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Comme Ci Comme Ça Truck

June 30, 2011 by TT 11 Comments

One of the more unique trucks in NYC is the Comme Ci Comme Ça truck which features Moroccan food. Luckily for me it often parks a few blocks from my office. I have been a handful of times and enjoyed the different offerings such as the merguez platter and lemon chicken sandwich very much. I read the Downtown section of Midtown Lunch recently tried the “Basmati Royale,” which offers all of its meats in one platter. It sounded like something right up my alley.

On my way, I stopped to take a picture of the Sunrise Grill truck because I didn’t have my camera when I got some of their tasty jerk chicken.

Chef Samir owns the Comme Ci Comme Ça truck and usually takes the orders. He is super friendly, which is not always the case with truck vendors unfortunately.

The Basmati Royale is the truck’s most expensive item at a whopping $10. Well worth it considering how packed full of meat it was. There was a couple sauce options, but I opted for the hot with some white sauce. It looked much prettier when Chef Samir drizzled the sauces on, but not so much after the walk back to my office. Be careful of the hot sauce, it has quite the kick.

They have a nice grill in the truck, so all the meats get some good char. The kofta maybe a touch too much so. The merguez was my favorite by far; spicy with great flavor. Don’t worry Mom, there was some salad, chickpeas and roasted vegetables mixed in so it wasn’t too unhealthy.

All in all, it was a pretty good “Friday” lunch meaning it isn’t something you would want to eat everyday, but nice once in a while. Chef Samir has gotten quite the following so don’t be surprised to find a line. Go for the merguez!


Check their Twitter for location info!

Filed Under: Africa, Around NYC, By Name, Cheap Eats, Cuisine, Feisty Fun, Manhattan, Moroccan, Restaurants, Trucks/Carts, Tuesdays with TT

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Comments

  1. CT says

    June 30, 2011 at 3:14 pm

    That’s a lot of meat!! Looks good!

    Reply
    • TT says

      June 30, 2011 at 3:42 pm

      TWSS!

      Reply
      • T.C. says

        June 30, 2011 at 11:15 pm

        CT is probably surprised you can handle all that sausage/ meat.

        It looks really good though! Merguez, kofta, and chicken, along with veggies and rice. NICE! Not bad at all for TEN.

        Reply
  2. chakrateeze says

    June 30, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    What was the white sauce?

    Tracie

    Reply
    • TT says

      July 1, 2011 at 8:09 am

      That is the question! No one really knows what the white sauce that street carts use. Some say mayo & water, others say some sort of tzatziki.

      Reply
      • BeerBoor says

        July 2, 2011 at 11:59 am

        Depends on the truck, really – you know which version a truck is doing once you taste. Proportions, though, are just a crapshoot.

        Reply
      • deanlo says

        July 5, 2011 at 8:36 am

        Some places, especially delis, use ranch. The halal street carts generally use some form of doctored up ranch/mayo.

        Reply
  3. Goats says

    July 1, 2011 at 12:17 am

    That’s been on my to try list for a while. I’m going to have to make it a destination lunch next week.

    Reply
  4. Marcia says

    July 1, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    Thanks for letting me know that there were some healthy things to eat on what looks like a very interesting lunch.

    Reply
  5. Hungry says

    July 5, 2011 at 1:33 pm

    That looks like a good alternative to halal lamb and chicken over rice. I liked the merguez sandwich I had from there. I’m sure I would like this even more.

    Reply
  6. Goats says

    July 8, 2011 at 6:03 pm

    It’s a lot of food for a fair price. Sadly, it wasn’t my taste.

    Reply

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