This made me tear up. So sweet. Having places where we can feel seen, be in friendship, and be well fed is so important and can feel hard to come by! I love that place exists, and that you made this video!
My dad's a taxi driver for 25 years now, and since I became older I realized how hard he works. He comes home at 3 am and gets maybe 3 hours of sleep. Maybe someday when I make money I'll be able to give him the luxurious things in life... 😁
@@bhenchordsingh5028 My parents are in their 50s and married each other in their 20s. They do everything together; I don't see why he would cheat. Our household is happy, sorry that yours isn't.
@@bhenchordsingh5028 how fucking sad do you have to be to even think of this thought, I pray that you get through all your struggles in life so that you won't be so miserable.
Mantai Chow, you did an amazing job filming this. If this was extended into a feature length film no doubt it would be winning awards. There was such an immediate sense of community in this vid.
i'm not even from new york but i appreciate the journalism and being able to shed some light in these communities and stories that otherwise would never get told, thank you.
A lot of interesting or nice things from New York are usually unknown due to the large size of the city. Even many local New Yorkers don’t know due to so much volume in the area
My Pakistani Dad arrived in NYC in '52 with a doctors degree from Prince Edward in Lahore. After he passed, a friend of his let me know he was a Cabby after he arrived. He never told me about his first job in the USA. Lower Lex has always been the spot for visits to Kulauztyan and Shaheen Sweets back in the day. Eid Mubarak...
King Edward was the best medical school in the country, right now it trades blows with Aga Khan for first place. It's like the Harvard Medical School of Pakistan, but since it's publicly funded it's still the absolute dream school for people who want to become doctors. Your father must have been one smart man to get into KE in the late 40s, you should be very proud
He's also biased against blacks. I waved him down for a ride a full half a block in front of him and he didnt stop. I see him 3 hours later with a young white girl with a nyu sweater on lol. Hes a chump
Back in the summer of 2010, I ate at an ISKCON in Dublin that had insanely delicious vegetarian Indian food! If I ever return to Dublin, I'll eat there for sure!
Some of the best people out there. Met a man from Bangladesh at a dealership as I worked there for a while. Best man to have a conversation with and a hard working person.
Great service by Mr Khan for giving space to people to pray, hangout, eat for the community, for people of NYC to get a meal at affordable prices... he is the real wealthy person who has big heart... Great video...
My father is a Muslim West African cab driver (since the ‘90s) and his community is one that sustains us in ways we dont even know. I loved this video so much as it gave me insight into the functionings of his community. My dad also structures his day around daily prayers and work and i find it so admirable😂
This was beautifully made with beautiful people in it and a beautiful story. Thank you NYT cooking I love seeing real people with real jobs and a truer representation of people who live in our world
A job that requires a lot of skills and an important part of the city, yet it is becoming difficult for working people like him to make enough to live, not to mention thrive. I'm glad there are restaurants that provide a resting place with delicious food for everyday people.
Its a reality. My dad is Pakistani and drove the yellow cab for years. He has to move over to uber because along with Lyft was taking away all the business.
Next time I am in New York I am going to hire one of the drivers for a day just so they can show me all the great places to eat but also to show me a community that I have never experienced. Great Video Thank You 🙏
I haven’t been in downtown NYC since I graduated high school in 1979. I been to NYC every Christmas since I was in elementary school because that was our field trip to NYC and in the spring it was Washington DC. So I miss that craziness!!
I've been to Haandi many times before. If you like Pakistani grilled meats, then you simply can't beat the $11 special here which gets you two kinds of meats, a veggie option, rice, salad and a naan bread. Get the keema kebab (minced meat kebab) in particular, spicy and moist. The mango lassi is also very good. I was craving a taste of home and the curries here have that home-style cooking flavor down-pat. Filled with Pakistani and Bangladeshi cab drivers, I could understand some of the Bengali and Urdu being spoken which was cool. Most people come here for pick up and take out since there really isn't a lot of tables here and what spots there are, are filled with the cab drivers.
