I hope everyone has had a great start to the New Year so
far, I know I have. As I said way back in 2012 I was going to be in Tucson
Arizona for a little while and I would be telling my story about being out
there. Well I went and had a blast at the Tucson Food Truck Roundup at Himmel
Park on January 1st. A few of the Trucks that I was able to visit
were MaFooco, Stolen Recipe BBQ Company and Jamie’s Bitchin Kitchen. The round
up was great there were a number of other trucks, but I was not able to make my
way to all of them. In the time that I spent in Tucson I re-connected with some
great people and met some more amazing people in my travels.
Now what you really want to hear about… The food!
I would
like to start off by saying, WOW! MaFooco does it right. I was fortunate enough
to try the Korean beef taco, which had some amazing Korean beef accompanied by
Kimchi, lettuce, and purple cabbage. This delight was serving of three mouth-watering
tacos on flour tortillas with a lime on the side. The sweet tangy taste of lime
along with the tender beef was delicious. I wish I still lived in Tucson so
that I could eat at Mafooco more! I was actually told by a friend of mine that,
“ You would be missing out if you DID NOT go to Mafooco!” Since it was my first
time ever having Kimchi I was very happy to report that I would be trying to
again very soon!
The Stolen
Recipe BBQ Company does it right with their “Red Neck Nachos” and their “Pulled
Pork Burrito”. I was able fortunate enough to try to of their treats, a friend
of mine and I split both of them. The Red Neck Nachos was a great blend of corn
tortilla chips along with a heaping pile of BBQ pulled pork with some chopped
green onions and sour cream. This nacho was right for me. The pulled pork very
juicy and went great with the sweat and tangy BBQ sauce that was drizzled on
top under a great serving of sour cream. I am a big fan of green onions so as
an extra feature it sealed the deal for me in the end!
I was also
able to try to pulled pork burrito, which was originally a sandwich until they
ran out of bread. Either way bread or burrito this was a great meal. The hardy
burrito was packed with a large serving of warm pork, rice, black beans,
peppers, and more! After eating at the BBQ company I had to take a break before
I was able to continue with my journey of food trucks at this great gathering!
After a much-needed
digesting period I was able to get back into the eating game and wrap up my day
with a Cuban Hot Dog at Jamie’s Bitchin Kitchen. This uniquely decorated truck
appealed to my digestive track because of the well known Sonoran hot dogs that
can be found all over Tucson. Needless to say watch out hot dog vendors Jamie
knows how to make a great dog! The beef hot dog was decorated with some amazing
tomatoes, cilantro, special sauce, cheese, and pinto beans. This was a hardy
dog even more me! The great flavoring of the special sauce, beans, beef dog,
and tomatoes gave me a great curiosity to Cuban food, if it is anything like
this I want try it!
I was only able to stomach three food trucks in the hour and
half that I was there while breaking at times to take a breathe from inhaling
some delicious food that can be found in the southwest region. If you ever get
a chance to get out here make sure you try these three trucks. There were some
others there that I wish I was able to try as well, but due to the time that I was
there unfortunately was unable to try them all! In the end my trip to Tucson
was a success in trying the great trucks that they have out there! Make sure
you follow them on Twitter and check out their Facebook pages to learn more
about them!
