Archive for South Florida Street Food

As I got off of my car I could smell the glorious smell of the smoker a good 100 feet from me. Blue Willy’s BBQ is a large trailer, part of which is the smoker brightening up my day. I was with my cousin and after taking a good long look at the menu we order everything.

OK, maybe not everything but almost everything except the Brisket and Rib Tips. We also decide it would be best to order everything as a “Plate” so that we can try all the sides. There were five sides: Willy’s Pit Smoked Beans, Coleslaw, Fries, Cornbread and Mac n’ Cheese. The fries were nothing special. The Mac n’ Cheese had a nice little bread crumb crust top but I didn’t feel it was cheesy enough. I didn’t try the coleslaw and beans, my cousin loved them. The Cornbread is a must have with the little pieces of corn sprinkled throughout.

Mac N’ Cheese
Cornbread goodness

So I won’t have to repeat myself throughout, there was an omnipresent smoke flavor in everything. The homemade smoked sausage was served up first in slivers. The sausage was great and could have easily been a part of a great sandwich with onions. Blue Willy suggested we try mixing both his tomato and mustard BBQ sauces with the Chopped Pork sandwich. I loaded up my sandwich with the mustard sauce and tried adding a bit of the tomato one. I could see some folks preferring the mix but I loved the mustard sauce solo.

Homemade Sausage
Carolina Jumbo Chopped Pork Sandwich
My Pork Sandwich w/ Mustard BBQ Sauce

The St. Louis Spareribs were my cousin’s favorite but for me, nothing was better than the chicken. It was delicious, it was moist (smokey too!) and it had a White BBQ sauce. I was not familiar with the existence of a White BBQ sauce but it’s an Alabama thing according to Willy. I went back and tried everything again with the white sauce which just confirmed my suspicions. That White BBQ sauce needs to have a permanent home on the condiment shelf in my fridge.

St. Louis Spareribs
Willy’s Chicken w/ White BBQ Sauce

I have a mission for you. Find BlueWilly’s and Eat!

Follow:

Blue Willy’s Barbecue
954-224-6120
Facebook: Blue Willy’s Barbecue
Twitter: @BlueWillys

Comments (8)

I’ve driven past the gas station where Doggi Style is located (57th Avenue and Coral Way after 4pm) at least a dozen times in the last few months. The banner mentioning their Burgers and Hot Dogs facing the street is what caught my eye originally. I learned upon my arrival that Doggi Style sells Venezuelan-style Burgers & Hot Dogs which are heavy on the sauces. They’re serving out of a modified Hot Dog cart. The food reminds me of Colombian style fast food with salad & corn added, sans the cheese . Weird? Sure. Good? Yes. Let’s not kid anyone here, I didn’t have salad on mine but my wife Marcela did.

2 dogs Doggi Style – who can have just one?
a hot dog close encounter
dude, look at that Parmesan cheese

The sauces make the dog, the corn is a nice touch and the fact that it’s on a Martin’s Potato Roll is great. I just wish it was a beef dog, that would have made it a grand slam instead of a homerun. Let’s get back to the sauces for a second, there’s a garlic based white sauce that I considered pocketing. I would buy some to take home in a second.

Doggi Style Burger – pre saucing

The Burger has all of the toppings of the dog plus cheese and ham. You can also add lettuce and tomato but that’s not happening to any of my Burgers in this lifetime. I forgot to mention I added bacon and an egg to my Burger. Avocado as an added topping is also an option. My burger tasted great the way it was. Choripan, Pepitos and Parillas are also on the menu. What are those? Come on by and find out.

Follow Doggi Style:

Twitter: doggi_style
Facebook: Doggi-Style

Categories : Miami Food Trucks
Comments (0)

Vendr.TV discovers “the world’s best street food, one bite at a time” via webisodes. I’d like to thank them for asking me to be a part of the episode featuring the Yellow Submarine. It was a great blast to film which I think comes across during the webisode and during the outtakes shown after the credits.



Categories : Video
Comments (0)

I’ll admit I made a mistake when I ate at Bites On Wheels. I regret not ordering the Steak Sandwich aka Pan Con Bistec. Bites On Wheels is a small food truck (alright not really a truck) but it’s laid out well enough that some good eats can be prepared.

(click on menu pages to enlarge)

After looking over the menu I decide on three tacos (1 of each: chicken, steak and carnitas) & a hot dog and sausage to go. The all beef hot dog and sausage are gigantic and served in a Media Noche Sandwich Bread (an eggy, slightly sweet bread).

cooking up the meats

giant Hot Dog

giant Sausage

 I had both with potato sticks, mustard and the red NY style tomato onion sauce. While both meat sticks tasted great, the bread may have been a tad too big. It couldn’t hurt to possibly have toasted the bread also. Now, the tacos were right on point. The Salsa Verde & Salsa Roja were good but the Chipotle Sauce was killer.

trio of Tacos
Tacos closeup

 The Carnitas (pork) was my favorite of the three but you won’t go wrong having any of them. All are topped with diced red onions and cilantro. So where to from here? The Steak Sandwich is the final frontier and captain, full speed ahead. Till next time.

