Bian Dang

Where can one get Taiwanese-style fried chicken over rice, seasoned with a delicious home-cooked pork sauce, with tea eggs and handmade dumplings on the side? Earlier this summer, possibly the first Taiwanese-style food truck in the United States drove into town and opened for lunch at neighborhoods around New York City. The response? Long lines and lively word-of-mouth between friends and foodblogs—enough so that NYC Cravings sold out of their signature fried chicken at their first appearance in Midtown. Earlier this summer, possibly the first Taiwanese-style food truck in the United States drove into town and opened for lunch at neighborhoods around New York City. The response? Long lines and lively word-of-mouth between friends and foodblogs—enough so that NYC Cravings sold out of their signature fried chicken at their first appearance in Midtown. Cravings began April 28th with an evolving menu that currently includes entrees of chicken, pork chop, and fish with additional options of tea egg, pork or vegetable dumplings, and various Asian drinks such as Chrysanthemum tea, Aloe Vera, and Grass Jelly. Every weekday, the pale yellow and bamboo-decorated truck parks at a different location from about 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sundays find them in Brooklyn, and Twitter lets them communicate other impromptu appearances (such as a recent stop near Lincoln Center for the city’s first annual Pan-Asian Basketball Tournament where Team Taiwan made it to the championship).