Lunch street-cart style with David Chang

It's 70 degrees and brilliantly sunny here in NY and I just got back from a lunch thrown street-cart style by David Chang.  Life doesn't get all that much better than that.  I'm a big fan of David Chang's entire empire (note my very enthusiastic review of Ssam bar from a while back, Noodle bar, Milk bar and the soon-to-come Momo bar or whatever they're calling it) so I was really looking forward to seeing how he pulled off a hectic street-car style lunch. The entire shindig was sponsored by NBC New York and 160 lucky guests won pairs of tickets to the feast.

The scene:

A parking lot at the corner of Houston and Lafayette.

David Chang overseeing his newest territory to be conquered

 Happy diners!

The cooking stations and the magical soft-serve machine

The Goodies:

"Dealer's choice" - a random assortment of goodies put together by the chefs: Grilled lobster with bits of scallion and bacon, a poached egg and grits, a pork belly bun and pickled veggies.

The lobster was really rich and well-spiced and nicely complemented by the creamy grits and pickled vegetables.

"Pork choice": Crispy rice fries, pork belly bun, sweet/spicy red chili pepper rice cakes

I always love the pork belly buns and the rice fries were also extremely good - I could probably eat a pack of these easily if they were packaged.  I'm not a big fan of the sweet/spicy red chili pepper sauce they used so didn't find this dish all that great.

Donut soft-serve ice cream with cinnamon sugar topping

Tastes EXACTLY like a donut and not overly sweet at all with a really great, silky texture

I had a great time at the event and can't wait to check out the new bar at Ssam bar next week!  :)

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