This could explain why the owner can't afford to hire staff. For any food establishment to be profitable, you need a constant flow of customers. Cabbies occupying tables and socialising is not good for business. And it was nonsense for the owner/chef to say that he puts in secret spices. BTW, the food at Lahori looked far more appetising and fresh.
@@mauharley i didn't get the impression that the store owner valued personal profit over supporting his community. He could be charging rent for the space used for prayer service too, but didn't want to. I have immense respect for the man who works for a community in this world driven by profit, the willpower that must take to do every day is incredible.
@@dyanflores443 He pitched this concept to the NYTimes which they rejected before he just produced it himself with his own money and now they have ripped him off.
It Used to be Datta Durbar in Chicago. But I hear it's been closed now. They had a free lounge next door with pool tables and couches. It was a 24 hour restaurant run by Hyderabadis from India.
I've eaten here many times and cant get enough of it the food is delicious every time I'm in New York from maryland visiting a friend that works at Baruch College i make sure to come and have a meal at HAANDI.
Such a soulful video. There are plenty of simple people in the world, who do things they are passionate about and feel a sense of community, give and take in it. Love this group of people.
I love cultures, I love food but most of all I love to meet people and listen to their experiences; to see our similarities and understand our differences. Thank you for these videos.
I have been fortunate enough to work with and get to know many Muslims from Bangladesh and Pakistan and their warmth and compassion and their sense of community is truly special. The Bangladeshi chefs in one restaurant found out that a new chef from Australia, who was not Muslim himself, was staying in a cheap hostel while trying to save to get a place, they insisted he move in with them, and allowed him to stay there rent fee while he saved up to find a place to rent.
@@livinghope1561 It isn't their fault that you Christians don't have a community of them. So all they can do now is make a Christian community themselves and make a video for you!
@@Azhar__ Christians have a bigger community than you can think of.. go to Texas or Oklahoma... Even in new york there's bigger community and US was built on Christian foundation.... You muslims need to learn some characters...
@@livinghope1561 who denied that Einstein? First, learn to read and process data properly, then come to argue. The previous comment was the response to the comment that you made about NY City. Here you're busy proving your arguing skills.
@@Azhar__ just say you lost your own argument of saying that Christians don't have a community.. whereas the presence of Christian community in the US is known all over the world that's the reason all terrorist world is against US. there is also a big cab driving Christian community who shares the gospel while driving the cabs why don't you talk about that?????
Curry in a Hurry! So glad to see it featured here. It's run by some of the kindest people who you can tell truly care about who comes into their restaurant.
Masha’allah Ameen is a great person and I am genuinely proud to see us Muslims serving our communities in whatever ways that we can…May Allah SWA bless you all
What an amazing Brother, he shows us what it is to truly be a good Muslim. Inshallah he will have a long life and may Allah make it easy. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Heartwarming video. Felt a great sense of strong community from this piece. Good food and the people you cross paths with along the way. Simple but crucial part of life's journey. Wonderful
South Asian excellence, what a beautiful site. I want Ameen to be my dad. He also reminded me how beautiful religion can be. Art is such a sweetheart too. People who can cook are so so so underrated. Especially those who're willing to cook for people. Shoutout to 1st gens everywhere.
I'll never forget a little Pakistani kitchen I used to go to on Church and Chambers. Many taxi guys ate there. Those who know know. The staff was so hard working and the food was so good there. They even had the little naan oven.
Haandi has been around during the late 80's.. same location owner has been Mr. Harjeet Singh, and Vijay Saab. Great location and good food... It was my first restaurant job.. 😂
Loved this journalism and so great to see how every day hard workers have this kind of community. As Muslim myself, i would love to and will visit one day NYC and Explorer it through my own eyes but at this moment, this is so much eyes opening and would love to see more of this kind of journalism from different cultures as well!!! Love to you guys in NYC!!!!!!!!!
