Looking for a quick lunch in Queens?  Try the quesadilla cart located just one block from the 82nd Street/Jackson Heights stop from the 7 train.  These crisp tortillas, folded in half and stuffed with a variety of fillings, make a fresh and quick lunch on the go.

This food cart is parked near the corner of 82nd Street and Baxter Street with a simple menu – quesadillas just $2.00 a pop.

The tortillas start as dough and are pressed between two pieces of saran wrap with a wooden tortilla maker.  The uncooked disc of dough is filled with the chosen filling, folded in half and placed on the grill.  Choices for fillings include chicken and cheese, zucchini with pork, mushroom and cheese and mushroom and corn.  Customers can add an additional topping for an extra $1.00.  Once the tortilla is crisp with brown spots visual all over the surface they are plated and topped with a choice of lettuce, sour cream, salsa and/or cheese.

I had the opportunity to sample a spicy chicken quesadilla, topped with lettuce, sour cream and cheese.  One makes the perfect snack/light lunch, but I noticed that most people purchased the delicious half circles in pairs.  I was drawn to this neighborhood in search for a market that sells Peruvian foods and was delighted to find this cart as well as several inexpensive Peruvian chicken restaurants.

Just before the lunch rush hits, the Kati Roll Company has the makings for their signature dish sizzling on the grill in anticipation of the hungry passersby.  Steaming skewers of grilled chicken, cheese, and beef top the grill and on an adjacent grill there is a huge mass of a spicy potato and peas mixture.  These are the main ingredients that can be found in a Kati Roll, a mixture of meats, vegetables and cheeses, marinated in a blend of spices, and rolled in an Indian flatbread.

The exterior of the flatbread is slick from oil and brown grill spots are scattered all over its malleable surface.   The achari paneer roll, a spicy cheese roll, is filled with large spongy cheese cubes and mixed with green peppers, tomatoes, red onions and a cilantro chutney.

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