Saturday April 28th from 12:00 – 9pm was the 2018 FOODstock Food Truck event at P83 Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria. 87 food trucks participated in this event this year. Admission was $5.00 a person, kids 12 and under were free and the proceeds went to charity.
I wasn’t going to attend after the food I tried last year….
Close up of Corned Beef Wild Buckeye Roll
I did some homework this time. I researched some of the participating food trucks and made a small list of the food trucks that are well known for serving good food. (instead of picking trucks on a whim like I did last year)…….
One of the food trucks I wanted to hit was The Main Lobster Lady.
I don’t eat lobster…..I know they are a delicacy but lobsters sort of gross me out……I see them as something like really BIG cockroaches…….and I don’t have an appetite for big insects….. I figure with the rave reviews everything must be good so we split a Haddock Sandwich.
We receive a very generously sized sandwich. it’s on a soft buttery roll. The fish is REALLY SUPER FRESH tasting and fried to PER-FEC-TION! This sure ain’t no fish from Safeway…..WOW it’s really good fish. You rarely will find fish this good around Phoenix. I gave my half a little squeeze of fresh lemon….I used a small amount of the tarter sauce…The tarter sauce is extra thick…..it’s mostly mayonnaise. This sandwich…as great as it is …..is super difficult to eat standing up…(at food stock there are only a few tables…you mostly walk and stand here)………..This fish is so delicate and the fish is so flaky. You really need three hands to handle this sandwich….everything is bursting out and I look like a mess…..Good thing you can’t see me. As messy as it was this was a much better start than last year.
The next Food Truck down happened to be on my list. It was the Puffy Taco Truck.
We shared a chicken taco plate with added green chilies. I think we waited about 15minutes in the high heat for this plate. It was about 90 degrees F but in the hot strong sun it felt like a little over 100 degrees.
The best part of this plate are the Puffy Taco Shells…..They do have a nice fresh really good corn taste……The Taco shells are very good. The chicken was fresh moist and tender pulled rags of plain breast meat. topped with lots of iceberg lettuce, a little cheese, our added chilies and chopped tomato. I use the salsa…..the salsa is very plain and lacks herbs, tang, seasoning and flavor. The chilies are mild. The chicken and salsa are delicate and were barely touched with flavor so you can taste the taco shell more……….
We walk around the whole place and I have three more stops on my list – Mingo’s Louisiana Kitchen, Jamburrito’s Cajun Grill and Mighty Moo.
Mingo’s and Jamburritos are not here.
Bummer ……….. 🙁 🙁 🙁
I just read this morning on www.phoenix.carpediem.cd that they were suppose to be here.
Decide it’s best to end this thing here on a sweet note.
Very good small batch hand crafted Ice Cream from Mighty Moo. For me it was a small cup of Chocolate covered cherry and my husband had salted butterscotch.
With a small amount of research with food trucks I did much better than last year. It’s too bad the Food Truck List is subject to change. If I go next year I now know to create a longer food truck list to do better.
That was my visit to the 2018 FOODstock.
Everything is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.
The Forking Truth
I don’t understand how some of these food trucks give an okay months before to get on promotional material, etc. and are no-shows on the day. Odd! Nice that it’s only $5 to get in… lousy that it was so darn hot.
I was planning on trying Mingo’s Saturday but when I read that they were going to be at FOODstock I thought why should I travel across town if they and a bunch of others are going to be not too far from me….When I look at the whole list they are MANY that didn’t show. Yes it was sticking hot. It seemed much hotter than last year. I got out when my list got complete. Even though it wasn’t perfect it’s the best of all the food truck events…I’ve been too.