DINER'S DISH

It has been a while since I posted a review... or any blog post for that matter. I have been incredibly busy between my full-time job and the part-time cafe job. Between the two, my time has been consumed leaving just 6 hours a day to sleep (and nothing else). I managed to take a few weekends off from both jobs and had some pretty amazing foodie weekends. Cinco de Mayo weekend was just a start. The destination-- Toronto.


My friend Adam has been living in Toronto since taking a job there last summer. He's a huge foodie (admittedly a bigger one than I am) having been essentially raised at Wong's Restaurant in Leamington, Ontario. 


He has been harassing me to come down and check out the amazing food festivals constantly happening in Toronto. Sending me menus or pictures just to rub it in my face, as any good friend would.


He sent me the details for a Food Truck Festival. Surely this was something I couldn't miss out on.


Food Trucks have been a trend becoming pretty popular south of the border (United States not Mexico). The popularity of delicious food being served out of a street food truck is only starting to pick up steam here in Canada. The Street Food Block Party was a testament to that. 


The event was organized by The Food Truck Eats and the Toronto Underground Market to be held on May 5th at the Evergreen Brick Works. Originally organizers had expected about 700 attendees. Within the first few days of the event being posted on facebook, well over 800 people had already marked that they would be attending the event. In the end well over 3,000 street food enthusiasts attended the jam-packed event made up of 20 food vendors and 11 food trucks. The menus offered a vast-assortment of cuisine with an early bird menu from 5 to 8 and a late night menu being offered from 9 to 12. With it being Cinco de Mayo, you can bet your next paycheque that there were a whole lot of tacos.


Lining up before the gates open, people were already getting their game plans together. With over 3,000 people planning to attend people wanted to beat the theme-park style queues. At first Adam and I joked about the others on their phones tell friends where they should be and where to meet up. In the end, we did the same.


My First Stop: Buster's Sea Cove
My Picks: Lobster Roll with chips, and fish tacos.


Adam's First stop: Gorilla Cheese
His Picks: The Gorilla Sarducci - Mozzarella, Tomatoes, Red Onions, Fresh Basil, Balsamic Glaze on Multigrain; The Gordonopolis: Jensen's Mozzarella, Tomato, Red Onion, Feta, Black Olives, Fresh Oregano, Tzatziki on Multigrain


My Second Stop: Gastronomo Vagabundo
My Picks: Drunken Monkey (ice cream provided by Hometown), Fish Taco

HANDS DOWN WINNER: Gastronomo Vagabundo's Drunken Monkey Smoked Dark Chocolate, tequila-infused ice cream with candied jalapenos.