West Side Rag
  • TOP NEWS
  • OPEN/CLOSED
  • FOOD
  • SCHOOLS
  • OUTDOORS
  • REAL ESTATE
  • ART
  • POLITICS
  • COLUMNS
  • CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • ABSURDITY
  • CONTACT
West Side Rag
No Result
View All Result
Get WSR FREE in your inbox

Search the site

No Result
View All Result

AVAILABLE NOW!


HERE

Get WSR FREE in your inbox

Here’s the Dish: The Migrant Kitchen’s Lamb Torta Sandwich

September 21, 2022 | 10:56 AM - Updated on September 23, 2022 | 3:35 AM
in COLUMNS, FOOD
6
Lamb Torta Sandwich. Photograph by Ava Stryker-Robbins,

By Ava Stryker-Robbins

How does one define a sandwich? Food surrounded by bread? A quick, filling meal that can be devoured at any given time? Well, classic tortas add so much more to this often simple dish, and The Migrant Kitchen’s Lamb Torta Sandwich makes for much more than merely a quick, filling meal.

This dish features soft, sweet bread upon which is creamy Oaxaca cheese. The sandwich has tasty avocado, tomatoes, jalapenos, romaine lettuce, and a black bean spread that perfectly compliments the tender and delicious lamb. This sandwich is flavorful, comforting, and filling. The separate ingredients of this dish melt together as you eat them, creating a perfect blend of spice, savory flavor, and sweetness.

The Migrant Kitchen (TMK) opened its third location on the Upper West Side in April after starting as a pop-up in Brooklyn and then opening a permanent location in Lower Manhattan. TMK’s mission is to contribute toward empowerment through food. According to their website, they are “focused on providing meaningful opportunities for immigrants to showcase the cuisines and cultures of their home countries while earning more than just minimum wage.” Soon after opening, COVID hit and the restaurant decided to “pivot…from their standard catering operation to serving food to frontline healthcare workers fighting against the pandemic…serving over 60,000 meals a week to food insecure communities across NYC.”

Co-founder Nasser Jaber told WSR more about their lamb torta sandwich; “People love it. It has a cult following…This sandwich to me represents the best of Mexico and Palestine.” Jaber emphasizes that although the cost of the lamb offsets the proceeds from that dish, he and others at TMK are determined to keep serving it, as it holds an important meaning.

Jaber concluded by saying that, at TMK, they are always trying to help others in need. “When you buy a meal, we donate some of the proceeds to people in need…I am very happy that the community on the Upper West Side enjoys the food, and that they are happy that they’re helping us impact people.”

The Dish: Lamb Torta Sandwich $17

The Restaurant: The Migrant Kitchen (157 Columbus Avenue at 67th Street)

You can read all our Here’s the Dish columns here.

Share this article:
guest

guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

6 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
UWS Resident
UWS Resident
4 months ago

Tortas, Cemitas, and Pelonas are very popular sandwiches in Mexico. Yummy if you can ever find a place that makes them.

1
Reply
Sarah
Sarah
4 months ago

Sandwich, not a sandwich, who cares, gimme!!!

0
Reply
Frahnco
Frahnco
4 months ago

Looks like a yummy sandwich. But going back to the first line of the review – is a hot dog a sandwich?

1
Reply
loving fan!!!!!!
loving fan!!!!!!
4 months ago

this is my new favorite author! i look forward to the weekly reviews. reading this is my biggest passion

2
Reply
geoff
geoff
4 months ago

should one consider $17 for a sandwich to be a result of inflation?

1
Reply
Sarah
Sarah
4 months ago
Reply to  geoff

Or finally paying the people who work hard and skillfully to feed you what their labor is worth.

2
Reply

YOU MIGHT LIKE...

Weekend Column: Robert Beck Investigates His New Neighborhood
ART

Weekend Column: Robert Beck Investigates His New Neighborhood

January 28, 2023 | 9:01 AM
‘Back in the Hi-Life Again’!
ABSURDITY

‘Back in the Hi-Life Again’!

January 27, 2023 | 7:13 PM
Previous Post

Symphony Space Announces 2022-23 Season Highlights

Next Post

Spotted Lanternflies: Beautiful, But Squish Them We Must

this week's events image

Explore Your Favorite Subject

20th precinct 24th precinct american museum of natural history animals art bicycling bulletin central park closings columns community board 7 coronavirus crash crime development dogs events fdny fire food gale brewer helen rosenthal history jcc lincoln center monday bulletin morning bulletin nypd openings pedestrian safety photography photos politics public schools pupper west side real estate restaurants retail riverside park silver stars fitness snow sponsored subway upper west side uws

CITY NEWS

Brick Underground
City Limits
Eater
Gothamist
NY Daily News
NY Post
NY Times

LOCAL RESOURCES

Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group
Central Park Conservancy
CB7
Community Education Council 3
Assembly District 67
The New York Historical Society
Riverside Park
West End Preservation

UWS Blogs

Bloomingdale History Central Park Blogger
North River Notes
Next Post
Spotted Lanternflies: Beautiful, But Squish Them We Must

Spotted Lanternflies: Beautiful, But Squish Them We Must

Openings and Closings: Coppola’s, Kissaki, Affordable Chic, Rosetta, Royale Cleaners, Clear MD

Openings and Closings: Coppola's, Kissaki, Affordable Chic, Rosetta, Royale Cleaners, Clear MD

SILVER STARS FITNESS — IT’S TIME FOR A NEW YOU! (SPONSORED)

SILVER STARS FITNESS: For Boomers & Beyond Who Want to Get Stronger, Steadier, and Slimmer

  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • NEWSLETTER
  • WSR MERCH!
  • ADVERTISE
  • EVENTS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • SITE MAP
Site design by RLDGROUP

© 2023 West Side Rag | All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • TOP NEWS
  • THIS WEEK’S EVENTS
  • OPEN/CLOSED
  • FOOD
  • SCHOOLS
  • OUTDOORS
  • REAL ESTATE
  • ART
  • POLITICS
  • COLUMNS
  • CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • ABSURDITY
  • CONTACT US
  • WSR SHOP

© 2023 West Side Rag | All rights reserved.