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Special Brunch Menu at Ocean Prime is Worth a Fork!

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Phoenix’s Ocean Prime is located on High Street just by the Desert Ridge Marketplace. This is an award winning restaurant group. Ocean Prime Restaurant has had the honor of hosting dinner at The James Beard House. Other locations of Ocean Prime are in Upscale or Resort Areas across the USA and one location in Naples. Ocean Prime offers modern-ish and or slightly global menu. Offered are seafood dishes, prime steaks, signature cocktails and a Wine Spectator honored wine list and more.

When I found out that Ocean Prime was offering a reasonably priced Special Brunch Menu May 13th I made my reservation quickly. I thought to myself….WHYTFork not! ……This is a reasonable special treat out on a holiday weekend at a very nice place. Ocean Prime seems sort of ritzy…….and I prefer to eat quality fish….YEP WHYTFork not!

We got seated in the lounge.

On the way to our table I spotted something that caught my eye.

Forking WOW!

Is Angelina Jolie on her way to Ocean Prime in Phoenix?

NO    NO  NOooooooooooooooo!

…….No it’s a little joke…On our table was a reserved for Betty Davis Sign and I saw a bunch more celebrity reserved for signs when I left.

Our table is nice and formal with crisp linen, sparkling glasses and shiny silverware. The dinning room is part masculine and classic with dark wood and dark leather. But there are some modern bright touches here and there that round things out.

We get presented with The Special Brunch Menu and the Dinner Menu.

I ordered the Blackened Salmon Salad.

I received a perfect sized plate for lunch. A nice amount of fresh lightly dressed assorted greens adorned with candied walnuts, creamy mild goat cheese, grapes and cantaloupe. The salmon was incredibly fresh tasting and prepared a perfect medium with a nicely spiced sear. The fish was almost creamy and melted in my mouth.

My husband had the Crab and Egg plate.

A well rounded plate with salad and fresh fruit. The toasted English muffins were topped with quality mostly all-crab, grilled crab cakes…..(they do them on a flat top). The Crab Cakes were blanketed in a rich hollandaise sauce and fresh snipped chives completed the dish.

Instead of sharing an appetizer or dessert we also shared a side order of the Black Truffle Mac and Cheese.

I have to say this Mac and Cheesy was pretty darn great for it’s price point. It actually contained some real truffle that actually had truffle flavor to it. The Mac and Cheese was also creamy and cheesy like it should be with perfectly cooked noodles. It also was the perfect size for sharing.

Several members of the staff made us feel welcomed on our visit and it seemed like they were genuinely happy we dined there.

This really was a Special Value Holiday Brunch that was Worth a Fork at Ocean Prime.

www.Ocean-Prime.com

Worth a Fork!

The Forking Truth is that EVERY THING EVERYWHERE is subject to change and your Forking Experience May or may NOT differ.

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Sous Vide Chicken Breast Recipe

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Making a delicious juicy boneless chicken breast couldn’t be easier when you Sous Vide it. All you do is to set your Sous Vide with water to 146 degrees F. Bring the chicken out of the refrigerator to warm up for about thirty minutes. Then pound the breast out some and try to make them a similar width.

Apply fresh ground Sea Salt and quality Fresh Ground Black Pepper to both sides.

I always have some frozen garlic confit in my freezer. You can make it by either slicing a fresh garlic head in half and a heavy drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. In the oven covered at 350 degrees F for about an hour. Or you can do a large amount like I did below and prepare it the same way. Freeze it in smaller portions.

 

I add about 2 teaspoons of FROZEN garlic confit to each bag and then vacuum seal.

I make sure that I get the bags under the water.

The lid goes back on.

It’s recommend to keep the chicken in the water between one to four hours. I find it usually is best around three hours.

If you are not using the chicken right away you should put the chicken pouches in a water bath so you can cool them down and then refrigerate.

The chicken is done now but you might or might not want to take it one step further.

