If you ’ve ever feel a longing for some illusion of a New York City life in NOLA – whether you ’ve lived there antecedently or not – there ’s good word . The individual most “ New York ” affair , other than inconceivably eminent rents and 40 million rats , has made its way to New Orleans : street meat .
After 25 years serving NYC from its carts and brick - and - mortar surgical procedure , and late expansion to other seat like Chicago , Houston , the Philippines , and for some reason , Milwaukee , Halal Guyswill bring its operation to NOLA this Friday ( specifically to St. Charles Ave ) .
To prepare you for everything you need to look ( that includes lots of white sauce ) , here ’s a cheat sheet to get you familiar with the street - meat kings .
Sarah Anderson/Thrillist
It started out as a hot dog operation
Before chicken and rice platters inscribe the equating , owners Mohamed Abouelenein , Abdelbaset Elsayed , and Ahmed Elsaka were doling out hot dogs at a go-cart on the nook of 53rd St & Sixth Ave in Manhattan . Cab driver ’ need for well-situated , portable halal food in the borough motivate them to switch up the card , and the rest is history .
Your biggest decision will be a platter or a sandwich
There are two selection on the computer menu : one is a phonograph record ( aka “ chicken and rice ” ) , which comes with your pick of Gallus gallus , gyroscope nub , or falafel on top of rice , slices of pita , lettuce , and tomato ; the other is a sandwich , which add up to all of the above ( minus the rice ) enwrap in pita . Both are desirable options , though it appears you get a little more for your ( already ridiculously low ) dollar bill if you go the platter itinerary . If you ’re depend for a small supererogatory , there are also sides of fries , humous or tahini with pocket bread , and baklava .
No matter what you order, it’s all about the white sauce
Here ’s the most crucial thing you need to know : whatever you prefer to regularise at Halal Guys , you well be coating it in thesecret white sauce . While the guys still wo nt give up the mystery of what goes into it , if you get addict ( and you will ) , we convenientlyreverse - engineeredit for your home - cooking pleasure .
… and you should probably add (a little) hot sauce, too
THG ’s hot sauce has a Scoville rating of 100,000 - 130,000 – that ’s doubly as blistering a cayenne chilly , so … do n’t get too overconfident .
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