The design of the Comme Ci Comme Ca food truck has a lot going on and nothing about it says "Moroccan." I finally stopped and read the menu one day and was surprised that they had cous cous, merguez sausages, and other items beyond the "chicken and rice" I assumed they served. Considering midtown prices, the $11 bowls (rice or cous cous) or salads from Chef Samir are a pretty good deal. I've tried all of their protein items and they're all very flavorful and tasty. None of the food strikes me as very greasy or unhealthy and whether you're a vegetarian or a carnivore, this truck has a lot to offer. I am partial to their cous cous and the accompanying vegetables are a favorite. I usually get two items that I rotate based on my my mood during each visit and don't have any one in particular that stands out. Regardless of what you choose, your chances of being disappointed are slim. The food is consistent and excellent and the accompanying friendliness of the staff makes it a pleasant experience. read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - lemon chicken and merguez sausage on a bed of vegetables and cous cous. - Moroccan Near Me

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I want all the meat. That's why I rocked the Cous Cous Royal.* It's got the lemon chicken, the beef, the merguez AND the kofta. Now that I've had all the meat though, I think I would just stick to the chicken (shockingly enough). It was cheaper, moist and delicious. And next time, I'd probably say "a tiny bit hot" when Chef Samir asks, because evidently "a little hot" means "light a fire in my mouth and make me cry." It's not Chef Samir's fault that I can't handle the heat though, and he was very, very nice. Almost too nice. I'm a little bit suspicious of anyone who stands in a hot truck serving food all day and is that nice. The flavors are reminiscent of what you might get at a halal cart, but I'm assuming (read: hoping) the ingredients are of a bit higher quality. As a friend of mine likes to say (and please excuse the crude language): "I love halal carts, I just don't love peeing out of my butt for days." Well, with Comme Ci Comme Ça, I can happily report that the latter is not an issue. ____________ *Which autocorrects to CPUs CPUs Royal, in case you were wondering. read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - Cous cous royal. - Moroccan Near Me

Saw this truck parked near Old Slip Park in the FiDi one day and since I was in need of a new lunch spot decided to hit it up. I saw a decent line forming outside of this truck at about 12:30pm and was curious about the small buzz developing. I did some research on Yelp and the next thing I knew I was at the front of the line ordering. I gave the Lemon Chicken Cous Cous a try. I'm not an expert on Cous Cous, nor do I prefer it over rice, but since I rarely eat it I thought why not. The order came in a huge aluminum tray, reminiscent of the The Halal Guys truck trays. Unfortunately, the tray was not filled to the brim, but the serving size was more filling than I anticipated. The order included lots of cous cous (as it should have) and chicken. Sides inside the dish comprised of large chunks of potatoes, carrots/yams and chick peas. The cous cous, potatoes and carrots were good, but the lemon chicken was a disappointment. I felt like I was eating a regular chicken and rice dish substituted with cous cous instead. The chicken was pretty much like halal meat and did not have any lemon flavor or sign of seasoning. As I said disappointing, especially at $9! I'll probably have to give other dishes a try from here, but at the steep prices they are selling them at it's hard to want to come back after a letdown like that. read more

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I am proud to say I told you so. Chef Samir has won this years street-meat paloozs contending against halal guys and more...so there, his meat over rice is simply Devine. FYI it's $6 for Lemon Chicken over rice, and $ for Marguez. Menu is here: http://chefsamirtruck.com/newyork/menu/ http://midtownlunch.com/2011/10/06/street-meat-palooza-4-a-new-champion-has-been-crowned/ read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça is not your average street meat truck. It melds all different type of Mediterranean flavors in one plate. I had the Royale combo over Basmati Rice which has a little bit of everything (lemon chicken, beef, kofta, and merguez). You can really taste all the Mediterranean spices Chef Samir uses to create these unique street meat dishes. So glad they park near my office twice a week! read more

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Always has a long line because the food here is so damn good. The couscous is delicious and every meat I have had here whether it was lamb, kefta, chicken, etc. has been awesome. The chef is really friendly and I am always happy to see the truck when I go looking for lunch. Highly recommend the truck. The spices he uses are unique and I have never had anything that did not fully satisfy me. read more

