red farm @ foodparc

6th ave (29/30)

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michelle, derek, and i had lunch at the madison square market (review to follow), which is an outdoor food court. it was a gorgeous day, so we decided to walk through chelsea and check out the limelight marketplace. once done with the marketplace, we tried to figure out what to do next. why not keep eating? michelle and i had heard about the new foodparc food court in the eventi hotel in north chelsea. nyc has this new obsession with food courts that i find very promising.

upon entering the food court, you're directed to computer kiosks where you can order from any of the restaurants using a touchscreen menu. since we had already eaten lunch, we decided just to get the egg rolls from red farm, made with katz's pastrami. katz's is possibly my favorite deli in the city, with amazing pastrami. someone at red farm decided to add chop up some pastrami, add some cabbage, roll it up and deep fry it. a great idea, but executed poorly. while the roll had a nice crunch, you could barely taste the pastrami. it was overwhelmed with pepper and cabbage. really unfortunate.