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Curry Leaves’ Curry Laksa OMG

A true gem! The type of place we love to take visitors. It may be in Queens, but it feels like you are walking into a restaurant in Malaysia. Not much English is spoken here by the staff or the clientele, but that was just fine by us, because it was here where we had [...]

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Nyonya

To the Chinese immigrants who moved to Malaysia in the nineteenth century to work in the rubber plantations and tin mines, Nyonya meant grandmother. These days it refers to a cooking style that combines common ingredients from Malaysia and China. But to New Yorkers it mean fabulous food at affordable prices.
What we tried: Malaysian [...]

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Healthy Chili Tonight!

6 Servings
Ingredients
1 bacon slice, finely chopped (preferably applewood – good smokey flavor)
2 1/4 cups finely chopped onion, divided (about 2 medium)
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 pound coarsely ground turkey breast
1/2 pound coarsely ground sirloin (or more turkey..up to you!)
1 (12-ounce) can beer (such as Budweiser)
3 tablespoons [...]

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For Dinner Tonight!
Fresh Malaysian Spring Rolls

Ingredients
6 spring roll wrappers (available in Asian markets)
12 medium shrimp, cooked and shelled
1 cup shredded leaf lettuce
1/3 cup chopped cilantro
1/2 cup peeled, seeded, chopped cucumber
1 medium carrot, julienned
Quick Thai Dipping Sauce:
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon white-wine vinegar or rice vinegar
3 tablespoons mirin
1/4 teaspoon grated ginger root (optional)
Directions
In a bowl of cool water, soak a [...]

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Cupcake Stop

if you are trying to decide between cupcake stop and treats truck, i would choose the latter, only because they guy who started cupcake stop isn’t the real deal. he was a law student who decided to go into business. while the treats lady is the truly living her dream of baking and interacting with [...]

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La Cense: Grass-fed steakburgers

this is a truck with a twist. it is actually merely the marketing tool to get people to buy this beef which is grown out west. a concept which i don’t really care for. but then i had the burger. simply prepped with some grilled onions and i was hooked. bought some of the darn [...]

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Calexico 2008 Vendy Winner!

Ok, they are an old school cart not a fancy truck, but OMG if you like mexican, dude, run don’t walk to 2 of their trucks. and the boys just opened a restaurant in brooklyn! it is all about their secret guac/lime dressing….i hate that they went on Martha Stewart, but i cant blame them! [...]

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Wafels and Dinges

i am so glad that this truck isn’t parked outside of my house because i would be a big fat mess! SO FREAKIN good! fresh made waffles and the “dinges” translates into “wachamacallits” – that’s the stuff you put on top from strawberries, bananas, chocolate and a top secret secret nutella-esque hazelnut “wachamacallit” that [...]

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Picnic Smoked BBQ Truck

WOW. i do not even like BBQ (i know, weird) but man the pulled pork was AMAZING! they pretty much have a permanent home in financial district, but get to the truck early because they often sell out! also: home made mini peach pie…TO DIE FOR! get in line early. they have a nice little [...]

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Treats Truck!

The Treats Truck is filled to the brim with boxes of your favorite freshly baked cookies, brownies and goodies galore.. Not too fancy, always delicious! In addition to the Treats Truck Standards, they have daily Specials, the Oatmeal Jammy and the Cran Almond Crispy are AWESOME. other good stuff? peanut butter sandwich cookies, caramel creme [...]

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