Saturday, May 26, 2012

Eat Art Truck


Woot woot!!! They have started rolling out! The highly anticipated Sydney Food Trucks has finally been set into motion in the last two weeks starting with two trucks (out of 10 approved food trucks). Namely, Cantina Mobil and Eat Art Truck. A lot of Sydney food lovers such as myself once wished upon a star and those wishes came true thanks to the Sydney City Council. Most of you may know that the Food Trucks became a popular phenomenon in the US particularly Los Angeles and New York City. Food trucks are basically mobile venues that sell food like barbecue dishes, grilled meat, sandwiches, salads, tacos, burritos, fried food, hamburger, dumplings and the list goes on. It could be anything from pre-packed food to freshly cooked gourmet type street food.

A few months ago, I had my first ever food truck experience in Los Angeles with a truck that did a fusion of Filipino cuisine and American cuisine. I was saddened by the thought of leaving the US and the food trucks. But fortunately, I returned back home with the joyous news of ten Sydney Food Trucks having been approved!
The menu
The art
The truck
Now, back to the main focus of this post, I present you EAT ART TRUCK! Sounds like “Eat our truck” right? I would eat the whole truck if I could because their dishes are so delicious! The chef and creator of Eat Art Truck, Stuart McGill was sous chef at Tetsuya for five years. He is a really cool dude with off the hook skills in the kitchen, which is very evident in his food. The mouth-watering menu/food is barbecue themed with a fusion of Japanese, Korean and the deep-southern US cuisine.

Fellow blogger TheSuzChef and I braved the cold Friday night at Belmore Park (near Central Station) and had our minds set on Eat Art Truck. This is what we had:
Kinpira salad with edamame
We started with a complimentary kinpira salad with edamame ($8). Kinpira is a Japanese cooking style summarised as "sauté and simmer". It is very delicate and flavourful. It had many flavours found in Japanese and Korean salads/sides. There is bit of sesame flavour with subtle sweet and salty taste. It was a very nice dish to start with.
Chicken sembe
The Chicken sembe ($5) is super crispy and a-m-a-z-i-n-g! It's a Crispy Skin Chicken dish (need I say more?). It is drizzled with a really nice mayo type sauce. After I saw this in Phuoc’n Delicious’s post, I said to myself that “I gotz to have it!”.
 Pulled pork in a bun with mustard cabbage
Last but not the least, we had the almighty pulled pork in a bun with mustard cabbage ($10). There is a choice of having it with either sweet or hot sauce. Of course, we went with the hot sauce because we’re badass. This pork roll is AMAZEBALLS! It is smoky and tender pulled pork served in a soft and slightly sweet bun. The hot sauce and lightly creamy mustard cabbage takes a great pork roll to another level of awesomeness.  I also loved that it was a pretty big serving.

Eat Art Truck will be one truck I see myself keeping track of every week. After that experience, I’m going to need a weekly dose of pulled pork bun and crispy chicken skin. Eat Art Truck will be in various locations during different times throughout the week. To keep track of their stops, follow them on Twitter - @EatArtTruck (also @sydneyfoodtruck for Eat Art Truck and other Sydney Food Trucks) or check out their Facebook page -www.facebook.com/EatArtTruck.


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19 comments:

  1. The pulled pork bun sounds awesome, and I love the carrot on the side! What's up doc?

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    1. Definitely awesome! I ate the carrot like a wabbit!

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  2. Loved the food so much i dropped the f-bomb in describing how awesome the pulled pork was! Was great to catch up with you!

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    1. lol I was going to mention about your f-bomb comment. It is freakin awesome. This will be one of those posts with the excessive use of "awesome" hahaha Let's catch up again soon.

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  3. Mmmm holy moly pulled pork bun, sounds bloody awesome. Oh and the dessert opinion is most definitely better than the one I had. I guess more of an excuse to return for a second visit :)

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    1. Awesome indeed! I have a plan of multiple visits lol especially to try the desserts.

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  4. Yum. So tempted to make a special trip in the city just to try out that crispy chicken and pulled pork bun. Do you think there is such thing as a food truck crawl?

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    1. Thoughts of crispy chicken skin and pulled pork bun have been running through my head hahaha. Not yet, but a food truck crawl sounds good! Thanks for coming up with that idea! I will do it! lol

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    2. Me too! Just gotta remember to wear stretchy pants that day.

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  5. woah! that pulled pork bun looks fab! and the crispy chicken too! will definitely have to check it out when its in the area again!

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    1. Lucky you don't live too far! The pull pork bun if definitely fab!

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  6. The Pulled Pork Bun is making me drool all over.

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  7. I can't wait to have my first Food Truck meal....hopefully that will happen at lunch time this week. I wish they'd ALL converge at Belmore Park regularly for a big Food Truck picnic - how awesome would that be.

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  8. I love the painting on the outside of that food truck... so pretty! Can't wait to get my hands on some of that crispy chicken skin!

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  9. whoaaa ive yet to spot one of those! i love the art work on them! really want to try the kinpira salad with edamame

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  10. i want that chicken now!! looks so good...didn't know they started the trucks already.

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  11. i'm on the hunt for you, eat art truck!

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  12. The pulled pork bun is to die for!!! I love love love it! So glad food trucks are out and about in Sydney now!

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  13. This business sounds good, you could earn without paying rent of the place and taxes because you are mobile. Great idea! land sales in hervey bays

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Let me know what ya think, aight! Would love to hear from ya.