Hooda’s Halal Cart
“Drenched in white and red sauce, with some spicy rice and french-fries, these dishes will not disappoint.”
“It was late at night and we were drunk so my friend and I came to this food cart to try out some Lamb Gyro.”
“I asked for white sauce and bbq sauce and they were generous with both sauces, but the bbq sauce definitely overpowered the white sauce so I recommend going with bbq since that's all you taste anyway.”
Hooda’s Halal Cart
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
3 reviews
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It was late at night and we were drunk so my friend and I came to this food cart to try out some Lamb Gyro. My greek friends tell me that it's pronounced like "yee roh", however the guy said it's pronounced "jai ro", which must be a New York City thing because everywhere I've been they pronounce it the former. I will have to go to Greece to confirm. Anyways, the food was pretty good, and we had a decent conversation with the guy. It was $4, but I tipped him $1 for each one that he made. I do not recommend getting it with the hot sauce, it was pure hotness with no real flavor benefit added. It was the type of hotness that you need to drink water or milk with every bite.
My second favorite halal cart in the area, to the cart on 116th and Amsterdam right outside the main Columbia entrance. They are pretty reliable and there during all the weird hours. The food itself has been consistent through the years. They have your normal halal cart fare; e.g. chicken over rice, lamb over rice, fries, hot dogs, gyros, etc. Their hot sauce rivals with the hot sauce from The Halal Guys, so go easy on it. However if you love spicy food, like me, then you can have that AND request to have your rice place with spicy rice instead of their normal yellow rice. Yumm!
Anyways, on the nights where I get off work late, or there's some kind of storm coming, I can always count on this cart to be open and whip me up a hot plate.
Hooda, it can be a roller coaster ride with you sometimes.. especially since you tried to monopolize the entire intersection by putting an identical cart along the street!
I liked the food here a lot more when there was just one cart. That cart was polite, speedy, and served up good (for the area) food (that was, for some odd reason, topped off with french fries)!
They've stopped doing that. And, since the spawning, more patrons have reported becoming slightly ill after a stop here.
Tough love, I know. The guys are still polite and the meat is still decently fresh but nowhere near as good – even if doused in the usual Halal cart sauces. Thankfully the spicy rice is still offered… although it doesn't really help. I hope the guys here get it together and get back to what Hooda's used to be.