You might want to sear the breast.

Get a fry pan on high heat with about two or three tablespoons of vegetable oil. When the pan is hot sear the breast for about one minute on each side.

You now have the most delicious, moist flavorful, and crusted chicken!

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Brûlée Pineapple Sriracha Slaw Recipe

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Brûlée Pineapple Sriracha Slaw

One of the supermarkets had Pineapples on sale for .99 cents so I got one…WOW what an awful pineapple….not sweet at all. I have to do something to this pineapple. I removed the ends and skin and then cut the pineapple from the core and cut it in small thin pieces. Then I tossed the pineapple pieces with a small amount of sugar and broiled the pineapple till it looked slightly burnt. That made it taste good. Then I built Sriracha Slaw around it and that’s how I came up with this one. This slaw is low fat…there is only one tablespoon of oil here. I think it might be considered to be a healthy food that’s very flavorful, a little spicy and a little sweet. You can eat it as is or serve it with a grilled meat or fish.

Ingredients for about 8 servings

non stick spray – vegetable or canola

1 pineapple

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 head cabbage – sliced very thin

1/2 sweet onion – sliced very thin

2 teaspoons course sea salt

2 Tablespoons sugar

1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

1/8 teaspoon celery seeds

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic

1 red bell pepper – core, stem and seeds removed – chopped

1 carrot – shredded

1/4 cup scallions – chopped

1 Tablespoon parsley – chopped

1 lime – just the fresh squeezed juice

6 Tablespoons Shark Brand Sriracha Chili Sauce(this one is high quality and natural and does taste different than the other brands) ((I found it at Asiana Market, Lee Lees and I found very small tiny  bottles of it that cost about the same at LF Market)

2 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar

1 Tablespoon toasted sesame seed oil

Directions

Set oven to broil.

Spray baking sheet(s) with non stick spray and set to the side.

Remove the ends and tough skin from pineapple. Slice off the fruit from the core. Cut the fruit in matchstick type pieces and place in a large bowl. Add 1/4 cup sugar and mix well so sugar get s distributed. Spread out the pineapple on baking sheet(s). Place under broiler till the pineapple is charred well but not burnt. Sort of like this.

Set the pineapple to the side.

In a large bowl add the cabbage sliced very thin. Next add very thinly sliced sweet onion. Add salt, remaining sugar. Mix well….

Add white pepper, celery seed, ginger, garlic, red bell pepper, carrot, scallions, parsley and lime juice and mix well.

In a small bowl mix together the Shark Brand Sriracha, vinegars and sesame oil. Pour over ingredients in large bowl mix well.

Add brûlée pineapple and mix well.

Ready to serve!

Brûlée Pineapple Sriracha Slaw

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My Trip to High and Rye Restaurant in Phoenix AZ

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High and Rye recently opened in early March 2018 in Phoenix by the Desert Ridge Marketplace on High Street. This is a Southern American Style Restaurant set up with a very LONGGGGGGGGGGGGG bar that’s packed with a lots of bottles of booze…….It might be safe to assume that many of the bottles are RYE and Whiskies.

This restaurant looks sort of like a shot gun style house when you walk in. It’s long and narrow with high top tables on one side and the longggggggg bar on the other side. If you keep walking you might come across singing guitar player like we did and behind him is loads of seating more bars. It looks oddly large.

From my seat I have a view of High Street.

I tried the Smoked Trout Spinach Salad.

I received a generous amount of fresh spinach. My salad also contained, red onion slices, maple-ly tasting sweet pecans, some marinated apple that looks like chopped spaghetti and was wet and limp like wet spaghetti, and oddly only contains a very small amount of Smoked Trout.

Sorry Folks, I can’t sugar coat this one…….In a nut shell this is not an award winning salad.

