Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Adam's Halal Food Cart in New York City

Lamb Over Rice

It's fascinating how "halal carts" have developed into their own thing in New York. Halal Guys is supposed to be one of the most famous ones, but I was in a rush for lunch today and just randomly found this guy at the corner of 35th and 5th. The "lamb over rice" basically turned out to be a deconstructed gyro on a plate, using that same processed meat and a selection of sauces, but on a bed of rice rather than in a pita. And it tasted like you would think it would: salty and greasy, and not in an entirely bad way, but probably something more suitable after a few drinks. Anyway, I ate this pretty quickly, and his firm rice was pretty good. Now I'm kinda curious to see what the difference is with the Halal Guys.

1 comment:

Makanmata said...

I suggest that instead of Halal Guys, you go to Trini-Pak Boys, who have their cart at the SE corner of 43rd and 6th (in front of Grace Plaza where you can take your food to eat it if the weather is good). This cart is run by a mother and two sons from Trinidad of Pakistani heritage, and uses nice Trini spices. In my opinion its much more special than Halal Guys, which has become a bit of a tourist scene (and much better than the processed meatloaf that I'm sorry you had to eat today). They also have various other Trini dishes, including decent enough Doubles (which one can find better examples of in Brooklyn, but this is probably the best in Manhattan).