Green and Yellow Summer Squash Pizza........

 Green and Yellow Summer Squash pizza......

 a la Akasha, Los Angeles with goat cheese, tomato basil sauce,

red chili flakes, smoky prosciutto,

scallions,basil and lemon thyme.......

http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/07/daily-slice-akasha-los-angeles.html#continued

In the convection oven on a cast pizza pan......

Topped with basil and lemon thyme.....

A La Gramercy Tavern........

This pie combines two sandwiches, one served at the Serious Eats All-Star Sandwich Festival and Gramercy Tavern and a breakfast sandwich also served at Gramercy Tavern. The sandwiches are part of the unpublicized $14 soup and sandwich special.(a great deal)  Both use

smoked ham/theirs is done in house, Fontina (my bet is Italian), and are served on a Balthazar's potato-onion bap/role. One has crispy vegetables and a garlicky aioli the other an egg. This pie has Westphalia smoked ham/ prosciutto, Fontina Val d'Aosta, sautéed onions, an egg, and roasted garlic and lardons mixed with the cheese, and topped with arugula for color and texture.  Cooked in my convection oven on a cast iron pizza pan...

Ready to cook.....

 Cooked in my convection oven on a cast iron pizza pan......

Nice.........

Interesting..........

Ok, I was on a day time food tour in the Wall Street area.....

Souvlaki GR food truck was on the corner...

 and I walked over I saw a fun installation....

but did not get a good shot...

But .......

My new friend captured it perfectly at night....

http://lesnycwindow.blogspot.com/2011/07/pinktown.html

Roasted Beet Warm Goat Cheese Pizza.......

One of my favorite combinations is roasted yellow beets with fresh goat cheese. 

The other day I found the monster below and quickly picked up a log of goat cheese.

My plan was to make a salad but a friend from work inspired me.

He made a goat cheese pizza with chive oil and fresh basil. 

Ok, goat cheese roasted beet pizza...... 

I found a recipe for a goat cheese salad with two kinds of lettuce, diced beets, candied pecans, sweet peppers and scallions with a honey mustard vignette. 

The plan: bake the crust on the grill, flip and top with goat cheese and serve the warm goat cheese crust topped with the salad.

When I started chopping I also found a cucumber and a few orange tomatoes and only arugula.....

Oh well........ 

Very nice.......

The honey mustard dressing was lovely.....

Korilla Korean BBQ Kimchi Taco Inspired Pie.....

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of joining one of my tour guide friends for a Food Cart Tour of The Financial District  NYC. 

The tour is hosted by Urban Oyster Walking Tours of NYC. http://amusebouche1.blogspot.com/2011/07/wall-street-nyc-food-trucks.html 

Our second to last stop was Korilla Korean BBQ for a Korean Kimchi Taco
 http://korillabbq.com/ 

I believe the taco is topped with a kimchi, a special hot sauce and a kimchi pickle…..

Really good, as was the kimchi…
As you guessed it a pie was born…….

Korilla used corn taco shells.....

I could have used a flour tortilla but decided to make a crust with.....

Masarepa/Harina de Maiz Blanca/White Corn Meal,
 all-purpose flour, yeast, salt, oil etc…

a modified pizza crust......

 Top with......
Radish Kimchi and Mild White Kimchi......

  Toppings......
Smoked pulled pork with a sesame, soy,

hot sesame oil, rice vinegar, brown sugar sauce....

Both types of kimchi.....

Shredded romaine....

Homemade pickled cucumbers....

More sauce.....

On a cornmeal pizza crust......

Ok Slicers what pearl like ingredient did I not list.....

Times Square Art......

Just fun...........

Wall Street NYC Food Trucks........

My friends at Urban Oyster NYC Walking Tours
once again have new a fun tour, this time a Food Cart Tour of Financial District.... 

I have taken their midtown tour and was excited when they launched a finical district tour.  Both are led by Brian Hoffman,
 he is a good guide and I always look forward to walking with him...... 
The tours are amazingly different......
As are the food choices.......
Taking both was an interesting experience... 
http://www.urbanoyster.com/index.html

Our start point on Water Street....

Note the cart, pictured below, in the background.....

This neighborhood is food cart heaven......

Pictured below are carts/trucks we did not visit.....

Our first stop........

Veronicas Kitchen for jerk chicken..... 

Veronica.......
She servesTrinidadian/West Indian food

Her chicken, due to truck restrictions it is baked not fried......

And a great start to our walk....

Our group........
One of the many things I like about tours is the mix of people....
 This group, China, New Zealand, Australia, and Korea....
 I was one of two locals. 
 I met Emily Cavalier from Brooklyn..... 
She writes the blog...
 http://mouthoftheborder.com/
on ethnic food and also volunteers for the Vendy Awards...... 
I have taken the liberty of using four of her pictures, the jerk chicken is one…….

Next stop Adel's No. 1 Halal Food…….

Halal is the Muslim version of Kosher but even more restricted….

Our falafal over rice with a white and a hot sauce was very nice.....

Our group......

They serve Columbian and Ecuadorian food…….

Not on the tour…..

99% Vegetarian.....

They serve a little chicken……

We enjoyed a veggie burger with vegetarian chili and hot sauce…..

The owners are from Puebla….. 



Other trucks.......

Their souvlaki was wonderful.....

Owner and chef.....

Our second to last stop.......

Owner.....

Kimchi Tacos with a pickle.......

Best stop on the tour.....

Our last stop......

Liege wafel with spekuloos spread from Wafels and Dinges

As always a great tour......

Thanks Brian.....