King On The Move
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Street Truck
Achin' For Jamaican
...I got to enjoy a most excellent meal, enjoying meats layered with flavors from obvious hours of slow cooking with a wide array of spices, infusing the both the tender juicy chicken and slide-of-the-bone oxtail meat with hearth, heartiness, and heart.... [Full Post »]
Check Korea
...The strips of marinated, spiced prime cuts of very tender and juice beef exploded with hot and cool flavors in my mouth, supported dutifully by toothsome sticky rice, an I immediately became a fan.... [Full Post]
Stop By Go Burger
...My burger was very, very good, with a tasty juicy interior with a crumbly exterior with a respectable amount of crispiness on its edges. The warm, just slightly-tasted bun was airy and held up well under the burger's clear-running liquid, with cool crisp lettuce and thinly sliced tomatoes supporting the sandwich nicely without overwhelming its taste or architecture.... [Full Post...]
Fast and Steady Eddie
...The crust, from dough they make in-house themselves—was properly thin and firm, if not fully crispy, though it holds a great fold. I personally might have preferred a bit more flavor to the crust, but any lack of it was more than made up for in the rich, tangy, aromatic, well-seasoned and nicely balanced sauce. The cheese, as well, had a nice, mellow taste, and was pliable to the teeth without sliding off the slice. A quick survey of the folks who enjoyed my pizza charity found that they all were very impressed and pleased with the pizza, one even claiming "Awesome!".... [Full post]
Five Four Sixty Six, Two
...The pommes frites were less a second banana and more of a co-star, bringing back waves of nostalgia—for me at least—piercing crispy-on-the-outside shoestrings of airy potato that might be the only thing that ketchup was really made for.... [Full post]
Puttin' On The Schnitzel
...The textures were all close to spot on; the schnitzel was thin and crisp on the outside,with the veal on the inside being tender enough to easily cut and bite through. The shreds of cabbage were cool and crisp, and the nuggets of potato in salad were comfortably malleable between my tongue and the roof of my mouth.... [Full post]
Meatballs a La Carte
...The sauce is rich and deep with flavor without feeling heavy or overcoating the inside of your mouth. The cheese was gooey and non-obstructive,as it sometimes can be an other meatball heros, relying more on its casual yet almost rustic flavor than on the oversold visual of cartoonish "stringiness". The ground veal meatballs are nicely firm but not dense, and juicy enough to fall apart easily as each bite finishes as one singularly familiar and satisfying food idea... [Full post....]
Wingin' In The Rain
...But the flavors were all present and spot on, soy sauce-based spicy and sweetness in the still juicy and sizable wings (take note, KyoChon!), and the delicious pork filling, heady with tang and aromatics, were supported nicely by the simple, chewy dough and a dollop of their iteration of a hoisin sauce.... [Full post...]
Keep On Truckin'
...I grabbed a maple-bacon wafel for myself, and another with a side of their famous spekuloos for my fellow staff members who were already at the restaurant for brunch service, while making suggestions to some of the trucks first-time customers recommendations on what combinations of wafels and dinges (toppings) they should try.... [cont.]
Almost Lost and Luckily Found
...I first noticed the decor, then the menu, then the food—which all looked impressing and appetizing—and, after finally getting permission, was aloud to take some photos of some of the good stuff I was looking at.... [cont.]
Wafeler's Travels
..I took a quick look at the menu to refamiliarize myself with all of the yummy options, rendered immediately moot once I saw the BACON SYRUP WAFEL special scribbled on the chalkboard on the side of the truck! I ordered one while perusing the truck for the rest of its wares and watching the wafel-makers create other customer's dishes... [cont.]
I'm Hungry and Anita Dumpling...!, Pt. 2
SO MANY OF YOU HAVE asked why do I go on all of these food excursions by myself. The answer is, because I'm anti-social. No, I'm just joking. I usually go during the day when many of you are busy at your offices slaving away for "The Man" (or Woman)". I always encourage my friends to join me when they can, and this evening, one of them did.... [cont.]
I'm Hungry and Anita Dumpling...!, Pt. 1
...These were so good they were gone before I could even remember to take some "half-eaten" shots of the dumplings. Neither Danny nor I could choose a favorite, although we enjoyed them both. The dumpling "skin" was thin enough to be translucent, as you can see in the pictures, so the featured flavors are that of the stuffing—layered, textured, nicely seasoned, and easily discernible in their many fresh ingredients—and not the dough.... [Full post...]