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Chef Samir is a great guy! He always has the biggest smile on his face when he takes your order (and asks for your name, so they can call you when they're done). The food is also amazing. The lemon chicken over rice was heavenly with white and a little spicy Andalusian sauce. I've also had the beef brochette and the beef kofta over rice. Both were good, but the lemon chicken blew them out of the water. Definitely plan on trying everything on the menu. Only bad thing is that we saw someone with a punch card for a free meal after X orders (I assume 10), and when we asked about it, they said they were out. I definitely could have made good use of that! read more

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I've been wanting to try the food here for ages, so when I saw the truck parked on 38th & Broadway this morning, I was set to buy lunch from here. I finally went to the truck at 12.30, starving, and there was already a small line. They took my order quick and I got it within less than 15 minutes. I ordered the Merguez Couscous w/ Mint Ice Tea.. The couscous was A-MAZING!!!! It was fluffy and slightly more creamier than what I'm used to having. Piled on top with the spicy merguez & yummy vegg (squash, carrots, zucchini) it was perfection. The sauces are great, definitely go a bit heavy on it. If you don't like spicy, make sure to not get the spicy sauce because IT'S HOT! The mint tea was good, I liked the fact that they actually brew the tea with mint leaves. It's such a breath of fresh air to have Moroccan food in midtown, especially when you start getting bored with the food available around here. Next week I'm going to try their burger (which has been a great hit according to some of my coworkers) Now I am going to proceed to hide under my desk for a quick nap read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - Merguez Cous Cous - Moroccan Near Me

Reader beware! Once you've tasted this food truck, well the rest of the food trucks just don't feel right. Hmm...maybe I'm being a bit carried away but give me a chance to first explain myself. After all, this is the land of the free and the home of the hungry. You come up to the truck and you see some logos, some awesome art on the truck, and usually a long line of hungry customers. Chef Samir is just an overall amazing person. He brings it out not only in his interaction with his customers but it just beams out. So now let's get to the meat of why I'm writing this review. Before you continue, check out my picture because after all, pictures speak volume. I got the lemon chicken cous cous with Casablanca sauce and some other red spicy sauce. Whole chickpeas, eggplant, carrots, sweet potatoes, tender juicy perfectly seasoned chicken. I mean, when I give a review like this we are usually talking about full blown establishments but this is coming out of a food truck! Samir is the real deal and his food will make you believe...I don't know what it is you believe but trust me, he'll do it! And, on top of that I texted them my order and pick up time and it was ready precisely when I got there! Talk about service! They are on 52nd and Park on Wednesdays FYI and it's a must! read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - Chickpeas, carrots, sweet potatoes, zucchini...aka lemon chicken cous cous ! - Moroccan Near Me

Lemon Chicken over Rice for $7. This is so good, so cheap, and there is so much food. It's a good lunch and you'll have some leftover for dinner. Now with food trucks. It's all about the food. And dayum this dish is perfect. I'm so glad they didn't overdo the seasoning for the rice. It has a slight lemon tinge and blends well with the flavors that come with the veggies and chicken. Their mayo-based sauce is up there with Hibachi Heaven's Yum Yum sauce (almost as good, but not quite there yet). But the food is so fresh and absolutely delicious. One of the best food trucks in NYC! read more

