Xing Wang

Whenever I make it to China town, whether it be once or a twice a year, I make my way to this awesome food cart. Spending $ 10 here is worth getting a bunch of delicious beef/​fried chicken and fish cakes on sticks. These are great for walking around NYC and the car ride home.

Who does’t love street meat? This is a good cart of street meat… I had a chicken on the stick for $ 1.50. It was tasty, moist and the condiments were good!

Cart’s still located on Canal Street and around Mott Street.

The best selection of fried foods on a stick I’ve seen from a cart. Fried shrimp on a stick were crispy and just lightly coated in flour, Chinese, style. My shrimp spring roll was hot, crispy and greasy, like it just game out of a boiling vat of oil, which it did. This food immediately dispelled the «Eeeh I’m hot and Chinatown is crowded and it’s taking me forever to get anywhere and the place I wanted to go was inexplicably closed» crankiness that had descended upon me and put me back in a happy-​to-​be-​out-​and-​shopping mood.

Face it, sometimes you’re broke. Not in a «zero money» kind of way, but a «I can’t afford lunch if I wanna get hammered later» kind of way. Well, that’s me a lot. Usually I’m able to pinch a buck outta the laundry money and head to Chinatown for lunch.
Xing Wang is a noodle cart from a long line of Chinese tradition. $ 1 gets you a take-​out burger container full of veggie lo mein or mei fun. Even better, get 3 veggie springrolls for a buck. You can also get chicken or fishballs on a stick, along with a cold soda, for cheap, but the noodles are the kicker here. I’ve never had to wait more than a minute for my order, and the nice girl always tucks extra napkins and such in the bag. I really ought to tip her. Cross the street for some dangerously ripe Chinatown fruit, and you’ve got yourself a meal. For those of you who can’t muster the courage to eat noodles from a cart, have fun being a sheltered ass-​hat.