The fish and chips at Urban Hawker’s Smokin’ Joe stall are nothing like the common NYC article, typically served up tasting mainly of oil. Marinated and breaded filets of swai, a fish native to Vietnam, are fried at the perfect temperature and served on a mountain of fries with coleslaw. The block-long Big Apple interpretation of the original, rather unexpectedly located at the base of an office building on West 50th and 51st Streets, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, delights visitors with a kaleidoscopic wave of aromas evoking Malaysia, the Philippines and India - a far cry from most American food halls’ standard offerings of lobster rolls, tacos and “artisanal” meatballs. The buzzy new hall is home to seventeen vendors, eleven of them hailing directly from Singapore, which is famous for its diverse street food culture, with stalls typically neatly organized into what are known as hawker centers. The dark-horse breakout hit of Midtown’s Singaporean-themed Urban Hawker food hall, filled with such East Asian specialties as stingray fried rice and murtabak, turns out to be a plate of fish and chips. Iconic celeb hot spot Nikki Beach forced out to make way for Carbone spin-off Michelin star chef to add ‘semen’ to the menu at trendy restaurant Influencer’s one-star review of burger restaurant sparks firestorm Hang on to your wallets, NYC - here comes the $29 hot dog
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