Curbside Cafe- Food Truck

‎The Food Van is a culinary staple in Barbados and almost always a great place to get reasonably priced food in the kind of quantities Bajans like. There are scores of food vans, at least one in virtually every open car park. Usually a large 10 seater van with some food warmers set up in place of the passenger seats.  I have my eye on a few of these for this blog‎.

However my first post about mobile food options won't be about the regular food van. Rather about a much rarer type- the american-style Food Truck. 

Curbside Cafe is located in the Simpson Motors car park‎. It's probably a very good location. Heart of the Warrens commercial district surrounded by businesses and government offices. Including a heavily trafficked branch of Scotia Bank.

I had seen a for a while but never tried it. So I ordered a burger. Duh! (this blog should probably be about burgers...). With grilled pineapple and cheese as toppers, a side of fries and a chunk of bread pudding‎. Aioli on the burger and BBQ sauce on the fries.

The owners seems to be "tryin' a ting" as we say- experimenting. This experiment is with offering a menu devoid of the usual Bajan and Caribbean lunch fare. The menu‎ proclaims taco bowls, burritos, Mac n' Cheese Hot Dogs. Food network stuff. Which is just fine- if it tastes good.

To the meal. First the positives. The fries were tasty, beautifully fried and appeared to be hand cut. Whether but hands here in Barbados or hand overseas, I couldn't say. But they were delicious and served genrously. They also didn't skimp on the standard burger toppings- lettuce, pickles tomato etc.

The bread pudding was just delicious. But the texture‎ was all wrong. I think an improvement in the technique could make this one of the best in the country.

Next the middling. The burger was just OK. A little under-seasoned but not so terrible that I would not buy it again. 

The bad. The grilled pineapple was not. They needed to leave it on the grill a couple of minutes longer. 

Score:

Taste = 7.4

(average of chips = 9; burger = 6; BBQ sauce = 8; aoili = 6; bread pud = 8)

Presentation = 9

Cost‎ = 7

V‎alue for money = 7

Overall Score ‎= 7.6

Regards

Gayle.
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Gayle Drakes (Ms.)

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