The size of the salad is very good and perfect as far as salads go but many things should be improved here if they want repeat business.   This salad cost $14.50 (at the time of this review May-2018). For starters A Smoked Trout Salad needs some Smoked Trout in it. All I had was a little bit of fish that maybe if I added them all together came out to maybe a HALF A FORKING OUNCE…….I had to “FISH” for the Trout. The trout might have been good but it was really was hard to really tell since it was served to me in such small pieces.  I imagine I had less than HALF  a Forking Ounce of Smoked Trout in a Smoked Trout Salad.  I didn’t need a lot of trout…..But I’m thinking if they up the portion size of Trout to TWO ounces I wouldn’t be feeling so bamboozled like I am right now. The other thing I feel the need to put out there was the limp wet chopped spaghetti shaped apple in my salad. The apple wasn’t fresh tasting and was obviously held and kept in some sort of solution that sucked all freshness and crispness  from the apples. Honestly the first few pieces of apple that I tasted I actually didn’t even recognize the fruit as apple. I feel a $14.50 salad should have fresh crunchy apple in it……..How hard is it to grate an apple fresh for each salad………Also while I’m still grumpy I will add that the salad would also be tastier if they did a quick pickle to the onions. This Smoked Trout Salad left me High & Dry at High & Rye. I have to tell The Forking Truth and admit that I was disappointed with the Smoked Trout Salad.

We also shared a small side of Jalapeño Corn Bread.

It came out pretty nice looking.

This Cornbread was like a trip to the Sahara Desert.

It was very dry and lacked much jalapeño flavor.

It really needed the butter but unfortunately it was impossible to spread butter on the corn bread because it just crumbled away like my thoughts of a tasty meal here today. Either someone didn’t follow the corn bread recipe or they need a new recipe for Jalapeño Corn Bread……

Lets move on.

My husband had the Shrimp and Stone Grits with a Hand Crafted Hot Link. Fortunately this dish faired better than the Smoked Trout Salad and the Jalapeño Corn Bread but also wasn’t perfect. (Look this up on AZCENTRAL.com The Food Critic was served a very different looking Shrimp and Stone Grits)

This Shrimp and Grits contained a generous amount of shrimp that were tender and well prepared. Grits were creamy but a little lumpy. The hand crafted hot link wasn’t like a moist juicy and spicy hot link……This sausage was dry and lacked heat. This dish also was also served  warm and not hot.

At the time of this review High and Rye is newly opened and may or may not be fine tuning things.

www.HighandRyeAZ.com

The FORKING Truth is that EVERYTHING is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

That was my Trip to High and Rye in Phoenix AZ.

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Wraps ‘N’ Curry North Phoenix AZ Restaurant – Indian Fast Food that’s Worth a Fork!

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Wraps ‘N’ Curry is a small Indian Fast Food and Take Out casual cafe in an older strip mall in North Phoenix. Some people might remember the former Ecuadorian Latin restaurant that was once here called Mi Comida.

Wraps ‘N’ Curry is very casual. You walk up to the counter, order and seat yourself. Everything we tried was made fresh to our order but didn’t take too long.

 

Impossible to see from Bell Rd because Wraps ‘N’ Curry is hidden behind the Taco Bell.

We started out by trying the Aloo Tikki.

Wow it’s enough for a meal! (only $4.95)

The Chic peas were tender and delicious. They didn’t call them channa masala but thats what they tasted like. The potato patties were very good. They seemed free of oil and had a light crisp exterior. The potatoes were seasoned with flavors that included onions, cilantro and turmeric. They were tasty! We also received an herby chutney and tamarind sauces.

I tried the Desi Chicken Wrap.

Wow! Fresh made naan bread that was almost like a tortilla… lightly brushed with mint mayo and was stuffed with crunchy lettuce, tomato, cabbage ,onions, green chili, cilantro and tasty tandoori chicken. Everything is very fresh and flavorful with nice textures. I’m not getting green chili…either the chilies are very scant or forgotten but it still is a delicious generous fresh wrap so I’m very happy. I forgot the wraps also came with fries. The masala fries are addicting. They are light and fluffy with crisp exteriors and are dusted with something that taste like garam masala. This big plate of fresh herby food was only $7.95.

