Langos Truck
“We got the traditional one with sour cream, cheese, and garlic, because Zsolt said it was the best one to start with.”
“The tzatziki was good…but a little salty with the added sprinkle of pink Himalayan salt (fun to watch, but just not needed).”
“You just cant go wrong with fried dough, topped with melty cheese and sour cream….not for the healthy conscious but if you love crispy fried dough?”
Langos Truck
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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These were some reasonably priced street snacks picked up from the Langos truck right outside of the 14th St Trader Joes.
A Lángos is a Hungarian food speciality, a deep fried flat bread made of a dough with flour, yeast, salt and water. Think of it like a pizza without the sauce on a light and fluffy, yet crisp on the outside dough.
We tried 2 of the reasonably priced Lángos. The first was the traditional: only sour cream, shredded unmelted cheese on top and garlic. I think this ran $6 and was pretty tasty. The sour cream is not a taste you expect from eating something shaped like a pizza, but it was good. Server cold on top of the warm bread.
The second one was the Tzatziki flavor and as you would expect, it has tzatziki sauce, tomatoes, onions, garlic and dill. The tzatziki was $7 and tasty, though I probably should have ordered it with some meat added on.
Each Lángos seemed to be fresh cooked as they took about 5 minutes to prepare each one. If they had pre-fried dough it would have been assembled in seconds.
The truck owner was nice, but pushed a ton (like 5) of business cards on me hoping I would friend him on facebook and twitter, and asked if I would pass them out to friends. Uh… no thank you.
I got so excited when I saw the langos truck when I went for my daily stroll down the avenue! I had been wondering where could I find langos in NYC? This was a nice surprise! If youve never had langos, you got to try it, the fried dough tastes so good when you eat it fresh. I like the classic style with garlic and sour cream.
We used to make these at home back in the day with caviar, onions and butter on top, this certainly brought back memories. The langos were not oily and had a nice crispy bite to them. Expect a wait here because they have to make it fresh, otherwise it is no point in it, it probably takes 10 min to make one. For the 6 dollars I paid I had expected a bit larger size, if you plan to make this your lunch for the day you better order two. I took one langos home to my wife who never heard about such a thing, and she got hooked on it too! I think this might be the only langos truck in the country, wish there were more around.
WTF is a langos you ask? I asked the same thing. Boy am I glad I did because it's unlike anything I've ever had before, and I'd say the same of you, unless you've had langos.
Now when I say it's unlike anything I've ever had before, I am lying, kind of. Every continent, country, region and culture around the world does their own version of fried dough. No matter where you travel, you will be able to find some version of it. Why? Because it's delicious, easy to make and cheap as hell. Did I mention that it's delicious? Well, langos is the Hungarian version.
It's kind of like pizza in that it is an edible plate. A vehicle sturdy enough to support delicious toppings from hand to mouth. Except here there's no tomato sauce. The traditional version just has a garlic sour cream sauce topped with delicious shredded cheese. The dough is fried to order so it comes out crispy on the outside but soft and chewy on the inside with a tad of sweetness. The cheese was only slightly melted thanks to the hot dough but that didn't seem to matter. It was creamy, salty and heaven sent. I opted for some Hungarian salami on top that was smoky and fatty and kind of tasted and looked like chorizo. Good call, me.
We also wanted to order the Korozott but they didn't seem to have the ingredients for that so we ordered the special of the day which was topped with ham, leeks, sliced cornichons and had a sheeps milk cheese. Very different but the flavors all worked very well together. I would definitely order this one again. Hopefully next time I can try the Korozott.
The langos truck was a deliciously refreshing break from the typical food vendors. I am always looking for something that makes my taste buds question what they are experiencing. It means that I'm trying something new and different and that's exactly what happened here. If these langos are good enough for real Hungarian's than they are certainly good enough for me. I'll be back.
I'd never even heard of lángos before, so when I saw this truck while looking for a quick meal en route to a bar, I couldn't resist. Based on this experience, I've determined the most important part of the lángos is the bread, which is made fresh (as in, I watched them prep and shape the dough) when you order, then deep fried. So delicious! Because I was hungry I got what was probably the least traditional/Hungarian option with pork, cheddar, jalapeños, and sriracha. The menu made the ham sound like it would be quality meat but it was really just cubes of ham, so that was a little disappointing. Otherwise it was very much what you'd expect from a good street bite – comforting, solid stomach base for drinking.
Because the bread itself is so yum and I think this is traditionally a snack food anyway, I would recommend trying the classic with garlic and sour cream as a snack to share (or not) instead of the heftier options for a dinner or lunch. Only real negative is that the wait is pretty long because they make the bread fresh – 10 full minutes from order placement to completion.