Visiting
the first local food truck assembly, set to benefit the Copley
schools extra curricular programs, I took another step in the realm
of raw fish. It’s been years since Kasai made me alright with
sashimi from a strip mall. Today we tried it out of the side of a
food truck. Yikes. |
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Oh Lordy, Sushi From A Truck |
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Some things were very
good…others less so. There were some very young dudes working in the
truck…I would feel better with a little adult supervision when it
comes to precarious ingredients. When they forgot most of our order,
I was less comfortable. The tunarito turned out to be a nice piece
of fusion. They had traditional rolls on the menu but there were
three options which were served in a whole wheat tortilla. The rice
was exceptionally done and held, still offering texture and notions
of the vinegar, sugar and salt pushing through. What most people
struggle with producing they did well. Add the tuna, cucumber,
scallion, avocado, carrot, and other traditional ingredients plus a
splash of soy sauce and it will disappear quickly. |
The Look Didn't Inspire Much Confidence |
But The Tortilla Was Filled With Well Prepared Sushi Standards |
The duck, duck, wings were not a favorite of Steph’s, she detested them actually. There were some things that did work. Probably confited, they were tender and juicy, the sticky sauce had loads of flavor. Where things began to turn was the first bite where I got a mouthful of unrendered floppy fat. No thanks. The sauce showed very little restraint for a sushi joint and needed more balance between the sweet, gingery bite. Then the shower of cilantro atop turned out to be way too much. Instead of cutting through the sauce, it often trampled it. Nice idea, flawed production. What worked the least well
for me were the not-so-nachos. Kinda crisp wheat tortilla triangles
(ehhh) were topped with blackened tuna (good), spicy aioli (good),
eel sauce (fine), tomato (fine), cilantro (fine) and jalapeno cream
cheese sauce (not my thing). All together this just failed for me…I
don’t like cream cheese sushi rolls to start with, the jalapeno
actually helped in that regard, but when you stacked it all together
it just swirled into a little bit of nothing. If we were ever to hit
this truck again I would stick to the rolls, traditional or tortillaed.
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Food |
Service |
Ambiance |
What's Best |
What's Worst |
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C | D | N/A | B | D- | C- | ||
Tunarito | "Not So" Good |