Today my husband ordered the Crispy Fish Wrap.

The Crispy Fish Wrap is also a Fresh Made Naan Bread that is lightly brushed with mint mayo (but none here at my husband’s request) lettuce, cabbage, onions, cilantro and this mild just battered fish! This was really good! The fish is so mild and meaty with such a nice batter. A great value for $8.95.

Tasty Casual Indian Food that is very approachable and a great Value!

Worth a Fork!

www.WrapsNCurry.Business.Site

Worth a Fork! Great Value Dining. No I wouldn’t travel across town to dine here but if you happen to be in the area this restaurant is suggested.

Everything EVERYWHERE is always subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.

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Crispy Baked Salmon Potato Cakes Recipe

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Crispy Baked Salmon Potato Cakes

Someone here read that one of the most favored purchases from Costco was the Canned Wild Alaskan Salmon so we purchased some to try. I will say it really is better than any canned salmon I’ve tasted. Of course it’s not as great as really great fresh salmon. Sadly in my part of Phoenix I very rarely find fresh salmon. I haven’t even tried to purchase any nearby because it’s a 50/50 chance if it’s fresh enough and I often return fish to store after I purchase it. Today I thought this canned salmon would be great in a potato cake so that’s what I did with it. I felt there wasn’t a need to fry these Salmon Cakes. By just using whole wheat panko crumbs you can get a very crispy crust SUPER FORKING EASY without an egg wash or flour dredge… easily. These Salmon Cakes came out very tasty and I think just about everyone would like them. I didn’t try but I don’t recommend freezing leftover Salmon Cakes. After eating one of these Salmon Cakes I have to say they really are tasty. I think they are flavored well but not too much. But it is very surprising how Forking Crispy they are……They came out much better than many fried things I’ve tried. No oil and a big crispy crunch. YOU MUST make the Jean Georges Vonericten’s Saffron Cucumber Pickles to go with these Salmon Potato Cakes. They go together like magic….

Ingredients for 5 servings

1 oz celery – fine chopped (about 1/2 a rib)

1 oz sweet onion – fine chopped

2 garlic cloves – very fine chopped

1/2 oz red pepper – fine chopped (I used a hot/sweet cherry pepper – a fresno would be my 2nd choice.)

non stick spray – canola or vegetable

1 lb potatoes

1 Tablespoon kosher salt (for boiling the potatoes)

sea salt – fresh ground to taste

black pepper – fresh ground to taste

1 oz whipped cream cheese

1 egg – lightly beaten

1- 6 oz can wild salmon – drained

1/2 cup regular panko

1 Tablespoon fresh parsley

1 cup whole wheat panko (****you really only use 1/2 cup but it’s hard to coat using only 1/2 cup)

Directions

Set the oven to 425 degrees F.

Cover potatoes with water in a pot. Add the kosher salt and bring to a medium boil and cook till fork tender. (should be about 15-20 minutes) Remove potatoes from the water and put to the side. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle peel them.

In a fry pan add non stick spray. Add the celery, onion, garlic, red pepper and cook on medium high heat till vegetables are soft. Take off heat and put to the side.

Potatoes should be cool enough to handle so peel them.

Mash the potatoes and add the fry pan of vegetables. Mash well. Add fresh ground sea salt and black pepper to taste. Mix in cream cheese. Mix well. Mix in beaten egg. Mix well. Add drained salmon and 1/2 cup panko, parsley and mix well.

Divide and make into five cakes. If you weigh them they should be about 5 oz. each.

In a small bowl add 1 cup whole wheat panko (secret to crisp breading that usually comes out better than frying) Add a small amount of fresh ground sea salt and a small amount of ground ground black pepper.

Pick up a cake and gently roll it all around in the crumbs. Repeat the next four cakes.

Repeat and do a double coat.