This is such a beautiful depiction of the hard work of all these people who come from the developing countries to feed their families. I am super proud of my people :)
May Allah continue to provide all of the best for these amazing drivers. Wonderful video! Very wholesome to see them create such a beautiful community :D
I lived on 28th & Third from 1998-2002. Fantastic neighborhood. I'm not sure I ever ate at Haandi, but it looks delicious. Curry in a Hurry is a legendary place and has been there forever. I haven't walked around the neighborhood there in a long time but there were countless culinary options there--some great Chinese places, Vietnamese, pubs, you name it. Great video, would love to see more like this.
I moved to NYC in 1980,my hang out was in the Fashion/Garment District,Curry in a Hurry opened up when i was there and had the best Channa batura...Lexington and the 20's had a few Indian restaurants...another place The Greek Cab drivers ate at and was opened 24/7 was a Greek restaurant on Broadway in Astoria,two blocks away from the RR train ...I moved to Florida in 1998,and miss the food in NYC...
i was crying by the end of this video hehe :'') "food and friendship"... i'm happy that such kind, honest, and hardworking people get to enjoy something as simply wonderful as food and friendship
It looked like they were mostly serving meat dishes. That's one reason why I prefer Indian restaurants over Pakistani/Bangladeshi restaurants, since Indian restaurants have a lot more vegetarian choices and I'm vegetarian. I'll pass on Haandi
Easily one of the best pieces I've ever seen from NYT. This is journalism... give me the untold stories of the people who are the backbone of our economy and give them the spotlight they deserve.
This reminded me of a recent trip to Dubai, I stayed at a hotel in downtown Dubai & as an African I find that this type of food suits my palate more, they’re also really affordable with generous portions. every night we’d go to get food from similar restaurants you could feel the sense of community among them, I absolutely loved it and didn’t want to leave. I honestly feel like I got a better experience eating and walking to the train station there than if I had stayed at a hotel in the city centre.
I've always found it interesting that this stretch of Lexington Ave around 27th,28th has such a high density of South Asian food spots. Didn't realize there was such a strong community around there.
There used to be far more South Asians and Indian owned businesses in the area. But many years of extreme, intense gentrification as well as the pandemic lockdown have changed all of that.
@@vikasprakashjoshi2090 No, they have left the city ENTIRELY for New Jersey, Long Island and other parts of the United States 🇺🇸. New York City is no longer being used as an entry port for Indian immigrants. New Jersey has the highest concentration of Indians in the Western Hemisphere with the possible exception of the Toronto area in Canada 🇨🇦.
I moved to nyc to go to college in 1980. Of the gazillion things I ‘discovered’, these places where cabbies eat are in the top tier of awesome nyc stuff. Even though some of them were very much of and for people (almost always men) of that place. Punjabi places were my favorite. I miss nyc so much.
I'd love to see this as a full length feature. It was so beautifully captured, and it was cool to see someone so involved with his community. I felt like I got to know each person just a little bit more. Please do more of these!!
One of the best pieces of journalism I have ever seen. Thankful for the insight into such a tight knit community in the global capital of individualism and capitalism. If the world's media had more stories such as these I think the world would be a better place
Watching this im Pakistani living Ireland 🇮🇪 really great video, best thing about desi food it brings all nice people together and great friends together
This video is a triumph in showing the importance of a local community within one of the largest cities in the world, excellent journalism!
The video featured a number of antisemites. Absolute disgrace.
LOl..ur joking right? right?@Ground_Dee
@@Squadron_Bodronyou’re the one who’s antisemitic
Islam in the western world just does work. They are turning great cities in the USA into third world countries.
Not even top ten of the worlds largest cities 😂
This made me tear up. So sweet. Having places where we can feel seen, be in friendship, and be well fed is so important and can feel hard to come by! I love that place exists, and that you made this video!
"If your dish is good, don't worry about the competition. People decide." No muss, no hype, all taste baby.
