Been passing by the truck for over 2 months but finally gave into the temptation of Chix & rice. Yumm… oh so good. Ordered chix & lamb over rice combo and got a huge portion with abundance of red & white sauce!! Meat was tender, not dried out and seasoned just right. Lots of soft rice under the meat.. Cant wait to try the lamb gyro next as I saw several people ordering lamb gyro while standing outside in 35 degrees weather.
I came here on a really late night after work. Very few options for simple take-out meals in Forest Hills. Aside from Mexican Food (yes that is the food cart's actual name)) and Sahara's Halal food (popular favorite but also tends to vary in quality as time rolls into the wee hours of the night), your best bet is to travel to Jackson Heights for your late night filling.
I have to say that Shahzada is slightly different than Sahara's Halal food. Shahzada offers a fish option for those who are pescatarian. Although, they do run out of the fish option at late night as I found out trying to order it to avoid ordering just chicken over rice.
The Chicken Over Rice ($5.00) here is a dollar cheaper to Sahara's and the infinite more popular and superior Sammy's. But in the area, with more customers getting food from here, I have no doubt that they will be Sahara's biggest competitor. The chicken was moist and tasty. The flavors were excellent. And yes, it was oily than I would have liked but it didn't overpower the taste of the meat/rice. The vegetables were also fresh and there were some spices that gave a slightly difference taste. I'd say, it resembles closer to Biryani than it would be Halal in taste.
Location of this halal cart is also convenient located at subway staircase entrance to 71st-Continental mega stop ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHASE BANK in the corner. If you are on the NEW CVS side of the street then you would not have to cross the street. It is DIRECTLY in front of CVS.
They do stay open until late but nowhere near 24/7 as a tip for this place is listed. I believe the guy said 3am but I will re-check that and update as a tip at a later time.
Been passing by the truck for over 2 months but finally gave into the temptation of Chix & rice. Yumm… oh so good. Ordered chix & lamb over rice combo and got a huge portion with abundance of red & white sauce!! Meat was tender, not dried out and seasoned just right. Lots of soft rice under the meat..
Cant wait to try the lamb gyro next as I saw several people ordering lamb gyro while standing outside in 35 degrees weather.
I came here on a really late night after work. Very few options for simple take-out meals in Forest Hills. Aside from Mexican Food (yes that is the food cart's actual name)) and Sahara's Halal food (popular favorite but also tends to vary in quality as time rolls into the wee hours of the night), your best bet is to travel to Jackson Heights for your late night filling.
I have to say that Shahzada is slightly different than Sahara's Halal food. Shahzada offers a fish option for those who are pescatarian. Although, they do run out of the fish option at late night as I found out trying to order it to avoid ordering just chicken over rice.
The Chicken Over Rice ($5.00) here is a dollar cheaper to Sahara's and the infinite more popular and superior Sammy's. But in the area, with more customers getting food from here, I have no doubt that they will be Sahara's biggest competitor. The chicken was moist and tasty. The flavors were excellent. And yes, it was oily than I would have liked but it didn't overpower the taste of the meat/rice. The vegetables were also fresh and there were some spices that gave a slightly difference taste. I'd say, it resembles closer to Biryani than it would be Halal in taste.
Location of this halal cart is also convenient located at subway staircase entrance to 71st-Continental mega stop ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHASE BANK in the corner. If you are on the NEW CVS side of the street then you would not have to cross the street. It is DIRECTLY in front of CVS.
They do stay open until late but nowhere near 24/7 as a tip for this place is listed. I believe the guy said 3am but I will re-check that and update as a tip at a later time.
FAN.