Take-out: Yes Good for Kids: Yes Good for Groups: Yes
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$ Price range Under $10
1 review
Glenn Sidney
Located on the southeast corner of Broadway and 37th St. is a small food cart known as Marwa Ali Baba Halal Food. At quick glance, it's your typical halal cart serving lamb and chicken from the grill. But after closer inspection, you'll notice this cart also sells french fries, falafels, eggplant, and breaded fried shrimp. Albeit, the aforementioned are sitting in trays rather than being made to order. Marwa also serves three types of rice: yellow rice, white rice with beans, and a spicy yellow basmati rice.
I ordered the Chicken over Spicy Rice ($5.00) with your usual fresh side salad of lettuce, cucumber and a tomato slice. The chicken was made from dark meat, tender and juicy, with seasonings to make it very tasty. There was a subtle char on one side of the chicken, which I especially appreciated, giving it that extra bit of grilled-like oomph. The spicy basmati rice was not too buttery but flavorful from all the spices that were added. It had a nice kick to it, but I wouldn't consider it spicy at all. I also asked to try the lamb, which the guy operating the cart, generously put a tong full's worth of lamb on my dish. Again, it was charred on one side, though not as much as the chicken, with your usual tasty spices.
The white sauce was very thin in consistency, almost disappearing by the time I had a chance to eat my dish, but it wasn't half bad. The hot sauce was thicker than your normal hot sauce, almost gritty. It had noticeable heat, though not overbearing, making for a solid and very enjoyable hot sauce.
My coworker ordered the Chicken Shawarma on Pita ($4.00) and a side of falafels (3 for $1.00). He was generous enough to let me try one of his falafels. I was hesitant, being that the falafels were one of the items just sitting in the trays. I assumed it was going to be very dry and hard, but I was surprised that the falafel was actually crispy on the outside, erring to the side on being a little bit hard, and slightly moist inside. It had a nice herby flavor inside from the coriander and cumin, making out for a not too shabby falafel. Not the best, but enough to satisfy your falafel craving.
Marwa is definitely a solid food cart, although it doesn't look very aesthetically pleasing the way their food is presented. But with Omar leaving the Little Morocco food cart, I am thankful that we have a half-decent halal cart on the West side of midtown.
Located on the southeast corner of Broadway and 37th St. is a small food cart known as Marwa Ali Baba Halal Food. At quick glance, it's your typical halal cart serving lamb and chicken from the grill. But after closer inspection, you'll notice this cart also sells french fries, falafels, eggplant, and breaded fried shrimp. Albeit, the aforementioned are sitting in trays rather than being made to order. Marwa also serves three types of rice: yellow rice, white rice with beans, and a spicy yellow basmati rice.
I ordered the Chicken over Spicy Rice ($5.00) with your usual fresh side salad of lettuce, cucumber and a tomato slice. The chicken was made from dark meat, tender and juicy, with seasonings to make it very tasty. There was a subtle char on one side of the chicken, which I especially appreciated, giving it that extra bit of grilled-like oomph. The spicy basmati rice was not too buttery but flavorful from all the spices that were added. It had a nice kick to it, but I wouldn't consider it spicy at all. I also asked to try the lamb, which the guy operating the cart, generously put a tong full's worth of lamb on my dish. Again, it was charred on one side, though not as much as the chicken, with your usual tasty spices.
The white sauce was very thin in consistency, almost disappearing by the time I had a chance to eat my dish, but it wasn't half bad. The hot sauce was thicker than your normal hot sauce, almost gritty. It had noticeable heat, though not overbearing, making for a solid and very enjoyable hot sauce.
My coworker ordered the Chicken Shawarma on Pita ($4.00) and a side of falafels (3 for $1.00). He was generous enough to let me try one of his falafels. I was hesitant, being that the falafels were one of the items just sitting in the trays. I assumed it was going to be very dry and hard, but I was surprised that the falafel was actually crispy on the outside, erring to the side on being a little bit hard, and slightly moist inside. It had a nice herby flavor inside from the coriander and cumin, making out for a not too shabby falafel. Not the best, but enough to satisfy your falafel craving.
Marwa is definitely a solid food cart, although it doesn't look very aesthetically pleasing the way their food is presented. But with Omar leaving the Little Morocco food cart, I am thankful that we have a half-decent halal cart on the West side of midtown.