Gay
My dad's a taxi driver for 25 years now, and since I became older I realized how hard he works. He comes home at 3 am and gets maybe 3 hours of sleep. Maybe someday when I make money I'll be able to give him the luxurious things in life... 😁
Is he deffo doing taxi at that time or with his bit on the side chick?????? I don’t trust ure dad working late he probably cheating maybe
@@bhenchordsingh5028 My parents are in their 50s and married each other in their 20s. They do everything together; I don't see why he would cheat. Our household is happy, sorry that yours isn't.
What's wrong with you sucker@@bhenchordsingh5028
@@bhenchordsingh5028 No he not unlike your sikhni,s women, Sikh women love muslim lorra.
@@bhenchordsingh5028 how fucking sad do you have to be to even think of this thought, I pray that you get through all your struggles in life so that you won't be so miserable.
Mantai Chow, you did an amazing job filming this. If this was extended into a feature length film no doubt it would be winning awards. There was such an immediate sense of community in this vid.
@dinilestari9953 And directing. Incredible!
This was all stolen from someone else.
amazing video
Stolen idea, video, karma is a bitch
@@nullvoid2001show the receipts or stfu
i'm not even from new york but i appreciate the journalism and being able to shed some light in these communities and stories that otherwise would never get told, thank you.
More like stolen content from small creators
Stolen from Kareem Rahma, creator of Keep the Meter Running.
be "where do terrorists go to eat"😂😂😂😂😂😂
A lot of interesting or nice things from New York are usually unknown due to the large size of the city. Even many local New Yorkers don’t know due to so much volume in the area
@@vipulagora1325 nobody believes that anymore, everyone knows they're defending themselves, cow dump lickers on the other hand... xD
The guy is just too happy to have that food corner in his life. Food and social circle are the keys to happiness after all!
My Pakistani Dad arrived in NYC in '52 with a doctors degree from Prince Edward in Lahore. After he passed, a friend of his let me know he was a Cabby after he arrived. He never told me about his first job in the USA. Lower Lex has always been the spot for visits to Kulauztyan and Shaheen Sweets back in the day.
Eid Mubarak...
He was a doctor and then became a cab driver? Thanks for sharing! Did he use his degree afterwards?
@dropdead266 yes, it took some time and hard work
King Edward was the best medical school in the country, right now it trades blows with Aga Khan for first place. It's like the Harvard Medical School of Pakistan, but since it's publicly funded it's still the absolute dream school for people who want to become doctors. Your father must have been one smart man to get into KE in the late 40s, you should be very proud
Bet he denied me a ride because ny skin color
Curious, did he remain in NYC? Where did you grow up?
KHAN IS THE BEST!!! HE IS SUCH A KIND PERSON & HAVE KNOWN HIM FOR MANY YEARS!! I LOVE THIS!!
Thanks
@@A-khan-1988 are you the person in the video ?
@@hulkhogan8339 yes
He's also biased against blacks. I waved him down for a ride a full half a block in front of him and he didnt stop. I see him 3 hours later with a young white girl with a nyu sweater on lol. Hes a chump
He sells crack and cocaine on the side. Google his kids. Drug dealers.
everyone in New York go and support these great community authentic restaurants
Love this kind of content! Seeing how different cultures eat in New York. Please continue to make these. Watching from Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
Tallaght watcher here 🇮🇪🍻
I just freakin love content!
New York times special on chips and curry
Back in the summer of 2010, I ate at an ISKCON in Dublin that had insanely delicious vegetarian Indian food! If I ever return to Dublin, I'll eat there for sure!
I share the same sentiment! Watching from Jakarta, Indonesia!
Some of the best people out there. Met a man from Bangladesh at a dealership as I worked there for a while. Best man to have a conversation with and a hard working person.
The two restaurants he visited were Pakistani btw. Two others that he referenced are Bangladeshi.
5:34 i thought he was finna blow up lmfao
Hanndi is legit one of my favorite restaurants. It’s affordable and the food is always amazing.
Love you
So happy that you like Pakistani food.
