"Burgers and Fries in moderate portions"
The original Shake Shack is in Madison Square Park in Midtown Manhattan where people will line up around the park for hours just to get their hands on these tasty little burgers. These shots were from the UWS location at 366 Columbus (@ 77th street). Simply delicious and freshly prepared, these moderately sized, hand-packed burgers are slightly bigger than a traditional slider, but not as large as a giant pub burger. The Shake Shack 'shroom burger is two portobello mushrooms wrapped around muenster and cheddar cheese, breaded and deep fried, then tucked between a bun with shack sauce, lettuce and tomato.I'm dreaming about it right now and wish I had ordered one last night as we walked home along Columbus from Times Square.
Shake Shack's traditional cheese burger is everything it claims to be, good 'ol beef, cooked medium and topped with cheese. Ask for everything if you like pickles, tomato and lettuce. For the Canadians reading this, the fries are like the ones that that "Jay" ate in the McCain Superfries commercial from the late 90's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR9X_LcC7yQ). Crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.
Enjoy burger lovers - see you in paradise. Keep on eating in New York city.
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Halal meat is available in NYC from street carts on every other corner in the city. Anywhere from $4-6 per platter, might this tasty dish give the Hot Dog and Pretzel carts a run for their money?
These delicious smelling carts can be found all over the city with various levels of quality and flavour from each one. It would seem that there's a monopoly on this local, middle eastern cuisine, but with each stand putting their own twist on this veritable favourite, it's hard to compare one from another. Some offer variations on the type of rice you get (basmati, spicy, white, mixed) while others have a different consistency to their "white sauce". I shudder to think what's actually in this non-refrigerated white sauce. Best to leave that in the lower levels of your unconscious and act on blind faith hoping that you won't get sick. Truthfully, I think the turnover on this food is so fast and frequent that no food has long to go bad. All carts will offer a choice of chicken or lamb on rice or a combination of both.
One of the best and most popular carts is at 53rd street and 6th avenue from 7pm-4am (http://53rdand6th.com). This is the first place we went in the city for Halal meat and have been back twice already in our first month and a half. We've also tried stands near Bryant park at Madison and 40th - 3 out of 5 - and around Broadway and 18th 3.5 out of 5. Be sure to ask for extra white sauce and beware the spicy sauce. The first time we had the spicy sauce, we put it all over and our mouths were on fire. Again, each stand has a different spicy level for their hot sauce. The stand at 53rd and 6th is killer (you've been warned). The safest approach if you have a low spice tolerance is to ask for sauce on the side and dip as necessary.
hmmm... I'm getting hungry.
