Clover Food Truck

Today I checked out the SoWa Open Market in the South End aka Food Truck Heaven. I have always been a fan of food trucks. Clover food truck was no exception. It was really tough to choose between the pimento cheese, eggplant and egg, chickpea fritter, or bbq seitan sandwich. They all sounded, looked, and smelled delicious! I decided on the chickpea fritter sandwich.

The sandwich was flavorful, with perfectly salty fried chickpea fritters. I really enjoyed the carrots and radish (I think it was radish) coleslaw for the coolness and crunchiness. I thought the cucumbers and pickles were unnecessary; I could barely taste them anyway with so many components in the sandwich. My only complaint that the sandwich was too heavy. Maybe using a lighter bread or somehow making the fritters smaller would make the sandwich more manageable to eat.

Overall I was seriously satisfied with this meal. Its funny, this $5 meal was way better than the $20 entree I ate in the North End last night. For the most part, you can't go wrong with food trucks. I think its a reflection of the food truck owners: they're young, smart, business savvy, creative, and know good food. I can't wait to go back to Clover and try more!

Mei Sum

Sometimes hype can ruin a restaurant experience. I've spent the past four years in Philly finding those perfect go-to meals that I can always count on. But I'm worried that the standard is set too high. Take banh mi for example. General Tso and I used to trek weekly down to Italian Market in Philly to grab delicious banh mi sandwiches, which I was basically obsessed with. So one of my top priorities here in Boston was finding a good vietnamese sandwich shop. After spending a lot of time on yelp, I picked out a spot that seemed promising: Mei Sum. The banh mi was good, but it didn't live up to my memory of what the perfect banh mi should taste like. The sandwich was ruined by my high expectations (but, then again, how can you go wrong for $2.75 a sandwich?). The sandwich was crunchy and had the right amount of spice. I also liked the balance of salt with the tofu. I didn't like the melted butter on the bread; it made the bread slightly soggy and just tasted odd. The caramelized onions were mushy and didn't fit.

I don't know, maybe I haven't looked hard enough for the right banh mi shop (although we did find Nhu Y in Philly on the first try). All I know is that I'm going to continue to have high expectations, in hopes that I'll find some of those amazing dishes that I grew so fond of in Philly. Boston, bring it on!

BIG NEWS

This post is a bit overdue. General Tso and I have big news! We've moved! I'll be living and blogging in Boston, while General will be checking out the NYC food scene. We realize that we haven't posted in a while, but we're ready to come back bigger and better than ever!

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Keep an eye on the blog; we'll have some new reviews up soon!