Food Cart Extravaganza

The Food Carts were amazing last night, as they always are. What was really great was that they were all there, lined up, so you could walk down the row and see what each one does. My mom used to do a food booth at the 4th of July parade after party in the park and it was always a blast! We would hang out and sell the food that we had. We would trade with our neighbors for whatever they were selling. It was fun. The same thing was going on last night! Cart people were trading food and people were browsing and sharing their food with each other so that everybody could taste everything. I think I should open a cart. How about the Chili Chick or Slow Overalls Soul Food? YUM!

Boyfriend and I had the Sexy Soup Lady soup which was carrot, ginger, coconut DELICIOUS! (and gluten free). And I have to say, the sexy soup lady is pretty sexy. The soup came with a piece of baguette, which boyfriend told me was divine dipped in the soup with soup carefully spooned on top of it.

We next had the Magic Curry Kart chicken curry. It was also delicious, but a bell pepper is about the spiciest thing I can handle, and the curry definitely has a kick to it. But it was delicious, and he cooks it right there in front of you! To get the curry is a little more involved than the other carts because of the actual cooking. You write your name on a list and indicate if you would like tofu or chicken, then he cooks up large batches and attempts to call the names out. I say attempts because Señor Curry appears to be a man of few words. I mean, he barely batted an eye when a very pretty girl came and attempted to chat him up a bit. So you better be standing close by to hear him call your order!

Although they looked delicious, we are saving our sampling of the other carts for another day. We have already been to the Crème Brûlée Cart. It is amazing, but we have still to hit up several of the dessert carts. I bake at home like it is my job, so we have to plan ahead on those ones.

The event was for the bike coalition, and for a second I thought I was back in Eugene. Randoms kept coming over to chat with us, complete strangers, about Woodstock and the food among other things. One of the things I really miss about Eugene is that I never felt scared or intimidated by the people who were prone to coming and talking to me. In the city, especially in my neighborhood, it is entirely possible that the crazy who approaches might pull a knife or something worse. This event had the non-intimidating Eugene vibe.

I have a confession to make. I do not have a bike. Well I have a bike, it’s a yellow beach cruiser with a big basket, and currently is in a storage unit in the meth capital of the US in the Great State of Oregon. So it is needless to say that I am not a member of the bike coalition. The event was pretty fun though, and they get discounts on all kinds of useful things, and they have some kick ass sweatshirts. I would encourage those of you who have the thigh strength to bike the hills of San Fran to check it out.

A final thought: I am pretty sure that the crème brûlée guy and the magic curry guy are related.