Bánh mì truck...

It wasn't so good--permissible compared to some places in NY. It was super slow. A little disorganized. The bánh mì wasn't really an issue as opposed to the summation of slights in regards to other offerings and pure laziness in effort here.

The tapioca in the bubble tea was INSULTING--it was like little balls of super old red bean paste that's dessicated and covered with a slimy boba casing. Teeny little truck on Pearl St & Hanover.

Sammiches--barely any fillings which is APPALLING for 6 bucks. At least Baoguette and An Choi charge for sammiches that actually has more than ONE THIN LAYER OF MEATS. The "do"/vietnamese bologna fish cake type of processed pork meat-ness was WEIRD. I'd consider eating this if I worked on this far downtown and I was hot mess in withdrawal of sammiches...or snowed in. This is the #1 (special combo).

The tuna was Bumble Bee Tuna (canned of course), the eel was the frozen packaged stuff u can get from JasMart or whatever. The other meats looked legit but again, thin single layer and not much else. Really is just...passable--granted I"ve had more offensive sammiches but...WHATEVER.

Julia got the grilled chicken. Jay got the eel sammich.

The only gripe I have with this place--whereas I majorly ripped into Bep is that Bep lacked flavor and panache (and in many regards "authenticity"), this place has the seeds of 'authentic' flavor but was just so damn slow and poorly executed in everything else and lazy.

If you want to even separate it further--my problem with Bep was that it just...didn't know any better. Something that can def be improved upon. This place, however, knows at least SOMEWHAT better but is completel haphazard--not that it knows so much better and wants to screw you over for a dollar, but that it seems indifferent--as if to just cover the bare minimum b/c it can't do any more and doesn't want to, but will just sweep over the flaws a little and call ti a day.

And, as always, this remains fairly popular and had good foot traffic when I was there (on the way to Fulton Stall Markets--entry belooowww!). Baffling really--but I guess until there's some other

Fulton Stall Market...

First summer Fridaaaaay! :) Went to Fulton Stall Market w/ Julia and Jay. made a pit stop @ the Banh Mi food truck (separate post to follow).

There weren't that many vendors but not many greenmarkets will have 3 little kids play cello and violin so deftly and amusingly :D I was hoping for more offerings, though there was plenty of coverage in terms of greens, baked goods, cheeses, and seafood. I know this looks all fall-y but it was still tasty!

YAY. These eggs were huge--at least 30% bigger than the EXTRA LARGE eggs at the grocery store. Even those are rather big compared to the regular 'large' ones. Is it just me or is the naming convention a little off? Didn't buy any but was very tempted since I'm also sorta in a fritatta phase. MEHBEH next time.

Onto animals!...

Shore catch only had like 3 types of fish but they were purty and ...substantial looking! I have no idea what the fish were except one might've been flounder since it looked like the underside of what that just went thru the transformation! :) and Scaaaaaaallops! And some fish that was blue with yellow speckled dots!

My favesies was Sang Lee Farms--their asparagus was HUUUUGE but SWEET! and crisp, tasty, vibrant! Not to mention their various sauces--the pesto was "eh" since honestly after bringing back pesto from Liguria, Italy--it's a little hard to readjust my set point. Anyhoo--the ginger scallion dip was surprisingly addictive and "punchy'--u'd think ginger/scallion would be mild which in subtlety it is, but it's a damn good dip.

My only gripe is Sang Lee producs are a little expensive--except the asparagus was $4.50 a bunch and that was enough in one bunch as 2-3 bunches of regular asparagus! And purple asparagus! woohoo! The dips and pesto (which are the same size as those plastic containers of hummus) were $8.50 and $9.50 respectively. Yummay...but hell no I'm not paying that much for dip. :(

The goat cheese chevre and hot pepper jelly the Sang Lee table had out for tasting was REALLY GOOD. I like expanding my palate but hot pepper jam isn't exactly my cup of tea--but this was grrrrrrEAT! :) The goat cheese was milder and a bit creamier than what I identify with goat cheese, which I would suppose make it go even better with the jelly :) YUMMAY JELLAY!

This is from Breezy Hill Orchard & Knoll Crest Farms--which also had some bad ass apples. I'm partial to their Fuji since I usually prefer fuji and gala apples anywa. BUT, their wine sap was interesting. I forget what the third is.

The apples were smaller than I thought they'd be--I mean I tend to think farm fresh fruits and veggies would end up being smaller than the ish @ supermarkets--but given the ginormity (yes, ginormity :D) of the asparagus and tomatoes etc, I thought they'd at least be a little...bigger. These fit in your palm for the most part =/ Great texture tho!--one thing I dislike about apples sometimes is it has this..disintegrated papier mache feel to it. Dunno how else to describe it--but not crisp! And the supermarket ones are nowhere near crisp and well ripe like these!

Stony Hill Farm also had some tasty looking fruits. If u click on the photo u'll see one funky lookin' strawberry. Quirky! Me likes. Fairly certain this is also from Stony Hill. They also seemed to be purveyors of italian goods too--there was ur usual offering of Loacker sweets--but there were other biscottis I don't usually see around. Some were more breakfasty type like S'Doro's or whaver they are! EHHHH.

I didn't really care to take pics of the baked stuff but it looked pretty solid. *shrug*. Also ignored a good chunk of the cheese and the wine vendor. OH WELL. wasn't that interesting. There's a photo of Cupcake Express on my flickr but i don't really care about that!

Instead, here's a questionable picture of fresh mozarella cheese from Hoboken Farms, with purveyor of said cheese. hehe.

Julia and I also go the mozarella--while it was creamy and had that...mozarella musk to it, I might have to say the mozarella @ Whole Foods (whatever it is) might just be a bit better b/c the texture for the Hoboken one is a little firmer and smidge drier than I'd like. Good color tho!

Overall--not sure I'd make the trek all the way down to South Street Seaport so much--but def would come back if I was to hit up Water Taxi Beach and DEFINITELY for those damn apples and scallops and asparagus!! pretty much most of Sang Lee :P... and mozarella (maybe!)