A Full Belly

august is for chinese street food

"August is shaping up to be an exciting month for fans of Chinese street food," says New York Magazine and gosh, I think they might be right, with two newly-opened purveyors of cheap tasty treats opening in recent weeks: Province in Tribeca (Church & Walker) serves meat-filled mantous for $3.50-$3.75, and Roll and Dough in the West Village (West 3rd near 6th Ave) is the Manhattan outpost of Elizabeth Ting, the lady known to Chowhounders as the Flushing Bing lady for her delicious bings, flat packages of sesame-seed encrusted dough with all sorts of delicious things inside. Lots of photos here, taken by The Girl Who Ate Everything.

Casse-Croute Tribeca

Amy Langfield has discovered Casse-Croute in Tribeca:

Had a late lunch yesterday at a great little place on West Broadway that isn't even listed on Vindigo yet. It's called Casse-Croute Tribeca, a French sandwich/quiche type place with limited seating - but the food and service are great. They do breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had lunch there a couple months ago, though it's been open since sometime this past winter. The drawback is that it's very tiny and you have to sit at tall chairs at one of two counters. And it's BYOB. 73 West Broadway, a block south of the Chambers Street subway for the 1,2,3, and 9 lines.