Corgi Jianbing 可吉煎饼 — Restaurant in New York

First time I've found jianbing outside of China and first one I've had in 10 years - I can't believe that this type of food isn't more popular in the US. I got there early right as they were opening and had a nice chat with the owner, who helped walk me through the ordering process since I didn't have cash or the typical apps used to order food (I used the Doordash website). I got my order in for the original jianbing with cabbage for around $10. It was pretty good but not quite like what I had in Beijing (which I was gently warned about ahead of time) - ironically I did not care for the crispier crepe considering that more crispy is usually something I would go for, but I knew that the traditional ones served in Beijing were soft on the outside. The one other thing that wasn't as good as it is in China is the crispy whatever on the inside - I believe that in China they will fry those fresh in the morning, whereas at Corgi Jianbing they use bags of wonton crisps (maybe Dorito's would be good... mmmmmmmm).

Today I went back, and made sure to order the "jing" style, which is the softer crepe that I was used to getting in China. I also added beef sausage, and it was absolutely delicious. I asked for extra cilantro in the notes, but not sure if it was added since it isn't an actual add on item. I'm definitely going back again tomorrow morning for my third visit this week in which I think I will add some avocado. All in all, super thrilled to find a jianbing food cart in the US and would highly encourage anyone to...

I give it 3 stars just because the ordering system is so confusing and slow. If it were better, this would easily be 5 stars.

You can order in person, via chowbus by scanning a QR code, or by phone and then pay by cash, by Zelle, or by Venmo. There's no clear line and if you order by the app, you still have to get in line which is weird. And then for Zelle and Venmo payments, you have to show an image of your payment which is both easy to cheat and also confusing.

I would recommend they have a single line, order in person, and pay by card or cash like almost everywhere else. That would be much less confusing and make it more clear how long it's going to get your food.

The food is yummy tho, a little expensive maybe. And once you actually order it's fast; it's just the part before...

Overrated IMO. I‘m from Shandong China. I grew up eating Jian Bing Guo Zi at least twice a week. This is not an authentic ingredients or recipe ( which is fine. you can call it “LIC style jian bing guo zi”) The golden standard of this street food is that you MUST fry your own “thin crisps” that’s usually size of a hand🤚, not some manufactured cracker from a fortune cookie factory. Then there’s the problem of cabbage. It REALLY should be lettuce. Regardless of the (way too many western style) ingredients, which debatably can be forgiven because street food has fluidity, the objective flavor in general is ok but certainly not “5 star” grade. All in all, I don’t think you’ll miss anything if you don’t check this one off...