Thursday, 19 August 2010
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53rd & 6th: All You Need
If you're a meat lover like me and if you're anywhere near NYC, this is the place to go for a mouth watering delight- 53rd &6th. I love it so much that I picked it as my display name. Yes, it's that good. Being a New Yorker, I've heard of this joint from friends. They would tell me about the wonder of the white sauce and the chicken that goes with it but I didn't have my first taste of it until last year. My friends and I just got out of a concert (The Offspring) at Roseland Ballroom and we were starving. One of my friends, Spiro, said "hey, we're not too far from the chicken and rice place so let's go there." Our expedition begins.
After walking for about 7 or 8 minutes, we were there... ahhh, "Oh my, what is that smell!?" It was the delicious smell of meat and sauce merging together creeps up the senses.
The line was long (that's what I thought but would later learn that it actually wasn't that bad) but Spiro says "guys, it's so worth it because it's so freakin' awesome" so we patiently waited. As we got closer, I got this feeling- well, what do you know... I was actually anxious to taste this dish that many of my friends have been telling to eat. My friend ordered for us: lamb and rice for me and chicken and rice for everyone else. Spiro requested the white sauce and the man in the bright yellow shirt generously poured this mysterious creamy white sauce. "Hey, what's this" I asked but no one knew what was in the white sauce. Everyone told me to just eat it.
Oh my! The Halal food stand on 53rd & 6th served the best meal I have ever had under $10 ($6 to be exact).
Ingredients I noticed:
- yellow rice
- lettuce
- pita bread
- thinly sliced lamb
It was just so good. I can't find any other words to describe it. It was good. It was yummy. It was delicious. It was tasty.
Spiro watched as my face filled with pure bliss. I realized that moment, that he was one of my very best friends. Since it's just a food stand, there are no tables or chairs but people have no problem sitting on the sidewalk or benches located nearby. As for my friends and I, we ate on the subway on the way home.
Every time I'm around the area, that's where I go to get food now. They give you a large portion for your money's worth. The thing I like about it is that instead of pouring the white sauce and hot sauce themselves, they decided to have a stand filled with the condiments beside the cart so that everyone could pour according to their liking. So, pretty much the choice is either lamb or chicken with rice. They also have gyros.
A beverage vendor is located right next to the Halal food cart and you can get a bottle of water or soda for $2. I do have a secret place I go to eat- I cross the street toward MoMA and across the street from there, there is this strip of benches and that's where I sit. I sit there, get comfortable and enjoy the heavenly goodness of meat and white sauce. What could be better than meat and white sauce?I think this is quite a very nice thing I'm doing. I'm telling you about my city's secret so come and visit and have your meat. I promise it's worth the trip.
What's your favorite street vendor?
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chicken and rice.. IS THE BOMB. I LOVE THAT PLACE
i saw the title of this post and immediately knew
i feel like its every new yorker's duty to inform people of chicken n rice. because it is just that DELICIOUS.goddammit. I was there this weekend. I always hit up street carts for their halal lamb gyros. but i didn't know this secret! Sigh. Still fucking delicious, but i want this too!!!!
i've been there i love it omg that food is so gooooooood
That sounds delicious :O Thanks for sharing!
FINALLY someplace i have been! yes it was amazing!
love love loveeee this place!
ohhh my goodness! i work right near there and everytime i have a long enough break, BAM! chicken n rice :)
Haha, everytime I'm in new york (about twice a year) we make at least one chicken and rice trip =P. I love it.
I always see a RIDICULOUS line at that exact cart. I had been wondering what all the fuss was about!
YES!!
It doesn't look like a secret. :p
Unfortunately, we don't have street vendors here in Louisville.
I love street meat. But it's not a secret, and you can get the same thing from any street vendor in the city - there are thousands of them all over the place. Any of the carts with a grill in them will give you delicious lamb and rice with addictive and mysterious white sauce!
Hmm, I'll try to look for this when I'm in New York in 2 months!
i love all you noobs that go to this specific gyro stand to try your first bit of halaal food
So cute =PIt's really south asian foodAnd remember halaal is to muslims what kosher is to jews
I've heard that the chicken and rice place outside the 7 train station in Jackson Heights was pretty awesome...
ahh the famous chicken and rice.
@Coffeebee@xanga - well the thing is that these guys have the best halal around and it's ALOT more food for 5/6 bucks than any other cart in the city. the chicken is mostly breast and not nasty weird chicken parts like the other carts.
I had chicken and rice once.
However, I have really sensitive taste buds, especially to spicy food (which people call ironic since I'm spanish...I can barely have a simple taco bell taco without feeling like my mouth is on fire).
SO my friends took me there one night. However, I LOVE BBQ sauce. So I poured what I thought was BBQ sauce (literally drenched, my brother says I love it bbq so much I'd baptize my child in A1 if possible). It ended up being the hot sauce.
I could not finish it. I nearly spent a good 20 min running back and forth drinking sodas, tears welling in my eyes because it was so spicy. Everyone laughed.
So yeah. I'm traumatized by chicken and rice :(
I'll admit that after having a couple of drinks my friends and I often migrate toward "the cart" as we call it, but don't be fooled! It is reallyy unhealthy! The calories estimation for one plate is 3,000 calories about 50% more then your daily intake!!! So while yes this is so yummy try not to have it more than a couple of times a year..
Whoever this stuff is meant for, it's freadiky amazing.
Delish!
they're so cheap with the white sauce
i aksed for one and they wouldn't even give it to me until i yelled at them
either way
it's great i love it!
honestly as a native ny-er ... like.. its kinda like whatever.
its good. but like... amazing? eh. its good if youre hungry at any time of night... and then it jst becomes like a craving. its like a really addictive taste.nobody kill me.