Gourmet Food Trucks (16)

Re: Onolicious BBQ

Its not related to the brick and mortar Ono Hawaiian BBQ.  I asked just in case they were.  They were at that new Westside Food Truck lot one night.  I had their Kalua Pork taco and some breaded + fried chicken taco.  Both tacos were topped with a siracha cabbage topping.  I didn’t particular like the cabbage topping.  The spicy siracha sauce tended to overpower the meat.  The pork taco was really juicy.  I liked the spices as well.  The chicken taco was also pretty good.  The chicken reminded me of the popcorn chicken that you get from those boba milk tea places.  I’ll try to get some pictures.

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Re: Vesuvio

Vesuvio is an Italian food truck.  They were near my workplace for lunch one day and I decided to try them out.  They serve quite a lot of classic Italian dishes.  They had a pretty good selection of pasta.  A coworker tried their ravioli and enjoyed it.  She liked the Marinara sauce especially.  I had the Chicken Caprese sandwich.  The pesto sauce was really delicious.  The ciabatta  bread was really good.  Too bad it couldn’t hold the sandwich together.  I ended up eating the chicken and bread separately.  I also had their “rice balls” as part of the sandwich combo.  Judging from the menu they are called Arancinis.  These rice balls were almost risotto like!  The rice had the consistency of risotto somewhat.  These rice balls were good.  I think it would have tasted even better had they used pancetta. I would definitely try this truck again.

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Re: India Jones Truck

This is a bright yellow truck serves Indian food.  They wrap seasoned meats in a roti called Frankie.  Its similar to a burrito.  They also have another dish called Paratha.  The people described it as a “Quesadilla without the cheese”.  Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures since I don’t normally carry around my camera.

I tried both the Frankie and the Paratha.  The Frankie was stuffed with lamb.  It was pretty decent.  I personally think that it could be a bit spicier as I always viewed Indian curry to be spicy.  The Paratha had minced beef which tasted a little wierd.  This also needed to be spicier.  I’ll take pictures next time.

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Re:  Go Country

This is what happens when an established radio station decides to go out into the food truck business.  They serve Tex-Mex, Country and Southern food.  Although I don’t quite know the distinction between Country and Southern food, Tex-Mex I can figure out.  As they were at this relatively new Food Truck Lot at Washington and Overland with my favorite food truck.  I tried their hot wings.  It was decent.  I wasn’t really overly impressed since it honestly tasted similar to something you’d get at Hooters or at the Wings Over in Brookline.

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Re: Barbie’s Q

Another food truck at the previously mentioned Food Truck Lot, I had tried a sandwich once before in the past (see Gourmet Food Trucks (3)).  I didn’t remember what I had ordered back then (apparently the BBQ pulled pork) so I ordered the BBQ pulled pork.  The pork this time was pretty good.  The pork wasn’t drenched in BBQ sauce so I was able to taste the slow cooked pork flavor.  I actually enjoyed the sandwich.  The BBQ sauce however still lacks something that to make it really good.

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Re: No Reservations Catering

The addictive garlic fries are not supplanted with the equally addictive “Heaven’s Gate” grilled cheese.  Their desserts are good too.