Food Truck 2015: New Wheels on the Road

With but a single stomach to my name, it's going to take me a while to make my way through the new Food Trucks in our midst.  In the meantime, however, I've wandered about the city this week to take a gander at their menus...

HERITAGE TRUCK
Farm-to-truck cuisine from executive chef David Stein and the team at the commissary kitchen Stock Pot Malden. (direct quote from a May 8th Eater article)

Heritage Truck

Heritage Truck menu

NORTH EAST OF THE BORDER
Authentic Mexican food using locally sourced ingredients.

North East of the Border

North East of the Border menu

North East of the Border Specials

WALLOON'S
Hand-cut gourmet pomme frites (that's fries) and buttermilk fried chicken sandwiches.

Walloon's Food Truck

 

Walloon's Menu

MOYZILLA
Asian Street Food & Dumplings

Moyzilla Food Truck

Moyzilla Menu

LILO'S PLATES
Boston's first and only Hawaiian inspired food truck

Lilo's Plates

Lilo's Plates Menu

KIM KIM BBQ
Korean BBQ fusion (no website found)

Kim Kim BBQ

Kim Kim BBQ menu

Food Trucks 2015: Stuffed Sopapillas

Stuffed Sopapillas at SoWa on Opening Day

As the snow finally melted and flowers began poking out, the Boston Food Truck season began on April 1, 2015.  And with this new season, a number of new to me food trucks rolled out.  Stuffed Sopapillas was the first of these to catch my eye.

Stuffed Sopapillas Menu Board

One word of advice, if you are among the fortunate ones to work within lunching distance of a regular food truck location, you might want to consider skipping out on SoWa's opening week at least.  I learned this the hard way, through standing in a line for over half an hour to place my order, then waiting in a crowd for an hour more till the warm Avocado BLT with Special Sauce Sopapilla $8 was finally delivered into my eager hands.

Avocado BLT $8

Consuming the crisp bacon pocket was short work, though it didn't quite fully satiate my lunchtime appetite.

Food for Others: 2nd Annual Empty Bowls Benefit

Kind of bummed that I can't make it out to Empty Bowls: a benefit for Food For Free, hosted by Mudflat Pottery School.

It takes place tomorrow.  For $20 in advance or $25 at the door, you get to choose a handmade ceramic bowl made by Mudflat artisans, fill it with as many helpings of soup as you’d like, and take your selected bowl home to keep, all while raising funds for Food For Free!

Soup is provided by:
Craigie On Main
Cuisine en Locale
Hong Kong Restaurant
Uno Harvard Square
Highland Kitchen
Neighborhood Restaurant & Bakery
Vinny’s @ Night
Sound Bites
The Kirkland Tap & Trotter
Season to Taste Catering
Viale
Harvard University Dining Services

Etc:
Live Music
Auction
Raffle

Time & Place:
Saturday, April  18, 2015, 5-8pm
Mudflat Pottery School
81 Broadway, Somerville

Kane's Donuts in Boston

Kane's Donuts opened up shop in the Financial District today at International Place.  Their original location is out in Saugas, and I've never made my way out there, but this new spot was much more convenient.  So I headed out there shortly after 1pm... only to be greeted by the saddest sign in the world - Sorry, we sold out!

But a lady inside was busily slicing and passing out something from a cake-sized box, so my frown was turned upsidedown as I found myself being treated to a free sample of their terrific glazed coffee rolls.  Yum!

I'll just have to go back another time to try their honey lemon filled glazed donut, and perhaps their new creation - the dowich - a sandwich using Kane’s brioche-based dough as the bread, filled with one of three options: braised beef, Mediterranean chicken, and lobster salad.

The donuts at their Boston location are priced higher at $2.50-$3.50 due to the higher rent, but hey, you don't have to drive out to Saugus for them!

Food Find: Ling Ling Potstickers

Ling Ling Asian Kitchen Chicken & Vegetable Dumplings

You don't have to head to an Asian market to pick up a stash of dumplings to keep in your freezer.  Costco actually has some pretty good ones stocked in their warehouse, namely Ling Ling Asian Kitchen All Natural Potstickers.  We have their Chicken & Vegetable Dumplings in the freezer right this minute!

Lunch is ready!

Superbowl Special - Legal Sea Foods Clam Chowder

Legals had a special chowder offering in the days leading to the Super Bowl this year.

"In honor of #12 Tom Brady's 6th trip to the Super Bowl, get 5 souper bowls of clam chowder* for $12 from our takeout counters on Super Bowl weekend."

*a half gallon of clam chowder is regularly $21.95

So I picked some up to take to a Super Bowl party I was headed to.  We also ended up with three types of fried chicken (KFC, Popeye's, Bon Chon) and their respective sides, fried shrimp, Australian sausage rolls, curry vegetables, and homemade guacamole.

Plenty to eat, good company, an exciting game, and a winning team made for a super night!

Introducing Panera Bread's New Broth Bowls

I ran across this new ad introducing Broth Bowls, a new menu item at Panera Bread.

I'd say that they were Panera's answer to the ramen craze, except when I checked it out on their website, I noticed that the carb consisted of either soba noodles or quinoa - most definitely not a Japanese ingredient!