Two-time Vendy Award-winning Kwik Meal has opened up a new food cart in Manhattan dedicated to President Obama, who apparently has a wee bit of the Irish in him. Midtown Lunch noticed the cart, called Meal O'Bama, yesterday, and asked owner (and former cook at the Russian Tea Room) Muhammed Rahman about the name. Rahman says, "I just wanted to come up with something new… a new name, and I feel like it would be an attraction. He is the President of America. Also, he is a good person and I really like him, but don’t know how to say it. I want to say nice things, but don’t know the words." Now we know Rahman's not Irish. But it's true, sometimes O'Bama love is best expressed simply by selling grilled lamb and falafel in his name. Tuesday is St. Paddy's Day, and if Rahman's really smart, he'll kick it up a notch by cooking up some dyed-green chicken shawarmrocks.
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