after dinner sneeze

Like a bee attracted to bright colors, I knew I had to check out this truck.  Unsurprisingly, it was staffed by near-hipsters (real hipsters are so “over” food trucks – they’d peddle around a hot dog cart so they could be more ‘green’).  Surprsingly, it took me a few seconds to try and piece together what it was they were selling: what was a “foo”? (I kept thinking of Mr. T: “I pity the foo'”)  Furthermore, what was a foo-which?  Are there items on the menu that aren’t foo-whiches?  And why was there a big blank under “specials”?  Ok – it turns out that they are selling their take on a sandwich, in which the “bread” is a grilled flour tortilla, and the innards are the variety of fillings that they boast on their menu.  Being half-korean, I could not help but hear the kimchi fried rice (with Chinese sausage!) calling … One foo-which please!

What came out was a griddled, square shaped, tortilla-wrapped object filled with …

… kimchi fried rice!  I would best describe this thing as a hot pocket … but more delicious and less likely to cause diarrhea.  The filling was great, with a nicely cooked kimchi (it was hot!) and good chunks of sausage.  And, because rice was a major component, it was very filling indeed – try as hard as I could, I couldn’t finish it – it’s about 85% the size of a chipotle burrito.  As much as I liked the filling, I do want to suggest that the thing could have benefited from some sort of charred leafy green (maybe like some brussel sprout leaves?) or perhaps a crunchy vegetable (bean sprouts?) – just to try and add some textural variety and fiber to the gut-filling rice and meat (yes, i know that was what the kimchi was for – so maybe include more of the leafy green parts of cabbage next time!).  My colleague had one involving an assortment of veggies and quinoa – she approved!

dessert at Foo Truck consisted of these red velvet cake balls.  they. were. crazy!  Imagine a cakeball … and then make it 3.7x better … and that’s what this was.  It’s a pretty darn steep price at $1.50 for one (or $5 for 4) and as you can see, they are pretty tiny … but they’re probably so loaded with sugar and fat, so you probably shouldn’t eat more than one.