Comme Ci Comme wha?! This whimsical food truck meandering around midtown was close by, so a coworker and myself decided to check it out. The design of the food truck is comical, to say the least, with Chef Samir painted on the side covering himself with an umbrella from falling vegetables. Indeed, Chef Samir and his assistant are two soft-spoken, yet jovial guys that you can find yourself talking to for a few minutes. Although some Mediterranean dishes such as Moroccan Kofta and Mergez were being offered, I decided to stick with what I knew for my first try of this truck. I ordered the Lemon Chicken Platter ($6.00), served with caramelized onions, roasted tomatoes, green peppers, green olives, and spices. The chicken was of the dark meat variety. And we all love dark meat because of its tender and juiciness, caused from the abundant hemoglobin, or large amounts of oxygen in the blood. Dark meat doesn't take a lot to make it tasty over its lighter cousin, white meat, but Chef Samir did a good job adding spices to amp up the flavor profile. The lemon chicken is served over a bed of basmati rice, a spoonful of soft chickpeas, and a side salad consisting of spinach, which is a refreshing take from the typical generic lettuce that almost every other food truck serves. Chef Samir's whimsical attitude trickles down to the name of his sauces: - Green Olive Sauce - Spicy Mint Sauce (green sauce) - Spicy Andalusian Sauce (hot sauce) - Casablanca Sauce (white sauce) I tried three of their sauces, the spicy andalusian sauce, or better in street terminology as hot sauce. It was thick in consistency and have some noticeable heat so go easy on it if you're not a huge spice eater. The spicy mint sauce was good, didn't taste like much which left nothing to be desired. Any notion of mint flavor was unnoticeable. The white sauce was yummy in all its thick and creamy goodness. Also worth noting: While we waited for our food, I asked for a piece of the Merguez, lamb sausage, which was placed on the grill for several minutes and then sliced. It was tender and flavorful, a little on the gamey (lamb) side, but good enough to warrant me to possibly order this dish on my next visit. My coworker had ordered the Chicken with Cous Cous ($8.00). I tried the cous cous and was delighted that such a truck would serve something fairly unique from the rest of the food truck competition, and he got it right. The cous cous was cooked through to softness, taking away the grittness. Another thumbs up that I wouldn't mind getting in substitution of the typical rice. In all, Comme Ci Comme Ca serves up some unique dishes ranging from Moroccan Kofta, Merguez, cous cous and more. Prices are definitely higher, but considering the items they serve, prices are fair and portions are slightly generous. I don't think I would frequent this truck on a daily basis as I wasn't amazed by their food, but once in a while you may find me here splurging. read more

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Woohoo! As good as it gets!* * for inexpensive Moroccan food from a truck. The food's good. Couscous is nice and fluffy, the basmati is fragrant, the sauces are amazing, the merguez is spicy, the chicken is flavorful and the grilled veggies are thick and hearty. And the desserts. Holy crap, they're sooo gooood. I'd eat here more if they were in my neighborhood more than once a week. read more

This is my go to place for lunch in mid-town Manhattan. Bottom line the food is great, it's under $10 and you get lots of food for you buck. Currently the big green truck parks on 36th between Broadway and 6th on Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays. But who knows when the police are going to start cracking down on food trucks and their parking habits again as they did last summer. Comme Ci Comme Ca has been coming around for about a year now and I've been going at least once a week for just as long. Before the truck won rookie of the year at the Vendie Awards and was voted street meat of the year by Midtown Lunch I used to be able to talk to Chef Sammir about the truck and everything, he is a good guy. So the food, everything is really good. My go to lunch is the simple lemon chicken over rice. You get a ton of chicken over the perfectly cooked rice. You also get a small mescaline salad, a spoonful of chick peas and a spoonful onion relish (I usually ask for an extra scoop of each because they are so good mixed in with the rice and chicken). On top I get Casablanca sauce (the usual street meat white sauce but better) and the spicy mint sauce. Chef Sammir also offers a spicy red and his green olive sauces which are both very good, the red sauce is certainly spicy though. If I'm really hungry I'll ask the guys to add some of the roasted vegetables (squash, zucchini, etc) from the couscous on my place as well which are all very yummy. For the money ($7, used to be $6 as of a week ago) you really can't beat it. The other meal I turn to when very hungry is the basmati royale. It features the same rice and sides as the chicken but it then adds all of the meats on top; chicken, lamb kofta, merguez sausage and beef! The meats are all grilled to order on a grill in the back so it has a great charred meat flavor then it's all piled on the rice, pick your sauces and you are good to go. The royale plate starts to get expensive (now $11, used to be $10) but there is some really high quality meats on this plate. Comme Ci Comme Ca also offers couscous platters where you can get any of the above meats over couscous and roasted vegetables. The couscous is good but not great so I prefer the rice. They also offer sandwiches made with any of the meats of which I have yet to try. As I've mentioned, Chef Sammir has recently raised his prices $1 across the board. I've heard the portions are a bit bigger but even plus $1 it's all worth it. If you feel like this might become a lunch place you add to your regular rotation make sure you ask for the punch card. After 10 meals you get your next one free! With the increase in price it appears that Comme Ci Comme Ca will start to serve dinner soon but a date has not yet been set for this. All in all I would highly recommend every stop by, say hello to the guys in the truck and order up some food (as long as you don't come too often, the lines are long enough already!) read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - Basmati Royale! - Moroccan Near Me

