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| - The phenomenon that is the pop up resto has taken on the Big Smoke by storm. Right now the big chatter on the street is La Carnita who basically tweet out their popup location only to inundated with throngs of mad food gobblers who have gone fish taco crazy. Well there is a new kid on the block and he goes by the name of Fidel Gastro and his tagline is "Rebel Without A Kitchen" and in his world it is all about slamming sammies!
In real time his name is Matt Basile who was a former ad man who just couldn't stand life in a cubicle anymore and has been honing his food skills under some fairly prominent city chefs. He was part of his own first pop up event last Thursday night down at The Bunky (135 Tecumseth Street) from 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. at pop up called "Opposites Attract". FG's was featuring four signature sammies and The Feel Good Guru was offering up vegan eats. So I figured now was as good a time as any to check him out. By 7:30 p.m. The Bunky was hopping. Who ever lined up the tunes had the place rocking and you got a complimentary glass of wine upon entry, which eased the wait of the lineups.
FG's four signature sammies included The Havana Club: Steam Whistle pulled pork, havarti cheese and a douse of something with some kind of attitude; The Virginia Ham, onions and chili aioli; The El Paisano, egg fried spaghetti with Wagyu beef and veal meatballs; The Cuban Mac with Chorizo sausage, 3 cheese baked macaroni (yes, you read that right, a mac & cheese sammie!) and finally The Toronto Cheese Steak featuring sliced rib eye, Havarti cheese, hash browns, onions, Dijon aioli and a fried egg. All the sammies are served on a custom made bun (by Cobb's Bakery) and are in my opinion, just the perfect size. All sammies were priced at a decent five bucks.
Being with friends we just bought up a batch of the sammies and passed them around. Surprisingly for me, my personal fave, was the Cuban Mac & Cheese. At first I thought, mac & cheese on a bun? No way, this is a gonna be a carbo blow out. Two bites into this Mac & Cheese bliss and I was a convert. The chorizo really tempers out the cheese and the pasta was cooked perfectly to be used in this way.
If you are on Twitter at all you can follow this up and coming street food maverick at @fidelgastros Matt is definitely a guy to keep your eye on for some really fun street eats and as he would yell out after selling each sammie.....Ole! Funnily enough FG's table is anchored by a really funny, over the top cheap bust of Elvis Presley. On my way out the door that evening I tweeted...."Elvis has left the building with a Mac & Cheese sammie!". I'm quite certain had Elvis still been alive this particular sammie would have been a staple in his diet.
I await the next Fidel Gastro's pop up. These are definitely slamming sammies.
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