We’ve been noticing Moshe’s Falafel for a while now, parked on 17th Street, just east of 5th Ave. (There’s another one in midtown.) You can’t really miss it. It’s not a cart. I think it’s a refurbished RV.
We just wanted to try it, so it’s nice that they sell a “half” sandwich, which actually looks like a whole though. It’s only two falafels opposed to the three in most regulars (don’t know how big their whole is). Each falafel is really big so quantity wise, it’s decent for $3.50.
The problem is that we think the falafel is good texturally (the one on top was crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside) but taste wise, it’s too hard to tell because of how over-drenched it is with tahini and hot sauce. Everything just ends up tasting like tahini, which is now spilling all over your gloves already. That may be a good thing for the vegetables (which are frozen cause it’s too cold these days). The tomatoes are practically white and in a blind taste test, I’m not sure I could identify them. We liked that they included pickles but it would be nice if they were chopped because each piece is larger than bite size. So ehh, wouldn’t miss them if they decided to park somewhere else.
Moishe’s is not good in my opinion. Falafel is greasy and flavorless and the balls are too large, giving wrong texture / substance ratio. The only thing it has going for it is price. If you want best falafel in NYC I think the new champ is Taim in the Village. They got it going on until dawn like Ron and John playing Robotron.
what is that huge ball?!
Pearl, the falafel?
what is a falafel supposed to be? What is supposed to go inside?
yes, there is such a thing as too much tahini. too bad, but it definitely seems worth the try.
Eatingfoodboy, falafels are fried balls made of chickpeas and/or fava beans, more commonly chickpeas in the US. It comes from the Middle East.