This is from my first visit to Chef Samir's food truck. This was parked right next to the dumpling and noodle cart, at the intersection of Water St and Hanover Square. I had the Moroccan Kofta Brochette - ground beef mixed with a blend of mild spices, onion and cilantro, served with caramelized onions, roasted tomatoes, green peppers and green olives. I opted for the spicy and white sauces. The portion size was just perfect - a decent 8 inches of bread with just enough stuffing to make it filling but not overly so. Unlike the gyro-on-pita sandwiches, which need an afternoon nap just to soak them in. I was happy right from the first bite - the flavors were rich, the meat tasty, and olives and the sauces added a very pleasing "Mediterranean" touch to it. No wonder the lines were fairly long an hour into lunchtime. Plan to return here soon to try out the other options - clearly their platters are the favorite choice among those in the know. read more

Have been to this food truck close to a handful of times and will continue to go. One of the better food trucks in the midtown east area. Have only tried the rice dishes Both the Moroccan Kofta and Merguez have been super flavorful and juicy. The tilapia was cooked perfectly but not as well seasoned. TIP - Do not douse both the red hot and spicy mint sauce over the food unless you want to set your mouth on fire. read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - Moroccan kofta over basmati rice - Moroccan Near Me

Exceeded my high expectations. The cart owner returned my email this morning on his location today. Lemon chicken cous cous is best that I've had in the City - on par with cuisine I enjoyed visiting Morocco. read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - Lemon chicken cous cous - Moroccan Near Me

On a recent food truck lunch hunt near the office, I came across this interesting little mobile eatery and was pleasantly surprised. The menu spans across some tasty flavor combos from lemon chicken over cous cous to kofta sandwiches, and the price point settles around $10 for a meal. Chef Samir greets everyone with a warm smile and definitely seems to enjoy his gig, making the experience extra pleasant. My lemon chicken with creamy mayo sauce over couscous had a healthy helping of veggies and was crazy filling, definitely enough to share for two people. The dish itself is not all to dissimilar to halal cart meals I've had, perhaps a bit healthier, but definitely still savory decadent. I'll have to come back to try their sandwiches! read more

This truck is some next level shit. Gyro guys beware, Comme Ci Comme Ca is about to be all up in your Griswold family christmas so you are going to need to step your game up or face ruin at the hands of a smiling, gap-toothed Moroccan man. Basically this place is like the evolution of the gyro guy. Imagine a gyro guy but with like, a meaingful variety of well-spiced meats beyond just the standard chicken/lamb paradigm, a whole array of sauces, hearty yet not greasy platters, and a spiffy truck. The guy who runs it is warm and polite and kept the line moving without being gruff at all. Also they have a perk card so when you buy 9 meals you get the tenth free, or something like that, I didn't read the fine print. I got rice with Kofta, which are like little patties of spiced ground beef. There was so much great food, and a lot of variety on the plate. It had rice, two or three piles of some random flavorful moroccan stuff, a little salad, and four or five pieces of kofta. I got mine with standard white sauce and also the spicy mint sauce, which was super tasty. For $7 it's a pretty good price by Midtown standards. If you are at all a fan of street meat you need to wipe the cheeto dust from under your yellow fingernails and put this in your gaping craw right now. Do it. read more

spotted: new food truck in Midtown East! $7 got me a Merguez Sandwich: juicy lamb sausage and savory roasted veggies on a soft doughy baguette. rather strange texture for a baguette (i hear baguette, i expect crusty), but it was perfect for sopping up all the yummy juices. the finger-lickin' good 'wich came in a plenty satisfying size for my weekday lunch. you know it's a good meal when you cant wait 'til you get home to eat it. i tore through that sucker on the train with abandon and attracted not just a few hungry on-lookers. good luck, chef samir! hope business goes well. read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - photo from Midtown Lunch - Moroccan Near Me

Sooo delicious!!! I love the food at this truck! Chef Samir is so friendly and the customer service is great! Love these guys!