Well it looks filthy dirty to me 🤮 🤮
But they all are dirty
@@tatsnneeps341hahah you would lose your mind if you saw what your favorite restaurants kitchen would look like 😂😂 spoken like a spoiled little bitc h
Great service by Mr Khan for giving space to people to pray, hangout, eat for the community, for people of NYC to get a meal at affordable prices... he is the real wealthy person who has big heart... Great video...
Such a beautiful documentary that shows the intersection of food, community and culture… truly heartwarming.
My father is a Muslim West African cab driver (since the ‘90s) and his community is one that sustains us in ways we dont even know. I loved this video so much as it gave me insight into the functionings of his community. My dad also structures his day around daily prayers and work and i find it so admirable😂
So he's taking jobs from American citizens?
And yo mama a snowbunny?
be "where do terrorists go to eat"😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@vipulagora1325Most of these people aren't like that though.
@@vipulagora1325 L user + L comment having no sense as if not other religions are considered the same too, get a life
This was beautifully made with beautiful people in it and a beautiful story. Thank you NYT cooking
I love seeing real people with real jobs and a truer representation of people who live in our world
They literally stole it from a comedian because they don't care about real people, so he did it himself. Check out "keep the meter running"
what a bless person . hes a gem to the community.
This is what the true meaning of community is. What a beautiful story. Can't wait to go to New York and eat at Haandi!
I live for communities like this. The world isn’t all bad. Thanks for sharing.
I came for the food but stayed to see and hear about this sweet community ❤️. Thank you.
the authenticity of this video, and the commentary from the taxi driver. I wish journalism would do more of this. (instead of all the sensationalism)
A job that requires a lot of skills and an important part of the city, yet it is becoming difficult for working people like him to make enough to live, not to mention thrive. I'm glad there are restaurants that provide a resting place with delicious food for everyday people.
Its a reality. My dad is Pakistani and drove the yellow cab for years. He has to move over to uber because along with Lyft was taking away all the business.
@@Noorullah1 you cant do uber and taxi at the same time ?
@@ramister_9894 No. I don’t think that is allowed.
Cabs did it to them self
@@dominickjustave3558 how did cab drivers do it to themselves? Over pricing or what?
Next time I am in New York I am going to hire one of the drivers for a day just so they can show me all the great places to eat but also to show me a community that I have never experienced. Great Video Thank You 🙏
What if they touch u up
It’s one of the best moves in any city. Ask your servers and drivers what their favorite spot is.
It's been 8 month. Did you visit NYC?
I haven’t been in downtown NYC since I graduated high school in 1979. I been to NYC every Christmas since I was in elementary school because that was our field trip to NYC and in the spring it was Washington DC. So I miss that craziness!!
I've been to Haandi many times before. If you like Pakistani grilled meats, then you simply can't beat the $11 special here which gets you two kinds of meats, a veggie option, rice, salad and a naan bread. Get the keema kebab (minced meat kebab) in particular, spicy and moist. The mango lassi is also very good.
I was craving a taste of home and the curries here have that home-style cooking flavor down-pat. Filled with Pakistani and Bangladeshi cab drivers, I could understand some of the Bengali and Urdu being spoken which was cool. Most people come here for pick up and take out since there really isn't a lot of tables here and what spots there are, are filled with the cab drivers.
Where are you originally from? How does Haandi compare with Lahori Kabab?
This could explain why the owner can't afford to hire staff. For any food establishment to be profitable, you need a constant flow of customers. Cabbies occupying tables and socialising is not good for business. And it was nonsense for the owner/chef to say that he puts in secret spices.
BTW, the food at Lahori looked far more appetising and fresh.
@@mauharley i didn't get the impression that the store owner valued personal profit over supporting his community. He could be charging rent for the space used for prayer service too, but didn't want to. I have immense respect for the man who works for a community in this world driven by profit, the willpower that must take to do every day is incredible.
be "where do terrorists go to eat"😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@vipulagora1325 L user + L comment having no sense as if not other religions are considered the same too, get a life
Honestly seeing content like means the world to me. Its relly humble and down to earth. Honestly wish there was more of this kind of content.
