Got a Chicken Tikka Roti Wrap from Roomali. It looks like fast food, but it was sure quite slow. I think I waited close to 15mins for my one wrap and noticed the people sitting down have been waiting a while too. I wonder if they cook the inside filling to order.
I ran into Judson and Lara in the park and they gave me their fried plantains and a half cup of Sophie’s green sauce. I did get my own spicy green chutney sauce from Roomali, but dang that Sophie’s green sauce makes everything good.
Roomali – 97 Lexington Ave (@ 27th St) New York 10016
$6 Grand Opening lunch buffet! Oh no meat. Just a few veggies. Oh this is why it’s only $6.
One cool thing is that they have bread that’s kind of like Ethiopian crepe.
Deepam (CLOSED) – 106 Lexington Ave (btw 27th & 28th St) New York 10016
Matt took me to the new fancy sandwich shop in Gramercy –Defonte’s. It was originally a hit in Red Hook and now they have one in Manhattan. Matt and I did a half and half split on The Jerry Lewis (mozzarella, fried eggplant, tomato) and the Pork Hero (hot roast pork, swiss, fried eggplant, hot salad). They are pricey, yet big. I thought I was going to save half for dinner but that didn’t happen. The Pork Hero is more flavorful and a better initial bite. Then the Jerry Lewis makes a comeback at the end. Not unlike the Nutty Professor? …I dunno. Just trying to make some whack reference. I don’t remember how the movie ended. Eddie Murphy turns into the Klumps.
Defonte’s – 261 3rd Ave (@ 21st St) New York 10010
I ran into a friend that I made on the subway who’s now starting up a food video blog for Fader Magazine soon. Can’t wait to check it out. She gave me a tip on this new banh mi shop close to our work and they have a sandwich called the Sloppy Bao –a Vietnamese take on the Sloppy Joe with spicy curried beef. I asked for it spicy and I got real sweaty. Awesome!
…by the way, I can’t figure out why my sweaty pits smell like celery. It started happening several months back –right around the time I started food bloggin. I’d like to think they’re my pheromones.
Here’s a chicken kabab and onion kulcha bread from Curry in a Hurry. The bread was made fresh to order. I have an idea. Wrap the kebab in the onion kulcha like a hot dog. Top with some chutneys. Then you have a Slum-Dog!
The day started off when I stood next this Indian girl Shilpa Ray on the train this morning, who was in this cool band called Beat the Devil. I stared at her and she didn’t respond so I wasn’t sure if it was her. Then I stared at a Budweiser ad and felt like she was staring at me wondering if I was who I was. I didn’t know if it would be awkward to come in 5 mins later saying hi, so the whole train ride was awkward …at least in my head.
For lunch I did a little research and found out what people in Mumbai eat for street food. Bhel Puri (fried rice crunchies mixed chaat) and Pav Bhaji (buttered bread with Indian sauce). Found a place on Curry Hill that had both. It was really good, but I wish the place was a hole in the wall for the sake of this post. I guess most people rather not eat from a whole in the wall, so it’s probably just me. Their buffet looked pretty tasty.
Later in the evening went to see my Indian friend Shonali and non-Indian friend Marcellus perform at Pete’s Candy Store. Pooja was there. She’s Indian, but I think from Britain so I don’t know if she counts. Jody and I ended the night practicing our stand-up on stage after everyone left. What do you get when Jimmy Walker and Barack Obama rent Slumdog Millionaire on Blu-ray? …Jive-Hope!
DhaBa – 108 Lexington Ave (Btwn 27th & 28th St), New York 10016
Pierro told Matt. Matt told me. We all go to the all you can eat Indian lunch buffet $8.99. This broke all my preconceptions –it wasn’t packed, food was tasty, wasn’t overly spicy, they had many options, many different meats, plenty of sauces. It was like the United States of Tara. Those ads creep me out.
Copper Chimney – 126 E 28th St (Btw Park & Lexington Ave) New York 10016
head over to curry hill with hillel of tastingmenu.com for pakistani food. all i think about is that seinfeld episode. we get the 2 meat, 1 weggie special for $7.99. i know i can only eat a little thanks to the hypnosis diet, but i want to order 6 meats and 4 weggie. paul mckenna is a bad man! very bad man!
