Portland does not have food trucks, per se, but rather food pods. As we arrived, we quickly surmised that empty parking lots are taken over and food truck "squatters" stake your claim (or steak given this type of blog) and set up shop.
The other thing we discovered is that while food trucks in California seem to focus on the fusion, hauty, you pay less because its not a brick and mortar place, but you'll still pay $10.00 for a burger, Portland pods are much more straightforward. A better description is they are trying to replicate street food vendors from their homelands. More often than not, these pods were serving comfort food items. and perhaps due to the supply of the pods, prices were much different. I don't think we spent more than $7.00 at any truck!
We arrived in Portland at 5pm. Planning for this adventure, neither of us ate lunch. I think we were in the hotel a total of two minutes before we head out to our first adventure. Downtown Pods.
We did not have very many options to choose so as we scoped the area, I was drawn to the Korean BBQ. You see, I don't get much authentic Asian cuisine deep in the Tri-valley and frankly in my house, Asian is limited to fried rice and potstickers. So when I am out on my own, its a free for all!
This place was $6.00 and I think we left over half of it! Not because we did not like the food, but rather because we were stuffed! The beef was very flavorful, full of garlic and soy.
But I think the winner of the night was the Transylvanian truck. You heard correct! Delicois was this Transylvanian cart recommended to us by the owner of the neighboring cart! He told us he ate a Chicken Schnitzel sandwich every day for lunch. On that type of recommendation, how could you not try it?
To say this thing was hug is an understatement! I think the bird from which the breast was removed must have been of the Anna Nicole Smith genre. The cutlet was fried to perfection. Nothing greasy about it whatsoever, just perfectly breaded so that it retained its crunch while still remaining moist and juicy. But really brought everything together was the rest of the items on the sammie. The bun, the slaw, the dressing...it was harmony! We slaw added another layer of texture while the acidic dressing balanced the fried food. Each bite was more delicious after another. We could totally imagine eating this every day for lunch. It would never get old! A great start to our 2013 Food Adventure!
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