I think half the women that I see eating at that Japanese cart on Alder are not there for the food. . .

I’ll need to hit both NTI and RTI soon.

I’m telling you though when I started foodcartsportland.com I had no idea how many new and emerging carts there were in town. I can’t keep up!

I especially recommend ordering off the menu, rather than just the combo. The combo is great–but they do a few things on the menu that are worth trying. The tofu-saag is actually a lot tastier than one would think (I’m told paneer and tofu are quite similar). The real winner for me is the *vegan* (you gotta say it explicitly) Veggie Khorma, a dish usually made with heavy cream so I’d never had it. But they use coconut milk and—damn, it’s not healthy, but on the occasion you want rich and flavorful, it can’t be beat. Several unusual kinds of green veggies/legumes, creamy sauce. . . and it reheats perfectly since there’s no way to finish a whole batch at once.

CBF–I must’ve hit up the PSU location of New Taste on a bad day, because the mixed vegetables we got there last summer honestly seemed awfully similar to those torturously bad “mixed veggies in a can” (peas, green beans, cubed carots, diced potatoes, corn) I was made to eat in public elementary school cafeterias as a kid. What do you recommend there?