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Young & Hungry: Pio Pio's Secret Green Sauce and Fried Hot Dogs
I'm going to give Pio Pio a try, but more importantly, IS there anywhere in NYC to get chips a la English kebab vans??
Young & Hungry: Tortas in Morningside Heights
Thanks Jenn, glad to hear it. I've walked past Rack & Soul, but when I perused the prices it didn't look so cheap - how much did the BBQ set you back? Please let me know if you'd ever like some company on your excursions up here, I definitely qualify as Y&H!
Young & Hungry: Tortas in Morningside Heights
Your blog is definitely helpful, thank you!
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Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
@valser: Drive to DC and go to Amsterdam Falafel on 18th St. in Adams Morgan - great falafel, a delicious salad/condiment bar, really good fries with mayo, and cheap. I'm in NYC and I miss it!
Young & Hungry: Pio Pio's Secret Green Sauce and Fried Hot Dogs
I'm going to give Pio Pio a try, but more importantly, IS there anywhere in NYC to get chips a la English kebab vans??
Young & Hungry: Tortas in Morningside Heights
Thanks Jenn, glad to hear it. I've walked past Rack & Soul, but when I perused the prices it didn't look so cheap - how much did the BBQ set you back? Please let me know if you'd ever like some company on your excursions up here, I definitely qualify as Y&H!
Young & Hungry: Tortas in Morningside Heights
Your blog is definitely helpful, thank you!
Young & Hungry: Tortas in Morningside Heights
I just moved to the UWS and have begun to fear that those words are true - has someone put a comprehensive guide together either online or elsewhere to find more great places like Taqueria y Fonda on the UWS? I'm looking for hole in the wall to fancy, cheap to splurge (but mostly cheap), delivery, best dishes, all types of food. I've been trying to piece together an idea of where to go from various food blogs but am not making much progress. I'm hoping to eat my fears but right now I'm at a loss. Please help!
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
kind of a late post here, but holy cow... Maoz is just about the worst falafel I've ever tried. How could it be any worse? Did someone actually mention Chickpea? They're the all-time worst.
Rainbow is a standard by which all falafel should be judged -- classic and excellent. City wide, Alfanoose, Mamoun's, Azuri, Olympic (in Midwood) and Taim are all fantastic. Comparing a place like Maoz to those spots is sort of like comparing Pizza Hut to Gruppo, or Taco Bell to Pinche... inconceivable. I say no more chains, European or not. Let's not let NYC turn into a suburban mall.
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
Maoz veggie bar is awesome (that broccoli!) but I don't think any place can beat the ingredient-driven Taim.
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
We first had Maoz in Barcelona...I haven't been to the NY Maoz but the fries at their Barcelona locations made it a favorite for us. Fried chickpeas plus fried potatoes = heaven.
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
Did anyone watch the Bobby Flay Throwdown at Taïm?? He won...which is absolutely absurd. I can't imagine anyone's falafel balls beating Taïm!
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
Near Union Square is Murray's Falafel & Grill at 261 First Avenue. We take it back to the office and everyone enjoys it. However no one here is a falafel maven, so we're curious to what others think and should we try Maoz. FYI, except for Murray himself, the ambiance is zero but the food is quite good for the type of place.
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
Firstly, I don't HATE anything, I wasn't raised that way..I have grown to HATE the Eagles, and I have absolutely no truck with Cauliflour..what a foul foul thing to put anywhere near a plate, let alone Felafel. If you aren't going to make it yourself, I highly recommend Southernmost Felafel out of Key West, I know, it's far away from the bouroughs, but Louie has been on Grateful Dead Tour since 1989 selling his Balls, "Felafel Today, Feel Better Tomorrow!!", and he ain't lyin. He's on Festie tour now, and for $7 a pop, which I Understand is PRICEY, it cannot be beat. Admittedly I'm a bit of a snob, and I make my own when I can't go on tour, but it is tedious to make, the results though are fabulous. An Egyptian man taught me many moons ago how to make it, and really...chick peas, (lima beans if you hail from Jordan area), garlic, coriander...not too difficult..and YUM. Reading about "baked" balls, and carrots, and Cauliflour kinda makes me wonder WTF? is going on up there...Pita, Hummus, Teziki (sp?) and some SRIRACHA...to complement the Balls..it just doesn't get any better or simpler. Freakin cauliflour. For @#$!% sake.
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
In a citywide contest? Taim for sure.
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
I've seen the Moshe's truck on 6th Ave around 19th St. a few times this past month. Don't know if that was a temporary location or what. There's a Chickpea also on 6th Ave by 22nd St. Both are on the east side of 6th Ave. Not quite Union Square, tho.
Maoz does have the caramelized cauliflower, and it's excellent!
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
Do you have the deep fried cauliflower at the Maozs in NY? That's my favourite thing to add!
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
No love for the falafel carts? Ive never perused beyond there actually, maybe thats why I dont like falafel. Ill try some of these places out, heading to U Sq this weekend!
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
After my own unscientific taste tests, I think the actual falafel ball at Rainbow is better than Maoz's. Crunchy, complex, delicious. That being said, Rainbow's fragile pita (read: messy fingers) and tasteless light-pink tomatoes can't hold a candle to the topping bar (load up on garlic sauce!) and whole wheat pita at Maoz, so I wind up there much more often.
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
Zach, I agree - Olympic is another falafel joint I'm guilty of visiting three times in a week...the laffa is effing incredible.
Union Square Falafel Battle: Maoz, Pita Joe, Moshe's, and Rainbow
Dylan was out of the Village by '65. I doubt he ever went to Mamoun's. It's nice to think though!
Young & Hungry: Pio Pio's Secret Green Sauce and Fried Hot Dogs
I also love Pio Pio's green sauce, though I got a little freaked out when I found out it contained mayonnaise. But then, I'm an irrational mayo-hater.
Young & Hungry: Tortas in Morningside Heights
@eating out: Y&H will definitely be filled with every good UWS place I come upon. Just last night, I had Rack & Soul fried chicken and bbq from around the corner--really good.
Young & Hungry: Tortas in Morningside Heights
Comprehensive? I'd never claim any such thing, but I've been to more than a few places (plenty of them cheap) in Morningside Heights (where I live), as well as West Harlem and the nearby Upper West Side.
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@valser: Drive to DC and go to Amsterdam Falafel on 18th St. in Adams Morgan - great falafel, a delicious salad/condiment bar, really good fries with mayo, and cheap. I'm in NYC and I miss it!