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[Food Truck] Innocent Ice Cream – Frozen Treat at the Beach

Posted in Dessert, Food Truck Series, Food Trucks, Great Views, Joyce, Restaurants, Vancouver, tagged Beach, Black Cherry, Cookie, Dessert, English Bay, Food Truck, Frozen Treat, Fudge Brownie, Gluten Free, Ice Cream Sandwich, Innocent Ice Cream, Salted Caramel, Salted Caramel Ice Cream on August 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Summer is (finally) here and all kinds of frozen treats have been popping up in Vancouver. I remember seeing on Sean‘s Facebook feed one day that he discovered this ice cream sandwich food truck at English Bay. And then one sunny day, Nancy and I checked out Innocent Ice Cream Food Truck.

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Innocent Ice Cream has a simple menu. One thing: Ice Cream Sandwich. Owner Asacia put together the concept to feature ice cream sandwiches using hand crafted ice cream and gluten-free cookies. Yes, gluten-free cookies! Because things are made in small batches, it allows her to use seasonal ingredients and rotate different flavours.

Between the two of us, we tried two sandwiches. I’m a sucker for salted caramel ice cream, so I picked the Salted Caramel Ice Cream, paired with Fudge Brownie Cookie. (more…)

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[Food Truck] Slavic Rolls – East European Dessert on the Wheel

Posted in Baked Goods, Chocolate, Dessert, European, Food Truck Series, Food Trucks, Joyce, Restaurants, Vancouver, tagged Dessert, donuts, doughnut, East European, food cart, Food Truck, fried dough, Nutella, Slavic Rolls on September 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

In addition to Fliptop, we also discovered an interesting dessert truck at the Columbia StrEAT event. This truck sells one thing, an East European dessert called Slavic Roll, hence the truck name “Slavic Rolls”.

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The slavic roll is a big hollow donut-like pastry cylinder. They make it by wrapping a long strip of dough around this cylindrical baking apparatus, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, then it is placed in a rotisserie oven to bake.

For $5.99 you get one Slavic Roll and two types of filling. They smear a healthy serving of filling on the two ends of the cylinder, give it a nice squish and they are ready to be eaten. You can get one with three fillings for $6.99.

We ordered one with the Bavarian Cream and Nutella. (more…)

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[Food Truck] Fliptop Filipino Fusion

Posted in Asian, Burger, Food Truck Series, Food Trucks, Joyce, Meat, New Westminster, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Vancouver, tagged Columbia StrEAT, Fliptop Filipino Fusion, Food Truck, Lumpia, Lumpiang, Pandesal, Sliders, Spring Rolls on August 29, 2014| 4 Comments »

Last weekend we checked out the Columbia StrEAT in New Westminster, featuring more than 50 food trucks from the Lower Mainland. We tried a few trucks, including Fliptop Filipino Fusion. This food truck is usually in the Fairview area during the week, not in my ‘hood, so I was quite excited about the opportunity to try them.

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Suggested by the truck name, their menu is a fusion of North American favourites with Filipino flavours. You would find pulled pork sandwich, philly cheesesteak, sliders and tacos with a Filipino twist. Two things caught my eyes.

First, Lumpiang Shanghai is the meat version of Lumpia, which are deep fried spring rolls in rice roll wrappers. These mini spring rolls were perfect for sharing, and they tasted awesome! I would’ve preferred just a bit more soy or seasoning in the meat, but I liked that there was a lot of meat in the filling, no fillers! Spring rolls were crispy, and we really enjoyed the sprinkle of nori (seaweed) and fried leeks on top. The dipping sauce reminded me of Thai chili sauce, but thinner and more acidic. $7 for 6 of these springs rolls was a pretty good deal.

Next was the Pacman Pandesal Sliders. Pandesal is Filipino bread roll; they were firmer, denser with a cake-like texture. (more…)

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[Food Truck] Hamburger $2.85 – Affordable and Good

Posted in Burger, Fast Food, Food Truck Series, Food Trucks, Joyce, Lunch, Meat, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Vancouver, tagged burger, Cheeseburger, fast food, food cart, Food Truck, Granville Street, Hamburger, Hamburger $2.85 on August 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Earlier this year a mysterious food truck showed up at the corner of Granville and West Pender, selling just two things: hamburgers or cheeseburgers. The truck didn’t seem to have a name, so it has just been called 2.85 Hamburger because, well, that’s how much it costs to get a burger there. Word has spread and many people have gone. I finally decided to give it a try.

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And yes, there are only two items. $2.85 for a hamburger or $3.50 for a cheeseburger. Tax extra. I ordered the Hamburger and it came to $3 after tax.

Wait time was minimal; I only waited for about 5 minutes after placing the order even though there were probably 10 other burgers in the making. (more…)

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[Food Truck] #FoodCartFest Vancouver – Deliciousness Every Sunday!

Posted in Burger, Culinary Events, Dessert, Food Cart Fest, Food Truck Series, Food Trucks, Joyce, Pie, Restaurants, Vancouver, tagged Aussie Pie Guy, Chicken Karaage, Cloud Nine Cotton Candy, cotton candy, DougieDog, Feastro, Food Cart Fest, Holy Perogy, Jamaica Blue Cold Brew, Johnny's Pops, Mangal Kiss, Mogu, Popsicles, The Burger Joint, The Kaboom Box, The Pie Shoppe, Via Tevere Neapolitan Express, Vij's Railway Express, Zero Waste on July 4, 2014| 1 Comment »

Food Cart Fest has returned to the Olympic Village! Every Sunday starting June 22, 20+ food trucks gather together to serve you some awesome eats on wheels. On the opening day on June 22, we went to the VIP preview event and got to sample the trucks before the event was open to the public.