ugh, just what I needed... another truck to be addicted to. seriously, the area surrounding my office has turned into a mecca of deliciousness and i am surrounded on all sides. a few blocks away i have my beloved halal guys, uncle gussy's crack infused white sauce is a block away, the falafel king just conveniently moved from astoria to 2 blocks away, and NOW i have comme ci comme ca down the freakin' block every wednesday! i am not complaining but i am seriously going to have to sublet my apartment and move into new york sports club. anyway.. FLAVORBOMB! wow SO MUCH flavor in this food!! the lemon chicken over basmati rice ($7) is awesome. chicken is SO tender and wonderfully seasoned. rice is cooked perfectly and the caramelized onions add a lovely bite of sweetness. i love the addition of the fresh salad.. a nice reminder that green food actually exists. the white sauce and hot sauce are yummy but the MINT SAUCE IS BEYOND. i definitely see this becoming a craving issue in my life. minty AND spicy?! and delicious?! really!??! this stuff needs to be trademarked and sold by the bottle so i can always have it on hand. the guys are super sweet and you can tell that they are proud of their food, as they should be! guess I know where i'll be next wednesday, and the wednesday after that, and the..... read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - lemon chicken over basmati - Moroccan Near Me

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Its been a couple of years now since a colleague told me about the Moroccan truck that comes by my office on Thursdays. Now every Thursday is a struggle as I try to convince myself that I should have another boring salad in my feeble battle against my slow metabolism. Invariably on most Thursdays I loose that battle to Comme Ci Comme Ca. I fall victim to the Cous Cous Royale, which I ask for with extra vegetables and the spicy green sauce. I don't mind standing in the hot sun, or on a chilly day. I don't mind the flimsy fork that they give me, or the long wait on most days. It's all worth it when I get back to the office and taste that fluffy couscous, sink my teeth into the merguez, and savour the perfectly cooked vegetables. read more

Lately I've been trying lots and lots of food cart foods including a lot of halal carts, and honestly, this truck has been my favorite. I usually don't go browsing other sites for food recommendations, but for Food Trucks, i guess i need to since their locations vary. I was browsing a site New York Food Truck blog - and one of the locations listed that was close to my area was this. I was also given a personal recommendation from the blogger that this food will blow my mind. Did it blow said mind? DAMN STRAIT IT DID!! My mind was blown out the Wah Zoo! I had the Lemon Chicken with Salad over Basmati Rice with a little chick peas and onions. The Chick peas and onions came with the meal and the salad i think was spinach. The chicken was grilled to perfection - seasoned to be flavorful without overpowering the chicken flavor. I had some hot sauce as well as their Mint Sauce as that is what the cook recommended to me. The mint sauce was light and minty, while the hot sauce was very potent. So remember that, hot sauce = Not to be joked with. I loved the hot sauce since i love that spicy kick! The Onions were caramelized with a sweetness to them that gave a refreshing change of flavor from the chicken and rice. The chick peas were also cooked well (but since i don't eat chick peas often i'm like eh take it or leave it, still good though) - the salad was also take it or leave it - as it was just pretty much spinach. Lastly everything came over a bed of Basmati Rice. I don't know what they do to their rice because it's flavorful, fluffly and not oily (like other food trucks...that's right XPL i'm looking at you!). I heard their Cous Cous is very good as well - gotta try that next time. For $6.00 you get all this food. A dollar more than most other halal carts - but this is Mediterranean food! And Ohhhh so much better. It WILL blow away your mind! read more

Chef Samir might be a newcomer to the mobile food craze but with food like this, he's sure to make a name for himself. He serves up amazing Morrocan food with a smile at an affordable cost. I'm sold. So far, I've tried the Mogador burger, the Mergez in both sandwich and platter form and the cous cous. Everything has been delicious. But, that mergez is a standout. I've heard only good things about the chicken but I can never seem to bring myself to try it. The mergez always calls to me. He offers a choice of four distinct sauces that can please even the most diverse crowds. My favorite would have to be his spicy mint sauce. What strikes me most about Chef Samir is that his food is never, ever heavy or greasy. He's completely elevated my standards as far as what I now expect from a food truck. The portions are extremely generous as well. So far, I can't think of one single thing to fault him on. He's on point. read more

I think this is now my favorite food truck. I had the Merguez Sandwich. The lamb is great, and they really season it well. The bread they serve it on is perfect, you can tell that it's fresh. I also had the beef cigars. I think they were $3 for 2, which was a little expensive, but they were also very tasty. I love the seasoning that they use on their meat, i've never tasted anything like it before. read more