“FOOD AND FRIENDSHIP … AND FAITH = FORMULA FOR A SUCCESSFUL LIFE.”
This is fantastic but needs to be a series that showcases cab drivers of different nationalities and backgrounds. Love it.
This exists! It’s called Keep the Meter Running and the host Kareem is a real mensch.
@@dyanflores443 He pitched this concept to the NYTimes which they rejected before he just produced it himself with his own money and now they have ripped him off.
Absolutely
My mom discovered the place where Chicago tax drivers eat. Best Pakistani food we ever had, very generous portions, we could never finish.
haha that's what a 'doggy bag' is for :)
Which place is it?
For real...where at? I'm visiting later this year...
It Used to be Datta Durbar in Chicago. But I hear it's been closed now.
They had a free lounge next door with pool tables and couches. It was a 24 hour restaurant run by Hyderabadis from India.
You got to name the place . Can't leave us hanging
What a wonderful glimpse of a side of New York we rarely get to see. Real folks and hard working people who largely go unnoticed.
This is the type of content Kaleem does actually, he posts it on instagram, he's got tons of them. Such a great content!
What a beautiful video, simple people trying to make an honest living, and enjoying simple beautiful moments with their brothers.
I've eaten here many times and cant get enough of it the food is delicious every time I'm in New York from maryland visiting a friend that works at Baruch College i make sure to come and have a meal at HAANDI.
Great piece of content. That's what we need :)
ps : I wonder which camera you shot that video with...
Such a soulful video. There are plenty of simple people in the world, who do things they are passionate about and feel a sense of community, give and take in it. Love this group of people.
I didn’t expect tears to fall down my face but this story is excellent. CommUNITY is everything!
I love cultures, I love food but most of all I love to meet people and listen to their experiences; to see our similarities and understand our differences. Thank you for these videos.
I have been fortunate enough to work with and get to know many Muslims from Bangladesh and Pakistan and their warmth and compassion and their sense of community is truly special. The Bangladeshi chefs in one restaurant found out that a new chef from Australia, who was not Muslim himself, was staying in a cheap hostel while trying to save to get a place, they insisted he move in with them, and allowed him to stay there rent fee while he saved up to find a place to rent.
We need Christian community in new York... Why these videos only show Muslim community but not Christian community.... USA is a Christian country.
@@livinghope1561 It isn't their fault that you Christians don't have a community of them. So all they can do now is make a Christian community themselves and make a video for you!
@@Azhar__ Christians have a bigger community than you can think of.. go to Texas or Oklahoma... Even in new york there's bigger community and US was built on Christian foundation.... You muslims need to learn some characters...
@@livinghope1561 who denied that Einstein? First, learn to read and process data properly, then come to argue.
The previous comment was the response to the comment that you made about NY City. Here you're busy proving your arguing skills.
@@Azhar__ just say you lost your own argument of saying that Christians don't have a community.. whereas the presence of Christian community in the US is known all over the world that's the reason all terrorist world is against US. there is also a big cab driving Christian community who shares the gospel while driving the cabs why don't you talk about that?????
Love this video! This is the meaning of community, something our big cities are losing unfortunately due to gentrification. God bless these men ❤
One of the best videos on youtube. Great JOB NYT Cooking
Curry in a Hurry! So glad to see it featured here. It's run by some of the kindest people who you can tell truly care about who comes into their restaurant.
What a beautiful video, thanks for sharing and showing this wonderful community
Thanks for not having someone narrate/lead this story. It was good to hear them speak for themselves
Masha’allah Ameen is a great person and I am genuinely proud to see us Muslims serving our communities in whatever ways that we can…May Allah SWA bless you all
i used to work at the NYU school of dentistry and would walk over to haandi all the time!
this is ABSOLUTELY gorgeous and so well filmed. i thoroughly loved this!
brought tears to my eyes, kudos NYT cooking team!
Great segment, beautifully put together.
The diversity of New York is what makes it beautiful and why many of us come to visit, but never leave.
