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| - I had high hopes and big expectations for the Dusk-till-Dawn Food Truck Eats. That seems to have been my first mistake.
We arrived to the "festival" around 1:00 in the morning and it looked like 1/2 of it was over. There were some trucks closed up, some with nearly everything crossed off of the menus, and still a handful open. Plus there was a row of tables - some manned and some emptied off. So it seemed that the vendors were not really prepared for an all night affair as advertised, which was sad.
I also had read that it was going to be that you could sample the foods for $4 or $5 per item. Not so. While they may have had trucks/stands that met that price point, not all did.
I wound up settling on a Grilled Veggie Sandwich which was priced at $6. It took a while because they said they had to grill it. No worries, I was in no rush. Excited to get my toasty grilled veg sammy, I took a big bite into it. Then I was sad. It tasted like a day-old Costco cibatta bun - BARELY filled with a tiny, thin smear of goat cheese, some thinly sliced zucchini, and chopped up red pepper from out of a jar. Not much of a sandwich at all. And on top of that, it was COLD! Not like lukewarm... no, COLD! The bun and edges seemed toasted but the innards were like right out of the fridge. Sad.
The two guys I was with both had beef on buns and bacon-wrapped peppers from one of the tables and seemed satisfied enough.
All in all I found this display disappointing. But I really want to get behind the idea of local, quality food trucks. Hopefully when I check it out again in the daytime, in Mississauga, it will be a better experience all around.
I will give it another shot.
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