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18 The QUEE NS Courier • september 10, 2015 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com Queens vendors compete at the 11th annual Vendy Awards BY ANTHONY GIUDICE agiudice@ridgewoodtimes.com/@A_GiudiceReport The competition is heating up as sidewalk chefs from all across the city vie to win one of five different categories at the 11th annual Vendy Awards, and several Queens vendors will be looking to take home top honors. Over 25 vendors will be showcasing their foods and drinks on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Governor’s Island during New York City’s premier street food competition. The categories the vendors will be competing in at the Vendy Awards are the Vendy Cup/People’s Choice, which is the grand prize; the Rookie of the Year, the best of 2015 new food carts and trucks; Best of Market, which is the best from all the markets around the city; Best of Dessert, the best sweet tastes from the city’s street vendors; and a new category for this year, Best of Street Drinks – celebrating everyone’s favorite drink vendor. Several Queens vendors will compete at this year’s Vendy Awards on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Governor’s Island. Competing in the Vendy Cup category is Elpida Vasiliadis with her Souvlaki Lady’s Greek food or concentrates. Tea and Milk eventually expanded cart. For a quarter of a century, the Souvlaki Lady into a variety of teas and serve over 15 different tea has served hungry customers on the corner of 33rd beverages including roasted oolong, hibiscus flower Street and Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria. Residents peach and taro milk tea. of Queens and beyond can’t stop coming back for an The Best Market Vendor category features Karl’s authentic taste of Greece. Balls and Burmese Bites. Fighting to be this year’s Street Drinks champion Karl’s Balls, a new school takoyaki stand, has is Astoria’s Tea and Milk. Tea and Milk was started been making quite a stir since its recent debut at by a three longtime friends who wanted to create the the Queens International Night Market and LIC perfect bubble tea. Their ingredients are all natural Flea. After being featured in a food film documentary and the drinks do not contain any powdered teas about takoyaki called “Tako NY,” Karl’s Balls Thank you GuildNet. Photo courtesy the Vendy Awards has taken pride in putting their unique spin on this internationally known dish. Burmese Bites has been drawing crowds for their Burmese food at Queens International Night Market and other markets around the city. Burmese Bites is known for their palatas — a hand-stretched thin pancake — as well as Shwe Taung Kaukswe, which is a noodle salad, vegetable fritters and shaved ice. To purchase tickets to be a part of this delicious event, visit http://www.vendyawards.streetvendor. org/newyorkcity/. Now that Mom is safe at home, my job is more secure, too. As parents age, caretaking often falls to their adult children and families, especially if they are visually impaired. With GuildNet’s long term care plans loved ones can get the help they need to stay safe in their homes. Please call us. We speak your language. Call 888-722-4040 TTY 800-662-1220 or visit www.GuildNetNY.org


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