Line a baking sheet with parchment.

Place the salmon cakes down with a little space in-between them. Very LIGHTLY spray the tops of the salmon cakes with spray. Put in the 425 degree F oven for 20 minutes on the first side, then gently turn each cake over and very LIGHTLY spray them again and they go in the oven for another 20 minutes . They should look sort of like this.

After about a total of 40 minutes they are ready to serve. Or you can chill them and reheat latter. If the cakes are coming chilled from the refrigerator I’d say to reheat put them on a pan for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Serve with either lemon aioli, tarter or cocktail sauce. A lemon wedge would go nice too. We really enjoyed the Salmon Cakes with Jean Georges Vongericten’s Saffron Cucumber Pickles. That recipe you can find in the search or just page back two days.

(salmon cake was cut in 1/2 here) They came out really crisp too!

Brûlée Pineapple Sriracha Slaw

I think these Salmon Potato Cakes would pair with the Brûlée Pineapple Sriracha Slaw above! (recipe soon to be published)

Crispy Baked Salmon Potato Cakes

Enjoy!

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My Forking Thoughts on Philadelphia and Temp Tee Cream Cheese – they Taste Different

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As a child growing up I always preferred Temp Tee Whipped Cream Cheese over Philadelphia Brand Whipped Cream Cheese……(Was I a foodie as a child?)…… Latter when I left home as a young adult I didn’t eat much cream cheese……but these days I do eat cream more. In Arizona Temp Tee brand cream cheese isn’t sold at any major grocery store. Every once in a while East Coast Foods show up at the 99 cent store. Breakstone’s and Hellman’s products show up every now and then along with Temp Tee Brand Cream Cheese. Today I happened to pick up some Temp Tee Brand Cream Cheese. I happened to have a tub of Philadelphia Whipped Cream Cheese at home so I wanted to see the taste difference for myself and how accurate my childhood memory of Temp Tee was.

I turn both tubs around and look at the ingredients. To my surprise both cream cheeses are owned by Kraft?????

 

Philadelphia Brand has more ingredients.  Pasteurized milk and cream, Skim milk, Whey protein concentrate, Whey, Modified Food Starch, Salt Carob bean gum, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Lactic acid, Natamycin ( a natural mold inhibitor), Vitamin A Palmitate, Cheese Culture.

 

Temp Tee has less ingredients but more fat. Pasteurized Milk & Cream, Salt, Carob Bean Gum, Cheese Culture.

I go to smell them.

I think they smell similar but slightly different.

I taste Temp Tee first.

 

It’s very creamy and also buttery and bright. It is very smooth in my mouth. It has a very rich mouth feel. Temp Tee taste like heavy cream and whipped sweet butter with a little tang. It taste natural and very good.

Now the Philadelphia Brand Whipped Cream Cheese.

Do I have an off batch?….. It’s almost like those Jello deserts that people used to make like Jello and Whipped Cream mixed together.  This cream cheese is very flat tasting after the Temp Tee and has some flavors I can’t identify. It lacks that natural cream and butter kind of taste with sour instead of tang. After the Temp Tee it doesn’t taste or feel natural. It’s very disappointing after the Temp Tee. Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese seems slightly gross to me after the Temp Tee. I do note that Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese usually does taste good to me but it’s only after tasting Temp Tee that I really notice the difference.

I hate to admit this but This Philly Girl (I was from the Philadelphia Area) Proclaims that New York Temp Tee Brand Cream Cheese is Forking Better than Philadelphia Cream Cheese by a long shot.

I do note your opinion may differ.

Those were my Forking Thoughts on Philadelphia and Temp Tee Brand Cream Cheeses – They do indeed Taste Different!

