Food Truck Round Up

So as not to overestimate, when calculating Maths, I usually think it’s better to «Round Down», but this food truck festival believes otherwise. I’m sure they’d love me to «Round Up» to a 4, but I can’t.
Larkin Square has the same issues (massively overpriced with really low standards), but their selection is magnificent (40 to 50 per Tuesday), and they have the influx of Rochester trucks to improve the quality — the Buffalo ones are awful for the most part.
I must have spent a good $ 50 just trying to sample 6 or 7 of these food trucks, which I think is preposterous. Almost everything I ate was average or just really, really bad. The Black Market Food Truck was one enjoyable exception. I wrote reviews of most of these trucks, and then was sent abuse by the owner of my least fave of the trucks I tried — Roaming Buffalo.
Plus it was outside and we all got soaking wet as well as ripped off.
Despite all the negativity I associate with this event, it’s still a bunch of locals trying to get by, and it’s still a food truck rodeo in a town that didn’t have food trucks for a long time. So I’ll give it a 3. But the standard needs to go way up and the prices need to go down, in order for me to ever give food trucks my repeated business in this city.

Yes please! On a weekly basis!!! All the best in one spot! I love Buffalos food trucks!!!

The day was cloudy, dreary and rainy. But that in no way stopped anyone from attending the Food Truck Round Up! No sir, umbrellas abounded, as folks meandered from truck to truck, sniffing the air for answers to what’s cookin’, tempting them to certain trucks. It rather smelled like the fair, in a GOOD way, food scents wafting by, mingling with each other as giddy people paid no attention to each other or even their cell phones in an effort to decide which truck to order from.
BBQ? Vietnamese? Sweets? Mexican!!! Greek? Oh boy, what fragrant air filled the Eastern Hills Mall parking lot on Transit Road this day.
What a concept! If only the trucks lined up like this, like a train, one after the other, once a month instead of annually. Boy, it was our lucky day! We just happened to stumble upon the line up.
I knew I must try the Black Market Food Truck, for they served the most awesome food at the Unilocal Elite International Institute event recently and I knew I’d find my way to them once again. Today I tried the corn and black bean hummus, and it was delectable with a bite, and beautifully presented, and from a TRUCK! Little slanted slices of crispy dipping bread was alongside the cupful of hummus.
Mister ditched the umbrella and hoofed it quickly to Lloyd’s and oh my, was that burrito nummy! He ordered the one with braised beef and it was so flavorful, just like home cooked beef, and I seldom eat beef. Rolled in a 12″ tortilla, with rice, black beans, a jack/​cheddar cheese blend, finely shredded cabbage, chimichurri, and salsa roja it was perfectly spicy and delicious, a plentiful portion of goodness. And for $ 6.50? Hands down the best burrito I’ve tasted. We splurged on a Mexican Coca-​Cola, super yum taste from childhood, before «corn syrup» took over the real sugar ingredient around these parts.
In this inclement weather, not one server had a scowl, all were cheerful and happily serving it up from high upon their truck-​turned-​order-​window. Kudos to all who work the food trucks, may you prosper with such ingenuity and hard work.
As in many of my posts, give these non-​chain folks the business, they have way more at stake than a fast food joint. Reward them with your patronage! Follow them on their websites and spread the word; give your fellow residents, friends and neighbors the chance to thrive.
And Eastern Hills Mall, hellooooo, you folks have done so much for the community since new management took over. How about bringing in the trucks on certain Saturdays, monthly, at least?
Pretty please?!

Be sure to try anything from the Roaming Buffalo. Say hello to Chris and Valerie as they work their magic …