Bites On Wheels
786-473-2182
Twitter: Bitesnwheels

Categories : Miami Food Trucks
Comments (0)

On Sunday September 12th from 12pm to 6pm, the Miami Herald and the Adrienne Arsht Center will present the Fall For The Arts Festival. A FREE event which will have 2 performance stages, children’s activities, seminars on community based topics, more than 100 arts and community service organizations offering discounts and giveaways, more than 30 Adrienne Arsht Center shows to go on sale and a Street Food Vendor event organized by yours truly. The Fall For The Arts Festival will take place at the Adrienne Arsht Center located at 1300 Biscayne Blvd in Miami.

it might not look like much now but wait til Sept 12th!

The Menu for all food vendors can be found here: Fall For The Arts Menu

This is the event you’ve been waiting for and it won’t disappoint. Confirmed Food Vendors for the Fall For The Arts Festival (in reverse alpha order):

The Yellow Submarine
Website: Yellow Submarine
Facebook: Yellow Submarine
Twitter: @YellowTwiter

Website:  Wing Commander:
Twitter: @MyWingCommander  
Facebook: Wing Commander

Totally Bananas
Website: Totally Bananas
Facebook: Totally Bananas

The Rolling Stove
Website: The Rolling Stove
Facebook: The Rolling Stove
Twitter: @TheRollingStove
Sweetness Bake Shop & Cafe
Website: Sweetness Bake Shop & Cafe
Facebook: Sweetness Bakeshop & Cafe
Twitter: @SweetnessBakes
Sakaya Kitchen’s Dim Ssäm à gogo
Website: Sakaya Kitchen
Facebook: Sakaya Kitchen
Twitter: @SakayaKitchen

Nacho Mama’s Mexican Grill
Website: Nacho Mama’s Mexican Grill
Facebook: Nacho Mama’s Mexican Grill
Twitter: @NachoMamasGrill
Michael’s Genuine Food Cart
Website: Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink
Facebook: Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink
Twitter: @MGFD_MIA
Latin House Grill
Website: Latin House Grill
Facebook: Latin House Grill
Twitter: @LatinHouseGrill
Latin Burger & Taco
Website: Latin Burger & Taco
Facebook: Latin Burger
Twitter: @LatinBurger

La Camaronera’s Fish Box

Website: La Camaronera
Facebook: La Camaronera
Twitter:  @LaCamaronera
Joy Wallace BBQ
Website: Joy Wallace Catering
Facebook: Joy Wallace Catering
Twitter: @ATasteOfJoy

Jefe’s Original Fish Taco & Burgers
Website: Jefe’s Original
Facebook: Jefe’s Original Fish Taco & Burgers
Twitter: @JefesOriginal

gastroPod
Website: gastroPod Miami
Facebook: gastroPod Miami
Twitter: gastroPodMiami
Fireman Derek’s World Famous Pies
Facebook: Fireman Derek’s Key Lime Pies
Feverish Ice Cream
Website: Feverish Ice Cream
Facebook: Feverish Ice Cream Truck
Twitter: @FeverishMiami
Del’s Lemonade

Website: Del’s Lemonade
Facebook: Del’s Lemonade
Twitter: @DelsLemonade

Bites on Wheels

Twitter: BitesnWheels

and of course our friends at edible South Florida will be on hand to dispense some culinary knowledge:

edible South Florida
Website: edible South Florida
Facebook: edible South Florida
Twitter: @EdibleSoFla

Spread the word and see you there!

Categories : Food Truck Events, News
Comments (3)

After 3 attempts of showing up at Orale! during their “business hours” I finally arrived just as they were opening. I would definitely call before showing up if I were you.

el Menu

The menu is very simple: tacos, quesadillas and drinks (regular soft drinks and some Mexican specialty drinks). I order a chicken taco and a chorizo taco as well as a cheese quesadilla.

watching the food cook like a caged animal
naked Tacos

You’re served your taco and you add toppings to your liking. The sauces and toppings are laid out for you at the very front of the cart. Of the 3 sauces available I preferred the Salsa Verde which was the “Medium” salsa. The Salsa Extra Picante is chile habanero, no thank you, I’d like to be able to sit down later.

fresh toppings

3 sauces: Salsa Extra Picante, Salsa Verde & Salsa Roja
The quesadilla was…well a quesadilla. Nothing revolutionary here and I really should have just gone for one of the others tacos (carnitas de cerdo comes to mind).

