Croissants in NYC?
I do like the pain au chocolat at City Bakery. The pastry is quite good though, as is the case with most things there, it's all about the chocolate.
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Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
I'd say Indian wraps or empanadas--which are basically fast food to begin with, but haven't really taken on a large scale.
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Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
on the naan sandwich issue, there is a place on bleecker street around sixth that makes "naanwhiches" and "naaninis" (the indian bread company ). Surprinsingly not so great. I would also like to see more ubiquitous vietnamese sandwich places. Those things are pretty boss.
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
Foie Gras firstly and then a chain of porchetta sandwich shops
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
I somehow missed the word "ubiquitous"on first reading the question. I can't think of a food that being ubiquitous has served well. Chain pizza? Blueberry bagels? Crossanwich? I rest my case.
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
At least in NYC, Thai and Indian takeout is quite common. And I have the 8 million menus to prove it!
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
Not sure if this fits in with the discussion, but what about making a Thai/Indian takeout place. Chinese restaurants are known well for their take-out, so why not do that with other cuisines?
I also think it'd be cool if McDonalds brought their Japanese menu to the US. Or have a rotation of new menu items from other countries.
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
I think it would be wonderful to change the way we eat fast food, rather than just changing the food itself. I'd love to see street food all over the place the way you do in Asia. It would be heavenly to be able to grab a bowl of steaming pho from a street vendor.
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
Indian fast food would be great! In Hong Kong there is an Indian fast food chain called Curry In a Hurry and it's in food courts. It was very good and inexpensive.
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
Aunt Jone, I don't know if you live in New York, but chop'd makes a salad sandwich that is delicious, I think.
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
Fast food that was actually healthy and flavorful would be fabulous. One can only eat so many fast food grilled chicken sandwiches before throwing oneself in front of a bus. And it's too damn hard to eat a salad whilst driving.
I'm totally for drive-thru Indian cuisine and sushi. A drive thru joint with big windows so you could watch them make the rolls and make sure the fish is properly chilled would be fab!
Question of the Day: What dish needs to be fast food–ized?
I have to chime in on the "do we really need more fast food??" side of this discussion.
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