lamb/gyro. I did like the waffles fries in my platter. Surprisingly, their salad is worth taking notice too. Today, they gave me a craisins and almond slithers salad. I was suprised by how fresh and leafy it is (I notice they had quality greens last friday too but too busy enjoying the chicken and falafel). Much better than any generic iceberg lettuce and tomato being dished out. Chickpeas were present again but this time I didn't get any falafels? WTH! What the heck is going on here? Maybe they ran out of falafel or decided I didn't deserve any (I was there at 12:15 and it wasn't super busy). No pita either and I read people got pita in theirs? That's not good. Another near fail on the fully loaded plate?
The +:
Delicious Chicken
Fresh salad
Waffle fries!
Good hot sauce - it isn't weak or too wateryThe -:
No falafels?
No pita if it's suppose to be there?
XPL has better rice
The 53rd/6th lunch is only $5 for their combo and better hot sauce tooOverall:
I would eat here again but I wish I got the fully loaded garbage platter that other MLeres are talking about. Definitely worth the $6 bucks but I'll probably just go for their $5 chicken with rice instead.In the meantime, I could use more training before SMP3. Hopefully luck will be on my side in 2010.
*plays the Punch-Out/ Little Mac theme song while walking towards the carts* -
Thanks guys. I know Doug and Api got in too but your wife and child are more important anyway. So did Adam as a judge. I'm just saying majority of the panel is bloggin' or ML. I have to set myself apart I guess.
Hopefully I can prove myself worthy to be a judge by next year. I think this site is wonderful and I been hooked since reading it over a year ago about the street vendors and SMP1. I really want to be a judge someday. I don't care if it takes until SMP10.
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I apologize for my prolonged rant on steak truck earlier in the twitter entry this Friday. Man, I get crazy angry when I hear that I'm suppose to get this and that too on the platter and end up not getting either of them (especially when others are saying they did get it and on the same day I went). So did I miss out on --- 2 or 3 falafel balls and a slip of pita? Oh well. Less calories and less poop from me to pollute the world. Hopefully it doesn't happen again and I go nuts about it. Ugh. *exhales*
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Dude you're coming off pretty bad. You should apply for the freak of the week for sure. Make Fred happy.
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Me, a freak of the week? I always wondered what you look like Mamamcita. I'm pretty sure Fred (and other MLers who never met you) would be much happier with your elite freakiness than my one-track street meating ass. I don't mind doing it eventually though.
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Actually, most people here have met me already. Now quit flirting with me before Wayne and Rudy get jealous.
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Ah cool.
Flirting? But I haven't even compared you a juicy and delicious halal plate filled with spicy hot sauce! No white sauce for you, right? -
I finally had the kofta/chicken combo with rice at the 53rd/6th lunchcart for lunch today.
I didn't really think much about the kofta since it looks like a piece of charcoaled turd but really wanted to try it. It turns out to be a very tasty chopped-up turd. I almost wished my whole plate was all kofta plate and no chicken. Is it me or have the portions gotten smaller? Maybe less rice (not a bad thing if it's only less rice).
The +:
Delicious kofta
Good sauces as usual
Cheap $5 combo (No mystery extra buck charged)The -:
Ordinary chicken (I finally had enough of it)
Long line (It can't be helped)
Portions seem slightly smaller today (I didn't get my usual signs of nausea or exhaustion from over-eating so maybe the super-sizing stopped)It's still one of the best $5 lunches in Midtown. I don't think I need the chicken anymore (not after eating better chicken at Steak Truck but they don't have better lamb). I should ask for a Kofta and Lamb combo next time. Even a lamb or kofta with falafel combo might be better. Hopefully they are only $5-6 bucks each.
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StreetMeasOnsumer3008 is vying to be adopted by Zach for his very own MiniMe.
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Either that or he's itching to get a restraining order
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With SMP2 just ending recently, I already want to think ahead about next year's competition, Street Meet Palooza 3.
I still can't believe Kwik Meal won but the panel has spoken. My choice probably would've been between 53rd/6th, XPL or Steak Truck.
I'm not quite sure how Mr. Brooks chooses the judges, randomly or selectively, but I figure I should start campaigning for a seat sooner, rather than later IF Zach chooses the judges subjectively. Hopefully throughout the year, I can prove I'm worthy of judging 15 plates in 2010.
Most of the judges seem to be a blogger in their own right or associated with ML. As a non-blogger and a MLer among many MLers, it feels like I need to shine to snatch a seat. So what to do? Prove my love of street meats and do it consistently? Perhaps...