the Dumpling Truck?

What kind of dumplings are we talking? Chinese? Austrian? American? Other?

Subject: Re: the Dumpling Truck?

Obamanut wrote: [quote=LongTimeSloper]I had heard about them and the truck is sitting on 7th Avenue right now in front of Tarzian hardware.

The dumplings were good, but, $6 for 6 dumplings? That is too much money! I am glad I tried them, but won't be buying them again.

Have you tried a $4 Eggo waffle from the "Wafel and Dinges" truck as well?

But seriously though, since when do Park Slopers care about the price of anything they buy? If anything, around here cheap = bad (see "Union Market"). :money:

Hey Obamanut,

I know Longtimesloper and SHE WORKS FOR A LIVING. Your assumptions/feelings for the residents of Park Slope makes me thing you live on Staten Island or some other white-flight suburb.

Do you actually interact with anybody in Park Slope or do you just work with some sort of pre-conceived conceptions of what you think we are like?

LongTimeSloper wrote: [quote=Idlewild]Mister Softee is the only reliable culinary truck one can trust. At least in NYC.

LOL! now, that's a pretty sad statement! LOL

It depends. I happen to love Mister Softee. You can't beat a black and white double cone with separate chocolate and cherry shells rolled in chocolate sprinkles. Although I will say I hit a empanada truck once in the South Bronx. They were good empanadas.

The Liege Waffel from the Wafels & Dinges truck is very good.

Subject: Re: the Dumpling Truck?

Obamanut wrote: [quote=winstonsmith][quote=Obamanut][quote=LongTimeSloper]I had heard about them and the truck is sitting on 7th Avenue right now in front of Tarzian hardware.

The dumplings were good, but, $6 for 6 dumplings? That is too much money! I am glad I tried them, but won't be buying them again.

Have you tried a $4 Eggo waffle from the "Wafel and Dinges" truck as well?

But seriously though, since when do Park Slopers care about the price of anything they buy? If anything, around here cheap = bad (see "Union Market"). :money:

Hey Obamanut,

I know Longtimesloper and SHE WORKS FOR A LIVING. Your assumptions/feelings for the residents of Park Slope makes me thing you live on Staten Island or some other white-flight suburb.

Do you actually interact with anybody in Park Slope or do you just work with some sort of pre-conceived conceptions of what you think we are like?

My message wasn't a knock at Sloper, I agree with her that $6 for six dumplings is too much money. The waffle remark was a joke.

Besides, I know more about more people in Park Slope than you can possibly imagine. Remember, I've been here watching and listening for quite a while. Like the janitor in "The Breakfast Club," I am the eyes and ears of this institution. That's why I'm such a tack in their Keen sandals.


You claim to "know" a lot of Park Slopers, but do you like us?

Why are you still here, there is a gated community in Arizona waiting for you? But you will have to change your name.

Back to the intention of the original post... I am a huge fan of BOTH the rickshaw dumpling truck and the waffle & dinges truck. Given, dumplings are cheaper at other places, but they are also greasier and poorly made. Plus it's the only place I can find kalamansi juice - a hidden gem of the citrus world! As for the waffles, I always get the liege, and there is nothing eggo about it - moist, chewy and sweet, it doesn't need chocolate or strawberries, or even powdered sugar (call me a waffle purist). I try to make it back home with some of the waffle to share, but it's always gone by the time I hit 3rd street! Both trucks are weekly, bi-monthly indulgences at most, but they are treats that make me grateful for this little nabe of ours. Now if only the dessert truck would make it out here - their bread pudding is un-fricken-believable!

Please be free to continue fighting about gated communities and prices.

Idlewild wrote: [quote=LongTimeSloper][quote=Idlewild]Mister Softee is the only reliable culinary truck one can trust. At least in NYC.

LOL! now, that's a pretty sad statement! LOL

It depends. I happen to love Mister Softee. You can't beat a black and white double cone with separate chocolate and cherry shells rolled in chocolate sprinkles. Although I will say I hit a empanada truck once in the South Bronx. They were good empanadas.

I'm with you, except on the cherry shell.
And I had a really really REALLY good cup of coffee when Le Gamin set up a truck in front of the main library. Who knew they had a truck....?

And the juice truck with the clever skull and crossbones featuring carrots that is sometimes at PPW and Union on Saturdays, also very delicious. The Treat Truck that shows up at that same intersection also has its attractions...

The dumpling truck has a twitter feed if you need to find them. I get the 30 for $5 frozen bag at Family Dumpling in Sunset Park, so I couldn't bear to try the Dumpling Truck dumplings.

Santa wrote: is family dumpling better than friend dumpling?

im going to be in sunset park today and might grab a bag since Im hardly ever in manhattan now.

Could not tell you. The pork/chive dumplings at Family are great, but the veg ones are wretchedly bad. It's on 7th Ave in the 50s, not 8th Ave like most other places.
I haven't sorted out which are the better frozen dumplings at the Hong Kong Market, so I get Vietnamese spring rolls (bright orange and yellow wrapper, packaged for Soviet and US market, ha) and shrimp shumai there...
(Best impromptu party food ever.)

^^ the counter guy was the cook and I was eating there.

Idlewild wrote: You can't beat a black and white double cone with separate chocolate and cherry shells rolled in chocolate sprinkles. Although I will say I hit a empanada truck once in the South Bronx. They were good empanadas.

Please explain your approach here. You first have the cone dipped in chocolate then the cherry shells?! I've never considered that before (being a lifelong cherry dip devote myself) but it sounds good.

I like Rickshaw on 23rd, also Mandoo bar on 32nd. But normally I just buy a bag of 30 or 50 for $5 (depending on type) from the cheap dumpling places in Manhattan chinatown.