As much as I like Five Guys, I always felt something was missing from my meals there: milkshakes! Well, they’re trying to let us be true to our gluttonous selves by adding shakes to the menu in certain stores, and in Five Guys style with various free add-ins.
Spotted this truck in Midtown on 52nd and 6th on Monday. The Taiwan Fusion Express truck has been around since March and had a brief mention here on Midtown Lunch; they have a brick and mortar location in Queens apparently. I’m always wary of sharing my opinion on Asian food – especially Asian fusion! and my bias against places that offer multiple Asian cuisines (they offer Thai, Chinese and Indian, says their Twitter); my Asian food palate is really rusty and specific to the things with which I grew up and my expectations. Having said that: has anyone tried this truck? What did you get, what did you think? A picture of the menu after the jump…
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Posted at 10:00 am, July 18th, 2014 | 0 Comments
When we got a tip from a reader about the new Steak Freak cart parked on 52nd and 6th Avenue, I became very interested. Lots of carts serve beef, but I’m not aware of any that specialize in steak. Could this be a “steak house” on wheels that serves steak frites for under $10? Was I expecting too much?
Last week, I noticed another large grouping of food trucks along 47th Street between Park and Lexington. We’ve discussed the concerns involved with these seemingly awesome gatherings in the past, but for now, the options on that street are plentiful. The most exciting for me was the discovery of a new truck. Latin Kitchen NYC is bringing Puerto Rican flavors (an under-represented cuisine) to the streets. It turns out this truck is the follow-up to a Bronx restaurant that was featured on Food Network’s Restaurant Stakeout. After testing the waters in the Bronx, the truck started parking in Midtown early last week.
We told you back in April that Luke’s Lobster would be opening a permanent storefront in Midtown East someday soon. Well, that day is today! I got to attend a sneak preview last night and I was amazed at the vastness of the space. If anybody’s been to any of their other locations around the city (or to the truck), you know it’s difficult to order a lobster roll without taking it “to go”. Here, there’s plenty of room to deal with crowds, sit down if you have the time, and most importantly, enjoy the best lobster roll in the city.
There haven’t been any Earth-shattering changes to the dining scene at Grand Central Terminal (until this happens!), but there are some newer offerings that you may not be aware of. In the interest of stomach space, time, and not taxing your attention spans, I narrowed the newer food and drink options down to a few and was led on a mini-tour through the terminal. Most of the newness is on the dining concourse, but a smattering are at street level. Summer sorbet flavors, meats, fish, and caffeine after the jump!
A reader alerted us that a cart that normally sets up shop in Union Square actually ventured to Midtown last Thursday, so I hurried over to check it out. Morocho, which serves up Peruvian fusion and has received a fair amount of attention since it first appeared on the scene about two years ago – for its burger and other items – was on 52nd Street and 6th Avenue, outside the Big & Tall store over there, and informed me that they plan to be there Monday – Fridays for lunch. A quick check on Friday around lunch, and they were there – with a decent crowd – so hopefully they’re here to stay.
Every Friday we go 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.
Since all good things must come to an end, the time has come for me to step down as Flatiron Lunch Contributor. If has been a pleasure exploring the area and eating lots of delicious food. I won’t disappear from ML entirely as I am planning to occasionally put up posts, but they will most likely be for the main site. As a parting gift, I leave you with a few of my favorite out-of-bounds spots.
In an exciting runny-yolk related development, Untamed Sandwiches is now serving breakfast. And I think we can all agree that even though I am inherently biased, Untamed makes damn good sandwiches. Adding on to their lunch and dinner menu, Untamed’s breakfast will feature eggs, braised meats and seasonal vegetables, all served on those amazing crusty rolls from Grandaisy bakery. I am most excited to try the Ol’ Grumpy with soft scrambled eggs, grass-fed beef chili, pimento cheese, hot jam, and cilantro. If that doesn’t sell you on it, just look at the photo they sent out to their email list…Breakfast served from 8-10:30.
Untamed Sandwiches, 43 West 39th Street btwn 5th and 6th Avenues, (646) 669-9397
Posted by Sarah Zilinski at 11:13 am, July 10th, 2014 under Breakfast, Untamed Sandwiches.
