Real Cheap Roundup, March 11: Tri-Borough Spread

This week’s contributor catch-up, by borough:

Brooklyn
-Robert Fernandez noshes on Garlic Knot “sliders” at Five Brothers Pizza.
-Elsewhere in South BK, soon-to-be contributor Charles Biblios discovers the taste of Uzbek horse meat at Aladdin Restaurant.
-Robyn Lee breaks all vows for the Ooey Gooey Butter Cake Ice Cream at Ample Hills in Prospect Heights.

Queens
-Joey D. reports on the latest in Lin-sane cuisine with this review of the Lin-sanity banh mi at Elmhurst’s Joju.
-The Feisty Foodie revisits Canton Gourmet. Fried rice with dried scallops and raisins? Sign up in downtown Flushing.
-Jared Cohee sits down for a comfy Brazilian meal and a game of futebol in Astoria, at Barraco Mineiro.
-Donny Tsang offers a favorable update on the Thai spread at Woodside’s Sripraphai.
-Dave Cook sheds light on the history of incaparina, a central American cornmeal drink, at Guatemalan panaderia La Benedicion in Jamaica.

Manhattan
-Midtown Lunch’s Rachel Goldner delivers a guide to Midtown breakfast sandwiches.
-Downtown Lunch blogger Andrea H. reports on a visit to the Financial District’s Turkish Coffee Cart.

Still Hungry?
-A trail of crumbs from Krista Garcia, including stops in Sunset Park, Bed-Stuy and Flushing’s New World Mall.
-A lifetime of dessert in one Entenmman’s coffee cake. Brownie digs into a square of “New York Style.”
-Go Go Curry opens in the West Village on Thursday, March 15. You know what to do.