bian dang (fka nyc cravings truck)

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although this whole fancy food truck craze started taking over the streets of manhattan a while ago, i'd been relatively uninterested until i heard about a taiwanese food truck serving excellent fried chicken with "secret" pork sauce over rice. since then, i've been trying to find a day where their schedule coincides with mine - i.e., when i have 45 mins to spare and when they will be conveniently parked close to my office. i even resorted to using this whole newfangled twitter thing.

as you can see, today was the day and jenny was the lucky victim to get dragged along and forced to wait in the sweltering heat for nearly an hour. a note about the line - neither jenny nor i have ever seen that many asians gathered together in midtown. where did they all come from? anyway - back in the cool comfort of my office, i mixed the rice, secret pork sauce, and a few drops of sriracha together and dug into the juicy flavorful chicken. pre-mixing is crucial because otherwise the pork sauce (w/ pickled cabbage) is too salty. so good and so filling for only $7. thankfully i also ordered a diet dr. pepper ($1) to help stave off the food coma.

NOTE: NYC Cravings Truck is now known as Bian Dang