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Photo: Walking up to the restaurant |
I wasn't aware of this place even opening -but apparently, others were, as you can see by this photo.
A friggin' long-ass line outside Num Pang Sandwich Shop.
Great. (Insert big sigh here for a person who has no patience for lines and crowds of people. No snarky comments needed about living in NYC and not liking crowds. Already heard it and I don't really care because I won't be moving anytime soon.)
But what does a long line really say to me? Something is for free OR it means it is good and worth queuing up for! So I "queued" as it were....
I waited as patiently as I could. I checked my phone for messages, put up a "Twitpic" and tweeted a tad about the new experience I was about to undertake.
Surprisingly, I get to the front to place my order amazingly quickly. I order my pulled pork sandwich, the grilled corn on the cob and a diet soda. (Again, sorry to my husband who wants me to try to give up the sugary drinks. Can't do it yet. I have to wean myself... at least give me 18 months or so....!). Anyway, I really wanted the green iced tea -but they were out and brewing more. Some things in life are worth waiting for, but green iced tea was not on my list at that time. A good ol' Boylan's Cane Cola (Diet!) was going to have to do.
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Photo: Still waiting... |
After I got my order... grabbed a couple of condiments and I was on my way.
Quick sidebar: if I did get the green tea, I would have been very happy as they have simple syrup available to sweeten it up. LOVE that. Better than trying to sweeten cold tea with sugar or Splenda -it just doesn't mix when the drink is cold. Simple syrup is a great alternative and costs them nothing to provide. I'm givin' the place props or "plus one" -whatever. It's a little thing that means a lot. To me. Maybe only me, but to me. (It's my blog. I get to say whatever I want to.) Now back to my experience.....
Walkin' back to work, hoards of oblivious people made me drop my hot sauce on the sidewalk and step on it. Oh well. The sandwich probably won't need it... or, at least it better not, because I wasn't scrapin' anything off the sidewalk or going back through the crowd to get red sauce anyway.
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Photo: The before picture of my lunch. |
When I get back to my office, I'm somewhat happy that the food is still pretty warm, but due to the packaging and the heat from the food, the sandwich bread is not as crunchy as I'd like it to be.... Oh well. That's what you get with take out...a little bit of this, a little bit of that. (If only those STUPID people would have moved out of my way quicker, I probably could have had a better sandwich experience. Damn tourists!)
Important to note - Corn on the cob - FAN-friggin-tabulous. Love it. The coconut, the chili and spicy mayo... OMG. Yes. I could eat JUST THAT and be happy.
The sandwich had very crispy veggies that were tasty and the pulled pork wasn't overly cooked or spiced. BRAVO.
My soda was warm by the time I got to my nearby office, too. But... all in all... it ended out exceptionally well. Even my dental floss was happy.And that, dear readers, says A LOT.
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Photo: Very good "after" photo. Yes, that is dental floss, a napkin and count them: TWO wet naps. Num Pang Sandwich Shop 140 East 41st St., MidtownPhone: 212-86-8889 Officially opened June 28, 2011 |
My wife would be thrilled to read your comments about the proper way to walk on the streets. Every day on her walk from GCT to work, she encounters many a moron paused on the sidewalk with no concern for the rest of the people who have to use it.
ReplyDeleteI wish we gave out handbooks for people or at least ticketed the morons for "Oblivious Tactics Used in Public Spaces."
ReplyDelete***UPDATE*** February 2013: Will AVOID this place until their 'C' NYC Health Inspection Grade is gone for good. 30-point violations are BAD, Num Pang. VERY VERY BAD.
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