by Jerome Espinosa Baladad

Created on: May 30, 2011

Food trucks offer the next best thing to having restaurant style culinary enjoyment in New York City (NYC), with good food to be had right there and then wherever you happened to be standing. All that, at the right prices, prepared and delivered right away. Manhattan hosts a bevy of choices that can be a challenge to someone visiting from out of town, or even for one who is employed in one of the workplaces in the borough.

53rd and 6th Halal Cart
Its very ubiquitous everyday presence on a corner that is a few blocks away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MOMA) and all those office buildings that were featured prominently in many movies including “The Devil Wore Prada”. It can be found in that midtown part of 6th Avenue, which location that is next to many offices has helped it land among the highest rated “best food trucks” in NYC.
 
A tasting is best experienced at the onset of the evening, especially when it is windy and cold, which time you will always notice a long line of regular and adventurous customers waiting for their turn. You don’t really have to be sure of what you want to order if it is your first time. Just feel free to ask other customers ahead of you. Order for something that looks similar; ask the owner or one of the helpers for the same thing that looks appealing to your senses. Eat it right there while it is hot or better yet, take it home.

Wafels & Dinges
This place offers Belgian waffles, toppings, fudge, fruits, ice cream, coffee, or anything of a sweet nature that is concocted from any of your dessert fantasies. And all of these you can have when one of their roving carts visits your location. On your first order, make sure you grab a taste of their topping called “spekuloos,” a peanut-butter like spread that is better tasting than Nutella. They announce online all the details of their scheduled locations that cover all over Manhattan. But if you’re impatient, you may opt to visit one of their roaming carts parked on 5th Avenue and 60th Street in Central Park Zoo, where its “Vedette cart” is open every day.

DessertTruck
Are you having an instant craving for lovingly-prepared pastries offered this time from a truck that moves from one location to another during the week? Check out their schedule from their webpage, and be amazed at the same time about the great lengths the owners have gone to be able to just offer foodies connoisseur-like desserts at great value. If you

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