Midwood 2
03/04/04
Midwood, Brooklyn
New Kantacky Fried Chicken and Eleven-Seven are across the street from each other and supposedly under the same ownership.
The menu is from the apparently nameless Pakistani-Indian restaurant at 1032 Coney Island Avenue (at Foster, B/Q to Newkirk). It changed the way I think about saag (spinach). It's worth the trip. From anywhere. (I can't vouch for the ghost, though.)
And as for the new concept in kosher food, I'm speechless. It's clearly a cursed storefront. (Or perhaps haunted, by the ghost of the biryani.)
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Comments
(re: the last picture)
There's a glatt (extra-strict) kosher takeout Chinese place not too far away from my house.
Posted by: Adam at March 4, 2004 02:10 AM
Gonna get that all up in your platter.
RICE IN YOUR PLATTER $4.50
PLAIN RICE $3.00
YOUR PLATTER ONLY $1.50
Posted by: Timmy Hutari at March 4, 2004 03:09 AM
In the first pic...what is GYRO. I'm South African...never heard of the term. Nice shots, again.
Posted by: Jonathan at March 4, 2004 05:13 AM
Glatt doesn't _quite_ mean extra-strict, but it seems to mostly work that way. Supposedly some joker (or savvy marketer) opened a Glatt Kosher fruit market somewhere in Brooklyn (the joke being that glatt only applies to meat -- it means that the animal's lungs are smooth and free of blemishes).
Jonathan -- gyro is the Greek word for shawarma, a Middle Eastern dish made of chicken or lamb meat (or chicken soaked in lamb fat) that's twirled on a big spit, cut off and grilled. It's become one of the canonical dishes served in low-end New York restaurants. Actually, I think the Greek word is gyros (pronounced yee-row), but everyone assumed that was plural and that the singular was "gyro" (pronounced jyro). Ah, assimilation.
Posted by: Mike at March 4, 2004 08:28 AM
i like the photo of the kosher gym off the rear window. excellent.
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Posted by: Dennis at March 4, 2004 06:12 PM
Darn I have to go to Foster/CIA and check all these sights. They are all "new" to me. I spent all of HS at 1002 Foster and this brings back dozens of memories.
Posted by: Zoe at March 16, 2004 08:09 AM
hey i know this i random but i just stumbled upon your pics and they are great...i live in brooklyn but go to school in florida...i went to midwood hs and they remind me of home a ton...thanks for them =) they are great
Posted by: sue at April 18, 2004 06:04 PM
I'm sad to report that Kantacky Fried Chicken is no longer with us. In its place is a new bodega with tragically non-humorous signage. I always meant to take a picture of it. Glad someone did.
Posted by: Kevin at January 25, 2005 03:56 PM
what?????? i dont know what your saying
Posted by: miss.uchiha at May 20, 2007 02:41 PM
kantacky?????are calling us tacky????