Yes I am referring to the all famous Halal Cart by Radio City. The one who gets high ratings in Zagats, the one who was featured on Oprah. The only Halal Cart with a logo, their own tee shirts and their own bright yellow shopping bags. YES THEM!

I finally had their food for the first time. Believe it or not, all these years I’ve lived in New York and have never tried them. Why? Because their line is too damn long! Sometimes that line goes all the way down the block and Im not standing on that long line! I hear the line moves fast but I wasnt interested in seeing for myself. Do you know someone got stabbed on that line for skipping? That is hilarious! What’s even MORE hilarious is that I skipped that line last night (and I didnt get stabbed! hahaha). Dont tell my mother.

It was 2 degrees outside and I was starving! I WISH I WOULD stand on that long line. There is an ART to skipping the line. I was going to give you my tip, but I changed my mind cuz I dont want people using my own trick on ME! Its so sad (but funny) to see the line go down the block for this cart. There are several other carts within a one (or less) block radius and all you hear is crickets by them. My friend and I walked by one cart dude and he was sitting there all by himself with his head down while the line was trailing down the block at the other cart. We were like “awwwww. I bet all the other carts want to KICK THEIR ASS”! How bad can the other carts be? I feel like going there and asking to taste every cart’s food and then crowning a winner. Unfortunately Im not Oprah, so nobody will care.

So yeah I got my food. I realize the line moves so fast because you have to do most of the work yourself. You put your own white sauce, close your own tray, pack your own bag, get your own napkins etc. Shouldnt they be charging less than other carts considering we have to do half the work? Im cool with adding my own sauce though, because then I can dowse it and not annoy the man with my “more, More MORES”.

So since this was a street cart, and its winter, theres nowhere to eat it without the food freezing before it gets to your mouth so I sat in starbucks with my friend and ate it. Yes I shared. Shes one of those “No I dont want to buy any….can I have a bite of yours” friends! lol! A bite, turned into 3 or 4! So I guess its safe to say SHE LOVED IT! I on the other hand wasnt that impressed. Maybe my expectations were too high! When a place makes it to Oprah I guess you expect diamonds to be sprinkled over your food. Honestly people, its just CART FOOD! Its good cart food…but its just cart food! A LOT of cart food is good. A lot of cart food is NASTY! and sometimes you get one thats GREAT! theirs wasnt great! Maybe I caught them on a mediocre day! Or maybe its because I only had the chicken and the lamb is where the good stuff is. Orrrrrr maybe people are just impressionable! So since Rachael Ray and Oprah say its so great, everyone just jumps on the bandwagon (or the cartwagon?).

I eat lots of cart food and honestly, I’ve had better! They are NOT the best in NYC! The one on Prince St. right off Broadway in SoHo is much better to me! But I must reiterate, THE FOOD WAS GOOD! Im not discrediting the fact that their food is good. I just dont see what the big deal is. A lot of carts have good food!

If youre in the NYC area, do a taste test for me! Try the one on 53rd and 6th and try the one on Prince St. right off Broadway and tell me which is better! Make sure u dowse the one on Prince St. with Sauce..because I think the secret is in the sauce! YUM!

One great thing I CAN say about the one on 53rd street is that they chop their meat up really fine, and they make sure its well done! Kudos to them on that! That alone will make me go back to their cart, but only if the line isnt too long!

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THANK YOU

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