BHM - Food Truck Round-Up tomorrow
http://magiccitypost.com/2012/05/11/r...
In Mtn Brook.
I tried the new Viet truck at Magic City Art Festival the other week but they were out of everything but tofu. I wanted to try their char siu. Anyway, the tofu banh mi was ok, but the wheat "french" roll was way too chewy when it should have been crusty. Also, they advertised jalapenos but my sandwich did not include any. Although it was a festival and thus subject to festival prices, it was not worth $8 at all. Maybe $5 tops. The tofu was good though and I'm not typically a tofu fan.
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$8 for a banh mi?! I'm accustomed to it be a quick and cheap food costing about $1.50 when I was growing up. Even with inflation, I figure that would be <$3. I realize there may be valid reasons for it costing more, but it would have to be quite good, and different than what I'm used to for it to be wirth $8.
Aside from that, I really like Shindigs.
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re: Dax
It does miss the point. But then again, I feel the same way about $3+ tacos. The common denominator, and the main saving grace, is both can entice people who otherwise never would darken the doors of an authentic restaurant. (Or won't venture to Saigon Noodle House on 280, a newbie-friendly locale).
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re: Big Daddy
True. Cantina is my limit for taco prices, and that's above $3. I much prefer the places on Valley, but don't go that way often.
Which brings me to part of it: I just want something decent that's closer in. I simply don't drive that much, and thus take only occasional excursions out to places that are as far out as Saigon Noodle House. I realize for a lot of people that's their daily commute (or less than half of it), but I can't deal with that. So I look for good stuff closer in. Unfortunately the trend in sunbelt cities seems to be that the affordability of running a restaurant in the suburbs outweighs the loss of the relatively small proportion of people like me that go out to these areas only on rare occasions.
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Has anybody tried the shindigs or spoonfed grill trucks? Are they worth an out-of neighborhood trip?
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re: tristana
Dax
May 16, 2012 05:53 AM
I've only eaten the buns at Shindigs and they were great. Are they worth driving for? Well they're the only buns in town as far as I know.
Here is some more info too:
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re: tristana
John T. Edge will be signing his book on food-truck food at Pepper Place in the morning, and will head from there to sample some food truck fare for an article. Frankly, if he doesn't hit Taqueria Guzman (the taco truck on West Valley), he's missing out. What other trucks should he hit, and why? (And yes, Shindigs' crispy pork belly buns should be high on that list).
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