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| - It was a warm, sunny day today so I hopped on the intarwebz to see if any food trucks were near my downtown office for lunch. I'll admit that Hodge Podge was probably my fourth choice on the list, but the first three were nowhere to be found, and I was lucky enough to find Hodge Podge settled in a parking spot just a block away. Lucky because they originally wanted to park about 10 streets farther but couldn't find a spot.
Skipping popular items like the PBLT, I wanted to try something new and different. Enter the Hodge Dog ($7). Reading the description, it sounded like their unique take on the polish boy: deep fried dog on a toasted bun, topped with tater tots, asian slaw, and sweet BBQ sauce. Wow. I had to try it.
It took less than 5 minutes to prepare (I managed to beat the lunch rush), and as soon as this sloppy beast was handed to me, some of the slaw sauce got on my finger. I licked it off and already fell in love. I darted to the nearest eating area and devoured this tasty mess. While the whole wasn't much greater than the sum of its parts, you can't go wrong with the parts themselves. What's not to love about a deep fried dog on a toasted bun? And asian slaw? and TOTS? Dude... tots. My only gripe was that the BBQ sauce lacked flavor.
So yeah, I'm a fan. While I'm still not completely sold on Cleveland's food truck scene (Jibaro had my insides en fuego, and Hodgson's other truck, Dim and Den Sum, was neither dim nor sum), Hodge Podge has restored my hope that the food truck scene is more than just a gimmick.
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