Gastro Punk - Pissed Off Chicken Wings

Truck: Gastro Punk
Location: Houston Food Park, 1504 St. Emanuel
Date: April 17, 2014
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Pissed Off Chicken Wings - $6

An order of three giant wings. I mean huge, like Jurassic Park huge. Fried crispy and generously tossed in Thai chili paste, sesame oil and soy sauce. From the name and the sauce you'd think these would be glow in the dark hot. They are only on high end of moderately spicy though.  Nothing unpleasant and you can sure get a lot hotter. You can actually still taste the chicken. I'm not sure why but the chicken itself wasn't very tender but it was tasty. The sauce was really messy, but addicting. I found myself 30 minutes after eating craving it again. Synopsis: Feel the burn baby, the sauce is worth it.

Gastro Punk - Grilled Mac and Cheese Sandwich

Truck: Gastro Punk
Location: Houston Food Park, 1504 St. Emanuel
Date: April 17, 2014
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Grilled Mac and Cheese Sandwich - $10

A simple creation really. Just mac and cheese between Texas Toast. Oh did I mention its truffle mac and cheese? Oops, I also left out that its a five cheese sauce with extra Fontina cheese. Let's break this down. Texas toast isn't the grilled piece of toast you used to get a places like Sizzler, its a double thick slice of usually white bread. Works out great when you need some extra backbone in a sandwich. You need it here because this is loaded with some amazing mac and cheese. The truffle five cheese sauce is really a star here, smooth and creamy, tons of flavor from the cheeses and what I'm guessing is a bit of truffle oil. What puts this sandwich over the top is the Fontina cheese. Fontina is a semi-soft rich cheese that "melts well". by melts well I mean it gets those lovely strings of melted cheese when its hot. This sandwich is big to, easily enough to split of you're eating light. Synopses: Just a killer sandwich!

The Pink Box - Beef Fajita Pink Taco

Truck: The Pink Box
Location: Midtown Food Park, 4002 Almeda Rd
Date: April 11, 2014
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mypinktaco

Beef Fajita Pink Taco - $3

A pretty good size taco, loaded with tender beef fajita meat. Yes actual skirt steak! Its a pet peeve of mine when someone calls a meat fajita when its not skirt steak. The taco is made with a fresh flour pink taco. I'm guessing it was grilled when I ordered from the great crispy bits on it. The taco is topped with lettuce and tomato and a very good pico de gallo. There was just the perfect amount of lime juice in it to work with the great beef in this taco. Synopsis: Ignore the color, this is really one of the best tacos around.

Curbside Sliderz - Egg Over Angus Burger

Truck: Curbside Sliderz
Location: Midtown Food Park, 4002 Almeda Rd
Date: April 11, 2014
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cssliderzft

Checked out the newest Food Truck Park, the Midtown Food Park at 4002 Almeda Road. Cudos to the proprietor for proving electricity, it really makes for a much more pleasant experience to visit. Some seating is going in and I hope they can provide more. I hope they do start getting a good lineup of trucks and I look forward to visiting again.

Egg Over Angus Burger - $10

You get two very pretty sliders made on mini sandwich roles, artfully garnished with a grape tomato and gherkin. Each Angus patty is topped with a fried egg, bacon, cheese, grilled red onions, lettuce, and creole mayo aioli. The creole mayo aioli is really the only non classic thing on this these burgers, yet just really well done ingredients and properly treating them make these really great burgers. The eggs really put this on another level and make for a really filling meal. Synopsis: A great classic burger in a slider format.

Sweet Potato Fries

When I ordered the burger combo I had the option to upgrade my fries for a $1 to sweet potato fries. Who doesn't like sweet potato fries, so of course I did. I got a big serving of coated fries. The coating keeps them crisp right to the last one and they we perfectly cooked. The coating had a bit of seasoning too. I really can't tell in this case if the fries are home made or not, but who cares, they were good! Synopsis: Really well done fries.