If you’re hungry, if no other food can satisfy that craving, and if you can find them, maybe you can eat at…Orale! Taqueria Mexicana (can you tell I just watched the A-Team?)

Orale! Taqueria Mexicana
NW 17th St & NW 27th Ave
 305-970-0270

Categories : Miami Food Trucks
Comments (0)

While the Beast is away in NYC I was given a mission: Go to the Art Walk and try out the Michael’s Genuine Food Cart. I of course accepted his task and was off to the art district. I was amazed to find out how many people were out and about, it was crazy like a party casino. I ended up finding a parking space about a block and a half away from the cart’s location. I was really able to find my way to the cart due the aroma of meat.

sausage is on the grill

house made sausage sandwich

Hedy’s Kasha Knishes

 The cart was running at 7pm and I arrived around 8pm. By that time, almost all the food was gone (They’re only serving 100 portions). 2 Hedy’s Kasha Knishes, 2 House made sausage sandwich with all the condiments, and a Homemade Butter Popcorn Ice Cream.

the menu

The Knishes were great and hit the spot to start off. First bite in to the sausage I was able to taste a slight spiciness which is similar to brown mustard. I hate mustard and pickles but that didn’t bother me one bit. By 9pm the cart was sold out but I was ready to have another sausage.

Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink
MGFD’s Blog
130 Northeast 40th Street, Miami, FL
305-573-5550

Categories : Miami Food Trucks
Comments (1)
Oct
21

Pincho Man – Miami Food Truck

Posted by: | Comments (16)

Who is Pincho Man and why should you care? A few folks have told me about this elusive Pincho Man and how he’s had to move around and change his location. He cooks out of a truck which means he’s always travel ready. How do you find out where he is? Well, you call his cell phone and he will either disclose his new location and/or give you directions to where he’s at. Ricky aka Pincho Man sells his food Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00 pm to 4:30 am. By the time Marcela and I arrived, there was over 12 people in line (by the time we left over 20). We stood in line only to find out that we had to go to the back of the truck to order first. Here we meet Pincho Man who takes our order but not before he tells us he’s been doing this for 10 years. I will paraphrase most of what he said. He loves selling to people. He loves meeting new people. Everyone who buys from him are his friends. Now we can be his friend too (I felt as if I was on a Barney episode). Pincho Man then does the hand pound with both Marcela and I and asks for our names. Just as we’re getting out the camera to snap a few pictures he tells us “No Pictures” (which explains the Cloverfield like pics I took). He tells me that he likes to keep a low profile. There’s something wrong with this picture. There are 2 Facebook pages and 1 MySpace page (where I got his number from when I called him for directions). Not to mention he is wearing a Pincho Man t-shirt that says “My Way OR The Highway ” on the back and there’s also a Pincho Man bumper sticker. I ask him, “Then why are you on MySpace?” His reply “I might be on the moon and I don’t even know it”. I decided at that point it was best give up that line of questioning or I might now get to try the food. His spends the next 5 minutes explaining to us that his burgers are called “Off The Chain Burgers” and his hot dogs are “Sammy Dogs”. You can get Pinchos (steak or chicken) on a stick or deluxe which puts them on bread with potato sticks (something that seems to be on each sandwich. Once I place my order for my Off The Chain Burger, Sammy Dog, Steak Pincho Deluxe and Chicken Pincho Deluxe we make our way back to the end of the line we were originally at. We wait till it’s our turn and we repeat our order again “to his friend” aka the lady at the window. I snap a nice blurry pic through the window with my phone (ooh I might get in trouble). Marcela and I notice one thing. There is a stack of already cooked burgers off to one side. We pay for our food and go. Also, there’s one thing I don’t understand. Why make everyone go to the back of the truck to place an order and make them stand in a second line to pick it up and pay for it if you’re going to be stacking cooked burgers (and not have the orders ready). So we proceed to our car to eat. There is nowhere else to eat unless you plan to sit on the ground. First to bat is the Steak Pincho Deluxe with potato sticks and special sauces. We both found it be very average, nothing special here. The Chicken Pincho Deluxe was the best thing we had and you could taste that some actual seasoning was placed on it. The Sammy Dog was a very bland tasting hot dog with ketchup, mustard and potato sticks. The Off The Chain Burger I thought was something I might find at someone’s BBQ. It had some seasoning on it (maybe mojo), ketchup, mustard, bbq sauce and cheese. Nothing special, trust me. Marcela did love it probably because it was super dry. Super dry as if someone had stacked it on other burgers…wait a second. The Chicken Pincho Deluxe is the way to go if you decide to check out Pincho Man. I will say it’s worth the adventure to say you checked it out. I won’t give you any of his contact info though, remember he’s trying to keep a low profile.

Comments (16)