What an amazing Brother, he shows us what it is to truly be a good Muslim. Inshallah he will have a long life and may Allah make it easy. Thank you for sharing this with us.
5:34 i thought he was finna blow up lmfao
I love this! This is what New York is about. Warms my heart
One of the best small docs I’ve seen on youtube. Thank you for it.❤
please do more of this! love seeing all these ethnic restaurants
Heartwarming video. Felt a great sense of strong community from this piece.
Good food and the people you cross paths with along the way. Simple but crucial part of life's journey. Wonderful
We love our taxi drivers. Thank you for your service to this great city.
Beautiful, honest and hard workers!!!.....
Cabs are always clutch when Ubers and Lyft surcharges are insane. Also respect to cab drivers who know all the streets without GPS.
The ubers ruined nyc. There's like 100,000 of them driving around nyc at all times and they're all horrible drivers.
What does clutch mean?
@@stephenfisher3721when someone helps u when u need…u need homework and ur friend gives you…he came in clutch
@@Paul-oh4fe You must have terrible experiences every time then but every cab i've been in was a great trip without issues.
@@48162342he was talking about uber
Fantastic heartwarming story. Watching from Bonnie Doon in Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Food, friendship and faith. A joy to watch.
This one of the best piece of work i have seen in youtube keep em coming.
South Asian excellence, what a beautiful site. I want Ameen to be my dad. He also reminded me how beautiful religion can be. Art is such a sweetheart too. People who can cook are so so so underrated. Especially those who're willing to cook for people. Shoutout to 1st gens everywhere.
So beautiful to see a thriving community, I hope I am able to cultivate strong relationships like the ones in this video, it's very inspirational
insanely wholesome
@@Squadron_Bodron your ragebait won't work sorry
Im from UK watching this video was heart warming.
Thankyou.
I'll never forget a little Pakistani kitchen I used to go to on Church and Chambers. Many taxi guys ate there. Those who know know. The staff was so hard working and the food was so good there. They even had the little naan oven.
You must be referring to the now closed Pakistan Tea House, right?
wonderful place
aw this is so wholesome to watch
that last "food and friendship" with his merging hands made me tear up, it really is such a beautiful unifier
Besides showcasing the yummy cuisines, it also shows the personal side of things of Khan. Splendid video!
MORE of this please! NYC Cooking should be about EVERYONE and the shared spaces the community cooks and eats in - together.
That’s a wholesome video. All the best for the community people there.
Haandi has been around during the late 80's.. same location owner has been Mr. Harjeet Singh, and Vijay Saab.
Great location and good food... It was my first restaurant job.. 😂
Loved this journalism and so great to see how every day hard workers have this kind of community. As Muslim myself, i would love to and will visit one day NYC and Explorer it through my own eyes but at this moment, this is so much eyes opening and would love to see more of this kind of journalism from different cultures as well!!! Love to you guys in NYC!!!!!!!!!
Been to Lahori Kabob many times. That place is excellent at all times of day, and their Goat/Lamb dishes are among the best I've had anywhere.
This is such a beautiful depiction of the hard work of all these people who come from the developing countries to feed their families. I am super proud of my people :)
I clicked prepared to scrub but my eyes were glued for the entire piece. Hats off to Mantai Chow for crafting such a beautiful and engaging work.
Excellent. Beautiful inside look at the wonderful food and locals. Thank you
I've eaten at Curry in a Hurry and Lahori Kebab. Both are great late-night spots. Hope I get to try Haandi soon!
Beautiful story of the joy of the struggle and friendship
May Allah increase these brothers and grant them the best of this world and the akhirah
This was an amazing documentary! Thank you for sharing it! It tugged at my heart
This is such a great segment coming out of NYT cooking.
May Allah continue to provide all of the best for these amazing drivers. Wonderful video! Very wholesome to see them create such a beautiful community :D
I am looking forward to the next one as this touched my soul. Much love from Australia 🇦🇺
This one of the best piece of work!!!
It was stolen from the original creator, Kareem Rahma. He pitched his show Keep the Meter Running to NYT. They turned him down to steal the idea.
