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Boring food. Expensive. Seems like someone liked the idea of starting a food truck, but didn't really have a passion for doing something new or interesting.
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Hit up the Steak Out Truck after a trip to MEC. Originally planned to head to Olive Chicken, but curiosity got the better of me...much to my disappointment.
Looking at the menu, I chose the 10 bucks steak bites. This consisted of a take-out tray of pretty darn good fries covered with 6 or 7 chunks of pleasantly seasoned, but otherwise overcooked steak'ums, some shaved parm, and a side of garlic dip that I'm fairly certain came out of a vat delivered by Sysco.
The fries were far-and-away the best part; double dipped, soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside and joined by a couple of blackened, but still kinda sweet slivers of deep fried onion (these errant onions may have been a mistake, but they were tasty).
The steak'ums had a nice peppery rub on them and a pleasant crust, but every last one revealed a center that was grey from edge to edge. They weren't too chewy, and certainly weren't overcooked to the point of being tough, just overcooked to the point of making me wish I was eating something a little more rare.
The parm on the fries was nice enough, and the side of dip was improved by the addition of horseradish from one of the squeeze bottles. Apparently they'd had quite a busy day, so the only drink options were Coke Zero, orange juice or apple juice. I decided to pass on a drink.
The truck is new and clean and quite flashy; the graphic wrap matched the can of Coke Zero sitting on the counter. Some of the trucks I've seen immediately give you a sense of "personality", I don't get that with this one. That might be just me.
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