Not Your Mama's Roach Coach

A few years ago I worked

a trade show in Portland, OR

and Mr. B tagged along.

It was at that time we were

introduced to food trucks.

We didn't get a chance to eat

from any of them but

some of the offerings 

intrigued us!

Thai, Mexican, Italian

the list went on and on.

At that time, Denver

just had the usual construction site 

type of food trucks.

You know, sketchy burritos

and warm drinks kind

of trucks.

The ones, not so affectionately,

known as

Roach Coaches.

Fast forward to this past weekend

and, imagine our delight

when Mr. B found out about this

It is a group of local food trucks

that gather together once a month

somewhere in the city limits of Denver.

It can be a different group each time.

Luck would have it that this

past weekends gathering was not terribly 

far from our home so 

we decided to go.

Oh Em Gee!

I am so glad we did!

There were about 12 different vendors

in attendance.

Food choices ran from your basic cheeseburger 

to the more exotic 

rattlesnake & pheasant hot dog.

Mr. B & I make a good team.

Instead of both of us ordering something,

we would make a choice and share.

If we had not done it this way we would have been stuffed

full at the very first truck!

The first truck we ventured to was

Quiero Arepa.

Instead of saving the best for last,

we lucked into having

the best first!

The arepa is a homemade corn based flatbread

that is formed into a patty

then grilled, baked and stuffed with a variety

of delicious ingredients.

We chose the reina pepiada.

It is an arepa filled with shredded chicken breast, 

avocado and a citrus-avocado dressing.

Such a tasty party in your mouth!

I am craving one right now just looking at the photo!

The photo above was taken just when

they opened up.

An hour later, the line was crazy!

Next up was 

The Denver Biscuit Bus

Now, neither Mr. B or I

have ever been to the south but,

we heard from several people that 

these biscuits would make a displaced southerner

pick up the phone and call his mama!

We had The Franklin

Tender buttermilk fried chicken, bacon and cheese, smothered

with sausage gravy on the lightest biscuit ever!

Dee-Light-Ful! 

By this time

people were flocking in!

I thought us two old foggies would be

out of place but we weren't.

Every age and demographic was represented.

It added such a fun vibe!

 We all were there for one common reason,

good food!

Time to cleanse our palette at
Aiko Pops 

We chose to go with a gourmet popsicle!

And the flavor we went with was

Avocado Orange

I know what you are thinking.

C'mon Kath, an avocado popsicle?

Yeah, really!

We are not talking avocado tasting like

guacamole flavors here.

I cannot even begin to explain how good this was!

Just a hint of citrus and a

creamy mouth feel.

So refreshing!

Next time I am trying the Apple Blue Cheese.

And the guy working the cart?

Hilarious!

In fact, all of the vendors were super

nice considering the heat and the crowds!

 We made the rounds checking out what we wanted to try next.

We tried an Asada street taco from

Pinche Tacos

The Korean

from Stick It Too Me

At this point, I must have entered a food coma

because the rest of the photos I took, 

didn't turn out or, I just forgot to take them.

I can tell you that we did not try all of the 

food. There was no way!

We missed out on the rattlesnake & pheasant hot dogs 

(drat! not really. somethings I will not try!),

the vegan truck, the cheeseburger and the sushi trucks.

The final truck we did hit was the 

Denver Pie/ Cupcake truck

So many choices!

Do I go the pie route or

jump right into a cupcake?

Guess...

One bite into the maple bacon cupcake 

and the clouds parted,

angels began singing

and I was in a

sugar coated heaven!

A lighter than air maple flavored

cupcake with chunks of salty real bacon,

topped with a fluffy maple buttercream frosting!

GACK! TOO.GOOD!

I wish I had a photo to show to you!

Oh, I know, I will find out where they are going to 

be next and, because I love you,

I'll buy another and get that picture of it!

Er, unless I wind up shoving

it into my mouth again...

We cannot wait until next month

to see what new trucks will be at the next gathering!

How about you? 

Have you tried the wonderful food truck cuisine

in your town or while traveling?

I'd love to hear about your food adventures!


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