Midtown Lunch

Hing Won’s Roast Pig. Photo courtesy of Feisty Foodie

• If you go to Hing Won, don’t make the same mistake Yvo did [Feisty Foodie]
• Korilla vs. Bann vs. Baoritto vs. Oaxaca [Zagat Buzz]
• Jacques Torres is coming to Rock Center!!! [Feast NY]
• The Munch Truck has taken their fish and chips to the Flatiron [Me So Hungry]
• Don’t eat at Totto Ramen with friends who tend to be late [Ramen & Friends]
• Cupcake Stop is now selling cookies [Dessert Buzz]

Image provided by Blondie

For the second year in a row Halloween falls on a weekend. Manhattan is certainly a destination for Halloween revelry and many will be coming to see the Village Parade, but what if you are stuck in Midtown? You’d be surprised to know there are many places to go and enjoy the weekend long festivities. So grab a drink after work and check out these local hangouts offering libations and ghoulish good times.

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About a week ago we told you that the Village Voice named Lan Sheng one of the best restaurants in New York. VV listed the Chongqing Braised Fish as a dish to try. So of course I took a gander at the menu and the $24 price tag stopped me dead in my tracks. It was just a tad bit out of the ML budget, even if one wants to splurge a little. Thankfully there was another dish on the signature items section of the menu that did stand out: Stewed Spareribs with Rice Powder (pretty much because it was the only signature item on the menu that’s less than $10!) Of course I had to get in on this action.

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Every Friday our man Ultraclay goes south of the ML boundaries in search of a delicious lunch. Sometimes it’s Murray Hill south or the Flatiron District, sometimes Gramercy and everything in between- but we just like to call it Flatiron Lunch.

When I first came across B&B, my initial thought was “I hope they make better soul food than Soul Fixin’s!”  But when I walked in to check it out, I instead discovered African and West Indian food with a pretty random assortment of international flavors. It’s pretty unique to find something like that in my corner of Midtown so I was pretty excited to dive into their buffet. Check it out after the jump.

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• Where to pick up dinner for a sick boyfriend [Midtown Eating]
• Can we keep a lid on this “bringing your lunch from home” idea? [Midtown Eating]
• Oooh… a ddukboki truck sounds like a great idea! [Miscellaneous]
• The newly opened Uncle Mario’s makes a great grandma slice [Midtown Eating]
• Macaron Cafe adding new sandwiches specials? [Midtown Eating]

I hope this isn’t the beginning of the end… today’s Wall Street Journal has an article pointing out that more and more franchises are looking to food trucks as a way to expand their businesses. I didn’t think this needed to be said, but do we really need a Tasti D truck? (Ok, maybe it did need to be said!) In cities with unlimited permits this might not be as big a deal, but New York is limited to 3000 food truck permits. Every truck launched by Tasti D, or Sizzler, or Subway is one less truck available for something unique. Just saying…

Photo courtesy of the OC Register