Another day, another food truck adventure.
Yesterday, we attended a charity concert for All For the East End (AFTEE) that was complete with a 70s Disco Dance Party with Nile Rodgers and Chic, a leather-clad and platform-shod Adam Lambert and some serious DJ action from Avicii.
But before the show, tastes from the many visiting food trucks comprised our dinner. Our culinary journey took us to several corners of the world while we sat in a vineyard on the North Fork of Long Island.
Here's what we tried:
- Montaco: For $6, we had a fishy tasting, if not tasteless, shrimp taco. Six minuscule shrimp, one slice of radish and a squeeze of lime were the only ingredients on a sad yellow corn tortilla. This especially bummed me out because according to their website, their shrimp should include tomato, avocado and spicy mayo on a blue corn tortilla.
montacotruck.com
- Palenque Food: After spending $6 on the bad taco, the $5 we spent on a cheese arepa was the best money ever spent. For those of you not familiar with an arepa, get familiar. Fast. It is a corn-based flatbread with a variety of toppings and/or fillings. Our cheese version came with tons of oaxacan cheese topped with arugula, chipotle mayo and cilantro (plus a little butter thrown in). This is lighter and better than any pizza you could ever have. We took an extra cilantro sauce and JB tried to drink it. I wish this food truck would park on my street forever.
palenquehomemadecolombianfood.com
- Hibachi Heaven: Every year JB asks if we can go to Hibachi for his birthday, and I always get out of it, so I was excited that he could just have Hibachi from a truck. Two birds, one stone. Unfortunately, this operation is flawed starting with the pre-cooked, cold rice. Even with a hot topping, we choose tofu and vegetables (chicken and steak are also on offer) the dish never really gets hot. JB declared it pedestrian and akin to mall food. Guess I'll have to take JB to Benihana after all.
hibachiheaven.com
- Carl's Steaks: JB loves a traditional Philly Cheese Steak. I am not a fan. The bread is too soggy and neither shaved beef nor Cheese Wiz is my thing. The Philly Cheese Steak at Carl's Steaks is traditional and has all of the ingredients that dissuade me from taking more than one bite. JB, as expected, loved it.
carlssteaks.com
In addition to those main components of our eclectic meal we also tasted the coffee from the ever delicious Hampton Coffee Company and tried a close to amazing blondie from the appropriately-named Blondie's Bake Shop.
And then it was time to dance off the calories.
Until our next Berger, KLB
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