Filed under: Restaurants, Soapboxing/Beatboxing, Travel | Tags: 2007 Vendy Awards, Dosa Man, dosas, NY Dosas, NYC street food, Thiru Kumar
After two years of runner-up prizes at the Vendies, Thiru “Dosa Man” Kumar wins NYC’s top street food award.
I couldn’t be happier about it: the man’s kept me in shatteringly murugal, totally delicious rava dosa clover since B. and I first discovered his stand in Washington Square Park. NY Dosas’ offerings are not only authentic and perfectly executed: Mr. Kumar’s veganism and commitment to seasonal cooking (pay close attention to the sambar when you slurp it) inform and enhance the dishes. The Sri Lankan ginger beer doesn’t hurt, either.
I think I speak for all of us—the food enthusiasts, the homesick South Indians, the intrepid tourists, the NYU students and faculty who love him—when I say Romba sandhosham, saar!
[Image via The New York Daily News]
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How fabulous! I too LOVE dosa, and it is hard to get a really good one in Australia.
My first was in Bangalore, and I was a devoted fan at once. Since then I have had them all over India, in all shapes and sizes, varying degrees of crispness, and with a whole range of fillings.
Glad you love them too.
Comment by VegeYum October 4, 2007 @ 9:05 am