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Jean Georges Vongericten’s Saffron Cucumber Pickles

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Jean Georges Vongericten’s Saffron Cucumber Pickles

I had some leftover English Cucumbers and got this Jean Georges recipe from the Tasting Table in my email so I thought I’d give it a try. Jean Georges Vongericten is a world famous Chef. He has many three and four star restaurants in the USA and across the world. This is a very easy recipe that anyone can do. These pickles are unlike any pickles I’ve ever tasted….They are light and refreshing but very different. It’s recommended to serve these pickles with Match Salmon, Swordfish, Tuna or Mackerel. These pickles should stay fresh for at least two weeks.

Ingredients for about 8 servings

2 pounds European Cucumber (also called English Cucumber, Hot House Cucumber and in the 70s-80s had the classy name of Burp-less Cucumber) – Sliced in 1/8th inch slices

1 cup champagne vinegar – (I used white vinegar…. champagne would have cost about $11.00 here)

1 cup dry white wine

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tablespoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon saffron threads – (make sure to crumble them to use)

Directions

Bring everything but the cucumbers to a boil. Take off the heat and let cool to room temperature. When cool add to cucumbers cover and refrigerate over night before use.

Jean Georges Vongericten’s Saffron Cucumber Pickles

A very different way to pickle and a very upscale pickle! I gotta whip up some fish now to serve with these pickles.

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Four Different Flavors of Italian on The Upper West Side of Phoenix AZ

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There are four different flavors of Italian Restaurants in the Upper West Side of Metro Phoenix.  Here’s a little stroll to the four different Italian Restaurants that are in the Upper West Side of Metro Phoenix in no particular order.

The one restaurant that has been around longer than any other I know of in the area is Cucina Tagliani who’s been a neighborhood favorite for over 25 years now. They serve up your favorite American Italian Dishes and offer some unusual HEALTHY SPINS you don’t find anywhere else. Spaghetti squash can be substituted for pasta. Chicken Parmesan can be grilled and not breaded or fried. They offer more than SIX kinds of vegetables and healthy style pastas and a Spaghetti Squash Lasagna to boot. But if you’re into the gut-busting Italian Combos they offer that too! The Mama’s and Papa’s Combo plates are a great value and can feed a small family or one big eater for a few meals. They also offer a certified dog friendly covered  patio. We’ve enjoyed the patio and have been bringing our dogs here for years.

 

www.CucinaTagliani.com

We also have The Twisted Italian in Peoria. Under the second ownership the Twisted Italian improved and REALLY went Twisted. The second owners are from Chicago and changed things up. They serve up most Italian-American Favorites, pizzas, pastas…..Pierogis……yes a few Pierogis…..Nobody else else anywhere has an Italian Relleno on the menu with house made sausage…do they? The Twisted Italian also ships in beef from Chicago for Italian Chicago Beef sandwiches and also buy baguette bread made in New Jersey for the sandwiches. At the moment this is the only restaurant that I know of on this side of town that serves bronzino. Recently I found them listed on www.BringFido.com so my dogs got to eat here too.

www.EatTwisted.com

One of the restaurant’s with the nicest atmosphere in this area is Bottega Pizzeria Ristorante. They offer a nice modern dining room, an indoor/outdoor and patio. They serve Neapolitan Pizzas, and mostly house made pastas. They also offer black board specials, wine dinners, bunch and have a dog friendly patio.

www.BottegaPizzeria.com

Another Italian Restaurant we have is Fabio on Fire in Peoria AZ. Fabio is already well known for his pizzas, breads and pastries that he serves at festivals, Farmer’s Markets and from catering. This is a small Italian Restaurant. Here you’ll find Italian Style Neapolitan Pizzas, fresh baked breads, hand made pastas, baked in house Italian pastries, gelato that’s to die for too! They offer a small patio that is not dog friendly so you won’t see my dogs here but you will see me here every now and then.

www.FabioOnFire.com

Now that was four different flavors of Italian that you can get in the Upper West Side of Metro Phoenix.

The Forking Truth is that Everything EVERYWHERE is subject to change.

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Foodstock Food Truck Event at P83 Peoria AZ Sports Complex 2018

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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