(Recommended by SI reader Satya)
After watching Akshay Kumar’s latest nightmare a.k.a De Dana Dan the other day, we were in desperate need of some cheering and comforting.
So after the crappy movie ended, we walked up a few blocks from AMC Empire 25 on 42nd St to the latest New York City landmark – Biryani Cart, at the intersection of 46th St & 6th Ave in Midtown Manhattan (near Nandita Khanna’s rathole Utsav).
Biryani Cart – A Streetside Affair
The Biryani Cart is not a regular NYC sit-down Indian restaurant but a roadside food cart that has found favor with many people working in Midtown as well as Times Square tourists.
It was around 1.45PM, there was a steady drizzle and the sidewalks were crowded with office-goers heading home early for Thanksgiving.
The light rain notwithstanding, there were about 8 or 9 people waiting at the Biryani Cart for their spice-fix.
The cart’s appeal and draw has been the quality of its food, spread mostly by word of mouth and blogs like this.
As we were looking at the menu painted on the frontside of the cart, we overheard a desi specifying ‘spicy’ to his order. Seeing some goras (who usually play safe and order their Indian food ‘mild’) standing nearby, we too added the spicy suffix to our order.
We were famished and ordered Vegetable Biryani, Chicken Biryani and Vegetable Kati Roll.
But the cart was already out of Chicken Biryani!
Schade.
So in place of the Chicken Biryani we settled for Chicken Tikka, another favorite at the cart.
After placing the order, we patiently waited and dutifully ogled at the gora girls passing by in their tight T-shirts and tighter jeans. 
Behind and around us, we heard desis speaking Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and English.
To yours truly, the desis around us looked like the H1B/L1 IT coolies working in Midtown.
It took about 5-6 minutes to get our Styrofoam food boxes plus napkins and forks. Continue reading »
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