Ping

 

Let's venture off the food truck path to delivery Chinese. D and I decided that we would get some Chinese for Valentine's Day, so I ordered from Ping. We have luck when eating in the restaurant, so delivery couldn't be too bad. We like it because they use white meat chicken, identifiable vegetables and fresh stuff. On tonight's menu: Crab Rangoons (good), hot and sour soup (bland! not hot! not sour! I could feed it to the baby, literally), Chicken dumplings (good), Ginger salad (bitter), and string bean chicken (good). Overall we enjoyed it. The food is definitely better in house, but we will order again when the delivery Chinese bug bites us.

Would I go again? Yes. 

Basil Thyme

 

I will tell you up front: this is my favorite truck. Today I was in a red sauce mood and ended up with the Maria which is Manicotti.  I bought the meal which includes the manicotti, the salad, a drink and a cannoli. Today's cannoli was Chocolate Strawberry in honor of Valentine's Day. The salad comes with cucumber, kalamata olives, roasted red pepper, carrots and Parmesan cheese in a vinaigrette. It is always tasty (though I rid myself of the olives!).  The manicotti is wonderfully cheesy and garlicy. It has a nice sprinkling of basil on top which tastes great. The chocolate and strawberry cannoli is tasty and very appropriate today. Thanks for a great lunch again Basil Thyme!

Would I go again?: I go every two weeks, which is exactly how many times they venture to my neighborhood.

Vote for them at http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/bestofpoll/nominations/vote/591 for Best DC Food Truck.

Surfside, Take 2

Surfside returned today, so a coworker and I ventured out for some Mexican. Today: Grilled Chicken Burrito for me ($8), Steak Tacos for her ($9).  As you can see, they are not skimpy with the burrito, I would compare it in size to a Chipotle burrito with the fixings. It comes with the same fillings as the barbacoa from Thursday: Rice, Beans, salsa, lettuce, cheese, lime sour cream. I really enjoyed the burrito, given a choice I would pick the Barbacoa.

Would I go again?: For sure. Tomorrow even. Return to my neighborhood quickly Surfside!

Surfside

Order: Beef Barbacoa Burrito. Verdict: YUM!
The service was quick and friendly; I had my burrito in less than 2 minutes. The tacos (2 to a plate with sides) are $9 and the burrito is $8. The beef barbacoa was really flavorful and there was plenty of it in my burrito. No fat to speak of in the meat. The burrito had the meat, beans, rice, salsa, lettuce, cheese and lime sour cream in it. I asked for no changes to the meal so these are standard. They have sodas and cupcakes in addition to the food.

Would I go back?:  Will definitely return for more Mexican goodies!


http://www.yelp.com/biz/surfside-truck-washington

El Floridano

Had the traditional cuban sandwich. (El Fidel I think). Bread is good. Has the pickles, mustard, swiss, pork and ham traditions on the sandwich. Not as flavorful as one would expect from the ingredients. Pork was fairly fatty (typical I know), and not enough mustard. $8 for the sandwich and it was a nice size for that.


Would I go back?: Would not go again. Feels heavy and needs something to cut it.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-floridano-washington

Yellow Vendor

Today I ordered the #3, Chicken Bibimbop.
They were giving out samples of their chicken curry and it was good, tastes like my Dad's (which is high praise).
The chicken in the bibimbop is good, lots of flavor, seems to be mostly chicken breast and I have not bit into any fatty chunks (reviewing while eating!). The egg is way over cooked (understandable but disappointing) and the kim chi is low in taste.

Would I go back?:  I would stick with just the chicken and rice in the future, but it is good enough to try again.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/yellowvendor-washington-2