Going international; Pinoy’s street food on wheels invades New York
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Going international; Pinoy’s street food on wheels invades New York

May 4, 2021, 2:58 AM
Erin Fay Ocampo

Erin Fay Ocampo

Writer

A new pop-up food cart in New York is giving Americans a chance to discover authentic Filipino street foods – and enabling Fil-Ams to satisfy their cravings for local street foods.

THE ubiquitous street food cart that has become part and parcel of Filipino life is now conquering the Big Apple.

New Yorkers can now enjoy authentic Pinoy street food on wheels, thanks to So Sarap NYC.

One of the many things that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and Filipino-Americans miss about home almost as much as they miss their families is Filipino comfort food.

There’s nothing like gathering around the kariton of the maglalako (street vendor) for a scrumptious merienda.

Thus, So Sarap NYC was born.

Going international; Pinoy’s street food on wheels invades New York

Going international; Pinoy’s street food on wheels invades New York from So Sarap NYC, ]Facebook

So Sarap NYC was founded by VJ Navarro and Sebastian Shan. They aimed to serve different parts of New York from Manhattan to Staten Island.

This humble pop-up store’s concept is exactly what our local maglalako do: roam around the city in hopes of attracting hungry customers.

Their pop-up stores sell different kinds of Pinoy street food like ice candy (flavors include mango, coconut, avocado, melon, ube, and chocolate, balut, penoy, chicharon with vinegar, isaw, barbecue, taho, fish ball, dirty ice cream (in a cone, cup, or bread), binatog, and green mango with bagoong.

Back in August 2020, the So Sarap NYC team was hesitant to launch the pop-up store because of the pandemic.

It was impossible to employ a fish ball cart where people will gather without the risk of transmitting Covid-19.

An authentic experience of a fish ball cart is where people dip their sticks of fish ball in a bucket of sauces, and this was awfully risky.

However, the team is getting more hopeful as vaccines are currently being administered in the States, so they might be able to operate on a much larger scale. (EFO)

Tags: #NewYorkCity, #foodcart, #SoSarapNYC, #Pinoyfood


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