I love this so much. Please tell more of these stories as it reminds me why I love NYC so much.
This is what modern journalism is, amazing video
I lived on 28th & Third from 1998-2002. Fantastic neighborhood. I'm not sure I ever ate at Haandi, but it looks delicious. Curry in a Hurry is a legendary place and has been there forever. I haven't walked around the neighborhood there in a long time but there were countless culinary options there--some great Chinese places, Vietnamese, pubs, you name it. Great video, would love to see more like this.
I moved to NYC in 1980,my hang out was in the Fashion/Garment District,Curry in a Hurry opened up when i was there and had the best Channa batura...Lexington and the 20's had a few Indian restaurants...another place The Greek Cab drivers ate at and was opened 24/7 was a Greek restaurant on Broadway in Astoria,two blocks away from the RR train ...I moved to Florida in 1998,and miss the food in NYC...
i was crying by the end of this video hehe :'') "food and friendship"... i'm happy that such kind, honest, and hardworking people get to enjoy something as simply wonderful as food and friendship
This is the sweetest simplest story ever!!!!❤❤
"I cannot live without Haandi food". Forget golden yelp reviews and Michelin stars, this is the only endorsement I need.
totally chap!
It looked like they were mostly serving meat dishes. That's one reason why I prefer Indian restaurants over Pakistani/Bangladeshi restaurants, since Indian restaurants have a lot more vegetarian choices and I'm vegetarian. I'll pass on Haandi
I literally was not planning on looking up any reviews and just go there based on that statement! 😂
This is food is amazing. I’d go here for lunch a lot. And i worked like 20 blocks north.
be "where do terrorists go to eat"😂😂😂😂😂😂
Such a beautiful feature on food and the importance of community and connection.❤
This was incredible. Ameen is such a beautiful soul.
Easily one of the best pieces I've ever seen from NYT. This is journalism... give me the untold stories of the people who are the backbone of our economy and give them the spotlight they deserve.
Amazing person god bless him
This reminded me of a recent trip to Dubai, I stayed at a hotel in downtown Dubai & as an African I find that this type of food suits my palate more, they’re also really affordable with generous portions. every night we’d go to get food from similar restaurants you could feel the sense of community among them, I absolutely loved it and didn’t want to leave. I honestly feel like I got a better experience eating and walking to the train station there than if I had stayed at a hotel in the city centre.
I've always found it interesting that this stretch of Lexington Ave around 27th,28th has such a high density of South Asian food spots. Didn't realize there was such a strong community around there.
There used to be far more South Asians and Indian owned businesses in the area. But many years of extreme, intense gentrification as well as the pandemic lockdown have changed all of that.
@@1525boy good point. And I believe many Indians have moved out over the years to go to other parts of NYC...
@@vikasprakashjoshi2090 No, they have left the city ENTIRELY for New Jersey, Long Island and other parts of the United States 🇺🇸. New York City is no longer being used as an entry port for Indian immigrants. New Jersey has the highest concentration of Indians in the Western Hemisphere with the possible exception of the Toronto area in Canada 🇨🇦.
They don’t call it Curry Hill for nothing!
I moved to nyc to go to college in 1980. Of the gazillion things I ‘discovered’, these places where cabbies eat are in the top tier of awesome nyc stuff. Even though some of them were very much of and for people (almost always men) of that place. Punjabi places were my favorite. I miss nyc so much.
Where do you live now? Thanks.
I'd love to see this as a full length feature. It was so beautifully captured, and it was cool to see someone so involved with his community. I felt like I got to know each person just a little bit more. Please do more of these!!
Such a beautifully done story.
One of the best pieces of journalism I have ever seen. Thankful for the insight into such a tight knit community in the global capital of individualism and capitalism. If the world's media had more stories such as these I think the world would be a better place
Watching this im Pakistani living Ireland 🇮🇪 really great video, best thing about desi food it brings all nice people together and great friends together
What made you come over to far and cold climate Christian Ireland??
@@andys109white girls