Queens Tibetan Cart Spotted in Midtown!?
This just in from Lunch’er Dan:
There is a Tibetan food cart parked outside the Time Life building on 50th St & 6th Ave today. It looks like the Dalai Lama is appearing at radio City Music Hall from today through Sunday so this Potala cart from Queens must surely have decided to set up across the street because of that.
More after the jump…
Momos (aka Tibetan steamed dumplings) in Midtown is a very exciting prospect! If the Portala Cart sounds familiar, maybe you recognize the name from this recent round up of halal carts in Jackson Heights on Serious Eats: New York.
As unlikely as it is, how awesome would it be if this cart stayed in Midtown permanently? We would get our hopes up, but after the momo disappointment of 2007 we’ve learned our lesson. In other words, if you want some Tibetan food from a cart in Midtown, you might not want to wait on this one…
Posted by The ML Team at 1:10 pm, May 20th, 2010 under Cart, Tibetan.
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Damnit. And I ordered a sandwich from cucina today. This is right downstairs! FEH
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I’m having the dumplings now. They’re pretty decent, though I’m pretty sure they’re frozen (rather, not hand made…), as they’re selling them $25 for 50pc frozen… The skin is a little thicker than traditional soup dumplings (probably to stand up to freezing), dry out pretty quickly. Otherwise these are very tasty. They aren’t too salty, and don’t really need a dipping sauce since there is a bit of soup inside them (though, it tastes somewhat like the flavor from a ramen packet…)
They’re half the price of the steamed juicy buns from John’s/Joe’s Shanghai, but not nearly as good. Still worth it though…
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Oh, they didn’t have chilly chicken again. I think they’re just doing dumplings (I didn’t see anyone getting anything else).
Oh… I want the chili chicken and steamed dumplings!! If anyone goes, report back!! NOM