Yesterday the gang got together and attempted to go to Off the Grid in Berkeley - we were desiring all sorts of burritos and fried items - but alas, these lines were snaking down the street. Even more discouraging was the lack of movement in those lengthy lines...
So an executive decision was made and we headed over to Picoso in the Epicurious Garden on Shattuck Avenue for a Mexican fix... I picked fish tacos and was pleasantly surprised:
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| crispy fried fish with mangoes, cabbage, and avocado aioli! You can't go wrong with aioli! |
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| park it here! |
Were we starving? Yes, but that doesn't take away from the deliciousness of these tacos. Aioli should be in everything!
Today at work I learned that Bacon Bacon would make an appearance at Off the Grid on Stanyan Street. However, this odyssey also ended in failure to nab desired food from desired truck... after surviving an hour-long bus ride home to get my car and almost getting hit by a punk in a Mercedes, I stumbled to Bacon Bacon only to find that they had stopped taking orders. What!? With over thirty minutes left before OTG's closing time, surely there was room to cook up a quick pork belly sandwich!
This isn't the first time I've heard of delays for Bacon Bacon. The first and only other time I visited Bacon Bacon there was a pair of women who made it their duty to vocalize how long they had been waiting. When Bacon Bacon stopped by AT&T Park on a weekday lunch, no one from the office could go. But an acquaintance reported that she had waited one hour to get her food. Who waits one hour for food!? Well, there is the chicken and bread salad at Zuni Café, and they tell you upfront that it's an hour for the two-person dinner.
I'm sure the artists behind Bacon Bacon have figured out that they are not ready to take on the flash crowds that frequent OTG and singular food trucks... but they need to fix that pronto. Maybe they should offer just 2 sandwiches per day instead of the full menu of six? That might streamline operations. Bottom line: you shouldn't have to turn any customer away because of time.
After my disappointing odyssey, I took stock of the other trucks at OTG and decided to try Seoul on Wheels. Clever name! Unfortunately this truck was sold out of Korritos - burritos with predominantly Korean fillings like kim chi and bulgogi as well as classic touches like cheese and sour cream. What a shame, I've always wanted to say I've eaten a Korrito! Settled on Korean tacos with bulgogi, marinated rib meat that tastes like ambrosia for cavemen.
Though the meat flavor was good, it's nothing super special... I am spoiled by my mother who knows how to marinate her own bulgogi so nothing can really compare to that. Also, so long as you have the marinade, it's really difficult to screw up bulgogi. So yes, it was undoubtedly good and I expected nothing less.
The ample lettuce reminded me of the way that we eat bulgogi at my mom's: with rice and in lettuce "cups." In fact, bulgogi-rice tacos with lettuce shells are quite possibly the first "tacos" I've ever had!
What I did like was the stuff that I usually do not add to my bulgogi. White radish is a condiment that's as common in Korean cuisine as ketchup is with fries in the States. But we never felt a need to have it with bulgogi, so I liked the addition to my taco. And once again, I'm a sucker for the sauce: the mix of hot and slightly sweet pepper paste and sour cream is sublime!
Seoul on Wheels saved my OTG outing from turning into a complete nightmare. I like this truck, and I like their sense of humor... "BBQ Princess of Yoon, from the Province of Yummi..."
Today at work I learned that Bacon Bacon would make an appearance at Off the Grid on Stanyan Street. However, this odyssey also ended in failure to nab desired food from desired truck... after surviving an hour-long bus ride home to get my car and almost getting hit by a punk in a Mercedes, I stumbled to Bacon Bacon only to find that they had stopped taking orders. What!? With over thirty minutes left before OTG's closing time, surely there was room to cook up a quick pork belly sandwich!
This isn't the first time I've heard of delays for Bacon Bacon. The first and only other time I visited Bacon Bacon there was a pair of women who made it their duty to vocalize how long they had been waiting. When Bacon Bacon stopped by AT&T Park on a weekday lunch, no one from the office could go. But an acquaintance reported that she had waited one hour to get her food. Who waits one hour for food!? Well, there is the chicken and bread salad at Zuni Café, and they tell you upfront that it's an hour for the two-person dinner.
I'm sure the artists behind Bacon Bacon have figured out that they are not ready to take on the flash crowds that frequent OTG and singular food trucks... but they need to fix that pronto. Maybe they should offer just 2 sandwiches per day instead of the full menu of six? That might streamline operations. Bottom line: you shouldn't have to turn any customer away because of time.
After my disappointing odyssey, I took stock of the other trucks at OTG and decided to try Seoul on Wheels. Clever name! Unfortunately this truck was sold out of Korritos - burritos with predominantly Korean fillings like kim chi and bulgogi as well as classic touches like cheese and sour cream. What a shame, I've always wanted to say I've eaten a Korrito! Settled on Korean tacos with bulgogi, marinated rib meat that tastes like ambrosia for cavemen.
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| bulgogi, lots of lettuce, some white radish, pepper paste, and sour cream |
Though the meat flavor was good, it's nothing super special... I am spoiled by my mother who knows how to marinate her own bulgogi so nothing can really compare to that. Also, so long as you have the marinade, it's really difficult to screw up bulgogi. So yes, it was undoubtedly good and I expected nothing less.
The ample lettuce reminded me of the way that we eat bulgogi at my mom's: with rice and in lettuce "cups." In fact, bulgogi-rice tacos with lettuce shells are quite possibly the first "tacos" I've ever had!
What I did like was the stuff that I usually do not add to my bulgogi. White radish is a condiment that's as common in Korean cuisine as ketchup is with fries in the States. But we never felt a need to have it with bulgogi, so I liked the addition to my taco. And once again, I'm a sucker for the sauce: the mix of hot and slightly sweet pepper paste and sour cream is sublime!
Seoul on Wheels saved my OTG outing from turning into a complete nightmare. I like this truck, and I like their sense of humor... "BBQ Princess of Yoon, from the Province of Yummi..."
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