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These take away Midtown’s “half”.

With New York workers returning to the office in record number, Working Stiffs is looking for quick and tasty lunch options without paying their nose.

Often, they end up with the ubiquitous “sad” salad, an amalgam of cold rabbit food collapsed at the counter on the counter while moving on social media.

Founded in hot spots such as Sweenetgen and Chopt, these soulless red bowls have flooded in the city of Midtown, which offer little support for the always growing magnitudes of New York desktop jockeys, where post-paid visits to office buildings in April were only 5.5% below the 2019 levels, a national record, according to the Play.AI platform.

)[It’s] It is hard to find food that really tastes good [and] This was not only precipitated, “he told The Post Sade Quianes, who works for a streaming company in the city.

The “$ 20 salad” was significantly in Tiktok by the “uncomfortable” Sneider Singer, who made himself viral, “is not even good and not even rich, but you need all your co -workers to think that you are very healthy.”

Fortunately, there is a growing fraternity of fast casual restaurants that provide comfort without sacrificing the taste, and they are eating “sad” salads for lunch.

As a service for hunger workers, here are five of the best, because Gotham deserves a better noon food class.

Seoul food in Sopo

SUMO gets the difficult task of condensing Korean products such as beef bulgogy and crunchy balls on a convenient dish.

Open with the intention of carrying the “Michelin quality Korean food in Midtown”, SUPO (whose name means “package” in Korean) is helped by the co -founder Tae Kim and chef Dennis Hong, a Michelin star Le Bernadin student.

“We wanted to make a well -executed version that is very delicious, but it is also without problems,” Kim told The Post. He was partly inspired by his years working on a Tribeca bank where he should make an edible tear that took place without problems with $ 25.

To place the order, customers select their bases ranging from salad to Corean purple rice (a mixture of black and white rice), proteins such as steak or chicken, decorations like crunchy seaweed and sides, such as kimchi and eggs. They can be overcome with a palette of sauces ranging from a Chili Koreana paste to one with sheets of hawk, Tarragó and coconut yogurt.

Total Price for a Seoul Ship Signature Plate: $ 16.48

“You can come here and get authentic and still very affordable Korean food,” took Quianes While a dish of balls and rice moves, which is cooked in the place in olive oil and giant sheets of Kelp Korean for the maximum umami.

One difference is that I have no “mix” nothing to avoid combos of discordant taste. “It is intended that everything has separately as your own gourmet dish, because I feel that it is the only way to function in all permutation,” said Kim.

Those who want their lunch in the form of a wrap can opt for kimbap, “sushi rolls” with chicken, beef, tofu and more stuffed ($ 13.49) that are taken by clients and climb on paper to go there, essentially the response from Sopo to Chipotle.

SUPO, 463 Seventh AVE between W. 35 and 36th STS.

The Midtown Toast

Healthy juice toast and bars have become almost topical in New York, but this DC -based DC DC transplantation raises the concept well affiliated with accessories responsible and uncomfortable.

Some of the gourmet toast, served above the blood bread, as large as a battle cruiser, include a spicy crab ($ 17) with thick crab, Swiss cheese and melted fontina, tomatoes and much more, like a jumbo crostini.

Other accessories include avocado Mash-The Millennial Catnip-Prosciutto and even peanut butter and berry jam in the house without preservatives. Those looking for something lighter can opt for their fruit and Granola bowls and wash it with their natural smoothies or cold pressed juices.

Toastique, 445 Fifth Ave near E. 39th St.

Sum and substance.

With its small baskets of chicken feet and sticky rice wrapped in lotus, the sum may not look like a favorable tariff to the office. Luckily, Dim Sum Sam causes the traditional Cantonese to sit down to go and any time of the day, like the version of China of breakfast all day of Denny, but of high quality. There are four locations throughout the city of Fidi, Chinatown, the FlatIRON district and a newly opened branch in Times Square.

Unlike many fast casual options, Dim Sum Sam also mainly handrail in each piece of Dim Sum Fresh.

Along with bamboo basket baskets, such as chicken feet, shrimp balls and Portuguese egg tests, the Dim Sum Sum Sum tank has also failed portable bowls. These include barbecue roast pork on rice ($ 11.95), shrimp soup and pork pork ($ 8.95) and even a quick duck and pork ball on rice ($ 13.95).

“If you do not find your Chinese Aunt or Mother in the morning, I know where they are,” said Frugal Foodie @Val.am in a video review of Dim Sum Sam.

Dim Sum Sam, 240 W. 40th St. Between seventh and eighth

Midtown Eastern

This Lebanese Juggernaut offers the same adventure format chosen as its “sad” counterparts, but with vibrant supplements such as beef shawar and lamb Kebab on rice vermicelli adorned with yogurt, hummus and pita (for $ 13.99).

Founder Hady Kfoury said in the publication that Naya is distinguished through quality components such as Tahini and pickles from Lebanon and Hummus that is soaked for 24 hours, boiled all day, cooled and struck with Tahini and lemon.

He also said that the chain makes the middle chef difficult to recreate. “During the pandemic, everyone made bread at home, everyone created salads,” Kfoury said. “You can’t replicate Naya at home because of ingredients.”

Kfoury said he hopes to have 45 branches late this year with the last opening near Rockefeller Center on June 11 if all goes well.

Naya, 9 W. 42nd St. Near the Fifth Avenue

Treasury of the Sierra Madras

It is also ideal for the accidental day, this Boston transplant, which has recently opened a new branch in Times Square and specializes in Dosas, a salty salty rice in southern India and Lentil Crepe.

They have about 30 customizable options, ranging from salt options such as spicy potatoes ($ 16.33), fries and lamb with Indian flavor to unorthodox sweet versions such as strawberry and nutella jam.

Other notable lunch rates include the caats, the fried mass finished off with various herbs and chutneys, better washed with a creamy and creamy mango.

Madras Dosa, 30 Rockefeller Center, level of Concourse