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]

Korilla BBQ Tacos. Photo courtesy of Jwannie

• Another look at Korilla BBQ’s first week [Frites N Fries]
• Akdeniz’s baby okra is very satisfying [SENY]
• The chef of Del Posto loves Midtown izakaya [Feast]
• The garlic and herb cream cheese at Times Sq. Bagels is damn good [Tasty Eating]
• Persimmon chef to launch kimchi taco truck [Fork in the Road]
• Don’t go vegetarian at Bai Cha [Ramen & Friends]
• Pure Thai Chophouse looks worth the trek to 9th Ave. [Grub Street]
• A fire broke out at Naples 45 yesterday!? [DNAinfo via Eater]
• Financier makes a mean napoleon [Life With Food & Drink]

El Rey del Sabor‘s Rosa doing her thing at the 2010 Vendys. Photo by Chris H.

• Some great behind the scenes photos of the 2010 Vendys [Eat to Blog]
• A look at our two favorite dishes from Margon [Tasty Eating]
• Financier makes a great mochaccino [SENY]
• Carl’s Steak travels better than you’d expect [Lunch Studio]
• Get 63% off a Midtown East restaurant crawl [ScoopSt]

Will Oleg be raising his arms in triumph tomorrow? We shall see!

• Going to the Vendys? Here is the ferry schedule [Governor’s Island]
• And a look at some of the finalists, like Schnitzel & Things, Freddie The Falafel King, Yao’s Dragon Beard Candy, and the Bistro Truck [SENY]
• Take photos of the Kelvin Slush Truck, win a prize! [Kelvin Slush]
• The new Szechuan Gourmet on 55th is better than the old!? [FitR]
• The Subway on 50th is the new soup nazi [Ramen & Friends]
• First look at Paris Baguette [SENY;Elaine Perlov]

The Mega Ton Ramen from Hide Chan. Photo by Jason Lam

• Hide Chan‘s “Mega Ton” is the largest bowl of  ramen in the city [R&F;Me So Hungry]
• Angelo Sosa wants to serve noodles at Xie Xie, but not the one on 9th Ave. [Feast]
• Kathy is a fan of the walnut pesto sandwich at ‘wichcraft [SENY]
• Rickshaw Dumplings chosen to serve food outside Tavern on the Green [Crain’s]
• You can make 96 billion different burgers at 4Food… [CNN Money]
• … and here’s how (mathematically speaking) [Eatocracy]

Roast pig over rice, from Hing Won (on 48th btw. 5+6th)

• Yvo discovers the joys of Hing Won [Feisty Foodie]
• There’s good news, and bad news about 4Food (but mostly bad) [Eater]
• The roast chicken at Eataly looks pretty amazing [Fork in the Road]
• Chickpea salad is the best thing at the Schnitzel & Things truck!? [Tasty Eating]
• There was a terrible fire on 39th and 3rd last night [Eater]
• The Pop Tarts Cafe doesn’t open until 11am!? [Consumerist via Eater]

Pretzel! The Concrete, from the Theater District Shake Shack

• In a taste of 15 Shake Shack concretes, Midtown scored 2 of the top 3 [FeastNY]
• Robert Sietsema loves the chicken mole enchiladas at Tulcingo del Valle [FitR]
• Joe The Art of Coffee has an off the menu iced chocolate [SENY]
• Curious what the owners of Hello Pasta look like?  Here you go! [Gotham Mag]
• The weirdness that is Schnipper‘s green chile cheese dog [Fork in the Road]
• Check out Miss Softee‘s cinnamon bun special [LWF&D]
• The cobb salad at Beacon’s Side Door is just ok [Fesity Foodie]
• We told you the layering at Moshe’s Falafel is all wrong! [Tasty Eating]
• We need a buttermilk pancake truck in NYC!!! [Midtown Lunch: Los Angeles]

Dutch ovens are always a good sign. Photo courtesy of Grub Street.

• “Peter’s Since 1969” will serve rotisserie chicken, slow cooked pork, short ribs, and stew on 9th Ave. starting this weekend. Out of bounds, but could be good… [Grub Street]
• Our dream for a $10 Anthos lamb burger comes to an end [Eater]
• Flatiron Lunchers should be looking forward to Eataly! [Eater;SE;Gothamist;Feed Blog]
• This blogger found the pork and lamb burgers at 4Food to be moist and tasty… [High Low Food Drink]
• … this one?  Not so much. [Wandering Eater]

Photo courtesy of Fork in the Road

• Hide-Chan Ramen lets you choose pork fat level and noodle density [FitR]
• The zongzi served by NYC Cravings are really good [FitR]
• The big buck at Tri Tip Grill is a damn good sandwich [Tasty Eating]
• I wonder where the Wall Street Journal heard about this!? [WSJ]
• The Kelvin Slush Truck looks pretty damn good [SENY]
• Financier Patisserie’s Le Vegetarien sandwich has fried green tomatoes [SENY]
• Big Gay Ice Cream Truck gets their own song! [Feast NY]
• It’s good to see that Zach is still eating like a pig out in L.A. [Eater LA]

Check out today’s line at the cart formerly known as Bulgogi & Kimchi

• Treats Truck is getting their own cookbook! [Grub Street]
• Didn’t you know that lower DOH rankings mean better food!? [NYDN]
• Meskerem’s $8 lunch special is tasty [Eating in Translation]
• Fresco by Scotto is getting sued by former employees [Grub Street]
• Rock Center Dean & Deluca is closing soon [Feast]
• A short history of the soft pretzel [Fork in the Road]
• The raisin sticks at Cafe Zaiya make an ideal breakfast [SENY]
• Check out the food from the last 3 ML Happy Hour meetups [Feisty Foodie]