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3.5/5 for me I found this on 52/park for lunch and decided to give it a shot because of the great reviews from the actual restaurant. Good assortment of cous cous and rice beds for meat and veggies. They also have sandwiches and specials of the day which vary. They accept credit cards and are relatively quick, even during lunchtime rush hours. Overall, the lunch serving is reasonably priced under $10 and it is a healthy serving of your daily protein, grain and veggies. Couple this with a selection of their sauces, I would recommend for anyone. Buon appetito. read more

Dup of http://www.yelp.com/biz/comme-ci-comme-%C3%A7a-new-york-2 Steep prices especially given the portions, and the fact that it's a truck. As their only customer around 5pm on a weeknight at the start of dinner service, I figured my single item would take less time, especially since they recently raised all sub-$5 prices posted on their site http://chefsamirtruck.com/newyork/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/menu-samir-site.jpg by a dollar, a massive percentage spike. Really friendly guys (and a well-staffed truck made the wait even more surprising) who accepted my PayPal and a few minutes into the wait offered up the mint tea that I forgot to mention from their tweet*. The menu can confuse, as it places veg couscous under a separate category than 'best cous cous', so clearly I had zero incentive to shell out $8 for an inferior dish. Went instead with their previously-$4 veggie cigar for $5 (tasty but not a $5 item from a food truck, and they only made it white-dude spicy, even after asking), and it came on a 'bed of greens'***. 'Chef Samir Truck' on PayPal... 3-Veggie Cigar 1 $5.00 $5.00 Total $5.00 USD B8-vegetarian fajita - not bad $7.00 SubTotal $7.00 Special Offer -$5.00 Total $2.00 *Be sure to wait until a little while after their tweets to arrive at the mentioned locations, because I made the mistake of not heeding their preparatory 'for dinner' notice and had to return a half-hour later when they were posted in front of Stern for finals week, when NYU becomes a midtown-like food truck row on some evenings. **This listing is oddly placed, guess the Yelp bot had fun with that one. ***Those greens must've woken up with a bad back because that was a bit inaccurate. ^ Those 3 other check-ins were the result of attempts to visit them in Midtown, but they'd already closed. read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - Moroccan Near Me

A more appropriate French phrase for this truck would be "Tres Bien" or "Super Choutte" or "Mon dieu! C'est delicieux!". Really, it's hard to exaggerate how damn good the food is. I don't know what magic goes on in that truck but I'm sure there's a dissertation to be written on the most economically effective utilization of cooking space using Comme Ci Comme Ca as a case study. The cous cous is phenomenal and every single meat is seasoned to perfection. The sauces are great too; the mint sauce especially elevates the selection from your standard street meat. I've been working downtown for the past three months and the thing I miss the most about midtown without a doubt lunch on Wednesdays when Comme Ci Comme Ca parks on 52nd. I may consider finding a new job just for the sake of that. read more

They're in FiDi on Mondays!! South west corner of Water St and Hanover Sq. I think I'm addicted to their Lemon Chicken over rice. read more

Awesome food. Best Moroccan I have had in NYC....and best I have had since I visited Morocco. I have had the kofta, vegetable and tilapia cous cous. All excellent. The chicken cigars are seasoned like the pigeon pies in Morocco. Very tasty. Got a kofta sandwich also. The baguette was soft and for $7 a steal. Perhaps the best food truck in NYC. read more

Wow wow wow. Had honestly the best falafel I've ever had. I have no idea why its so good but its SOOO GOOOOD. The only criticism I have is that I chose the spiciest sauce and it was barely mild. Please kick up the heat or adjust your spice ratings, that was not 5 pepper level, lol. It was barely 1 pepper. But seriously, I'm not even mad cus the falafel was soooooo freaking good!! read more

I agree with the comment that food trucks should have LETTER GRADES. I regretted spending $7 or so here on my tacos that were soggy with what appeared to have week old, left in the warmth, browning lettuce. It was disgusting. read more

