Today’s episode from the Alka-Seltzer Great American Road Trip features some of the best food we had during the whole trip. It’s quick, it’s cheap, and it’s good…It’s New York City street food. Whether you’re a construction worker or a self-important businessman with a $3000 suit and $500 shoes, you can satisfy your longings for sustenance at a convenient NYC food cart. New Yorkers take their street food seriously, as evidenced by this list of the top 20 food carts in the city. If you watch closely, you can figure out which of the carts in our song made the list.
This song has a different dynamic. We wanted to focus on the vendors, to write a tribute to them. As the lyrics go, “You won’t soon forget what you bit, but will you remember their face?” This song is for the hard-working men and women who stand for hours on the street-corners of the city that never sleeps, serving the citizens with a smile and a dab of mustard. Thank you, street food vendors. Without you, we couldn’t find an affordable meal in New York City. We apologize for not letting our gratitude show every time we hand you our cash. It’s gonna be different from now on.
Have you ever visited any of the carts from the video? If not, which one looks best? Let us know.
THANKS FOR FEATURING: Amanda at eater.com
The Vendors singing along added an extremley personal touch which i really enjoyed.
Great video.
Great message!
I saw this on I Am Bored! Great job guys!
So weird…
Hilarious but with substance. Well done, guys.
From a die-hard Canadian Rhett and Link fan.
Greatly enjoyed the song and the concept. The hot dogs look the best to me. Seriously, this song was quite well done. Almost as good as the Fireworks song or the Facebook song.
Y’all are turnin’ out some cool and quality stuff lately. Keep it up! (And Alka-Seltzer, thank you for paying the bills. I might just buy some stuff from you for that reason only….even though I don’t usually get heartburn or indigestion.)
Masterful guys, I think this is one of your finest. Of the road tour series is this the most meaningful I think. It was sweet. Excellent job.
this video is by far one of your best. it is sheer genius. Bravo guys
~mat~
I felt that Andrea’s mean jerk chicken looked appetizing…however… Mohammed’s chicken and rice plate looked great….
And now…i will never forget their faces even though i haven’t bitten anything….especially Abul and Vimal….They should make a movie…
Steve
lol was Abul wearing a red sox hat?
Tres excellent, guys!!!!
Ashy (from Alabama)
http://wanderingmen.com
Great video guys … loved the expressions just-before-hugging
the last hug looked heartily though …
I don’t think the Ice Cream stand was the one I thought it was.. OH WELL. Love the hugging, btw. The lady didn’t really hug Rhett, though.
I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!! The message is so good, but the hugging was awsome!! I love how it looks awkward but really genuine at the same time. GOOD JOB GUYS:)
Yeah, i was there when that song was made. I remembered exactly what it sounded like because ya’ll played it over and over and over. LOL. Great as usual guys.
awww poor Danny tried to include Rhett in his hug but Link snatched him up for himself
This one is definitely my favorite!!! =]
okay. I know I say this a lot, but this might be my favorite.
Not as funny as most of the others, but verrry interesting.
…And the whole hugging thing was awkward.
And funny.
Awkwardfunny.
This video offers its viewers a plethora of things:
1. A look at good, NY food cart food
2. A view of the city of NY (sort of)
3. Great music (as usual)
4. Tasty cinematography
5. An incredible view of humanity at its finest
How often do we take time to find out the little details about each other? What a great life lesson by Rhett & Link. (applause here)
Cheers,
Jordan
i have waited a while for this one and i have to say i love it.
those hugs looked filled with love!!
i really like this song (and video) its one of my favorites!!
brilliant, guys…brilliant! we ate from several vendors while in nyc last week…none of these look familiar though.
This is my favorite song of the whole roadtrip! Great job guys! Those kabobs look really tasty.
Uh- Maz – ing.
I haven’t been to any of these food carts to eat, but I have walked past them. I regret not buying my lunch from them now… However, I did buy some icecream from a vendor in Central Park.
LOVE. IT.
I really like this video. It was pretty cool that you featured the venders and a bit about their personal life. The most touching and personal video of the series so far. As for my choice of food vender…Danny’s kabob’s looked really good! I’ll bet he’s great at miming too!
Love the song! Extremely catchy.
And Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream is pretty wonderful, if I do say so myself
Wonderful video – very sweet! Loved the gentle humour and personal stories. Love that each new thing you do is different from the last, but always fabulous!
Great video, and I’d have to go with the hot dog or ice cream stand.
Also, from what you said on the show, wasn’t the Meat and Bread Suit coming out today? Or am I losing my mind?!?