Vendy Awards, WATCH OUT! This new cart in town is comin to getchu! So first off, because I have a half an hour lunch break and work right next to the financial district now, I now need to get the closest edible lunch for a reasonable price as possible (doesn't everybody?) So while walking to work, I see a peculiar new truck parked in front of my workplace, in place of Shnitzel and things. Immediately I walked over to it to look at the menu. Amused, and seeing how it wasn't open yet, patiently awaited lunch break, and boy was that wait worth it. First off the prices were VERY reasonable, second FOR that price you got AMAZING quality. Folks this is a place, where you get BOTH quality, AND quantity. I got the lemon chicken over rice, and was VERY pleased with it, made to order unlike Halal carts, and comes with some leafy salad that I don't know of, along with chick peas, and bean like substance. The food was amazing. SADLY, I know that the financial district isnt there main location, so I cant eat from here everyday, but if given the chance, and I say IF, I gladly would. read more

One of the better food trucks in the midtown lunch scene. My go-to here is the lemon grilled chicken over cous cous, which is served with a healthy portion of carrots, chickpeas and other veggies with your choice of sauces. Personally, I like to take it easy on the mayo-based sauces, so I opt for the spicy mint (made with yogurt) and the spicy andalusian (red). At $9, it is a decent value considering the amount of chicken and is a good portion for lunch without the dreaded post-lunch itis that you would normally get with chicken over rice. Very friendly service and you can clearly tell that the guys here truly take pride in their craft, which is always refreshing. The cart stays at 3 locations... 36 & Broadway, 52 & Park and down in the Financial District. read more

I like my food just like I like my men apparently! WIN-WIN! While I've had fluffier/better tasting cous cous, the array of perfectly seasoned meat, and awesomely prepared chickpeas, carrots, cabbage, and squash in my lemon chicken dish with white sauce was ridiculously good and.... HEALTHY! Holy shit, I think we hit the mother-load! You KNOW it's good when I'm crossing PARK AVE w my open container still scooping forkfuls... Couldn't wait to sit! Much less cross the STREET! read more

I wouldn't even classify this as street meat. The quality and taste far surpasses that category. You may spend a buck or two more than the smaller cart vendors in some areas, but the value is amazing. And its a ton of food. Lemon chicken over rice is amazing for 7 bucks. If you want a true feast, with tons of food, meat and veg, try the cous cous plates for about 9. 36th and Broadway on Tues, Thurs and Fri. read more

I have been stalking this truck online since the truck opened. It sounded really interesting but Chef Samir kept ending up in the hospital for some reason. Then I got pregnant and was scared to eat any street/truck food for the next 9 months. Of course, I had to give birth in the winter and I work crosstown...so... Finally the weather was nice enough for me to head out to the east side to get this. I went with the Cous Cous Royale because I knew I wanted to try EVERYTHING ! - everything except the lamb. I mean, I've waited long enough, right ? Plus I worjked off the calories before I even got there ! The sauces are fantastic - though I liked one of the white ones a lot more than the others. Not sure what was what.Highly recommend asking for more sauces. He had very little on the plate itself and I pour all three containers on my food and ran out at the end (very very light sauces). The chicken, beef, kofta came on a bed of cous cous and grilled veggies (lots of squash of some sort) - so delicious. It was a lot of food but the food was light and I felt pretty good still after eating ALL Of it. Kofta was good - but not amazing, and I just wasn't really in the mood. The beef was a little too chewy - do not recommend. But the real show stealer out of the three was definitely the chicken. Not your usual street meat - they were nice, flavorful chunks of chicken. HIGHLY RECOMMEND !! The food is definitely unique. The next time I think I will get Chicken with basmati (to try something different) - and extra sauces....maybe some chicken or veggie cigars ! read more

Have got food from here a few times. Mostly couscous bowls and have been happy. Got the rice bowl today with lemon chicken. Didn't taste any better than the $8 chicken over rice bowls you can get in normal trucks. The difference was just that it was $11 here. Menu said rice, salad, hummus and lemon spinach. Got like watered down hummus and no spinach. Disappointed. Surprised that even the sauces didn't taste good like before. read more

WOWzaaa. I have walked by this truck so many times and never tried it. I wish someone told me how tasty this place was earlier. The chicken and rice platter here is definitely different from the other carts in the area. I could taste the ethnic authenticity in each bite! The spices, the tender chicken, the chickpeas, yummmmmmy. Their chicken cous cous is also delicious. Definitely try this truck out. They've been featured on a bunch of tv shows too. read more

Comme Ci Comme Ça - Chicken cous cous and chicken basmati rice - Moroccan Near Me

My new favorite food truck. Kofta is brilliantly seasoned and the spiciness really makes it shine. read more

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