Sunday, December 7, 2014

YOUR WEEKLY DIGESTION OF FOOD NEWS TO CONSUME...THE GERMAN SCHNITZEL EDITION

This is schnitzel from Little Red Riding Truck. They are a German inspired food truck that hits up various spots around the Bay Area. I checked them out on a visit to SOMA StrEat Food Park one day as I found myself in the mood for something fried. And what better way to go fried and German than with schnitzel. Pounded pork tenderloin, battered and pan fried, served with a choice of one topping, I went with bacon and onions, of course, and a side of french fries. First off I will say it was a bit on the overcooked side as you can even see the black burn marks on the breading. Plus it came off a little dry because of it. The onion bacon topping wasn't really hot, more room temperature, thus it was kind of a soggy glop on top of the meat, which didn't help things too much. This also came with fries (no choices there) which was odd as they do serve bacon fried potatoes with their bratwurst and I think that would have been a much better accompaniment to the schnitzel as opposed to fries. In this case it wouldn't have helped it be any less dry and flavorless, but they would have been better than the fries which were vastly under seasoned, salted, whatever. All around, sadly, it was just a big mess. And not a cheap one, roughly $12 for this. Oh well, that in and of itself is the joys and pitfalls of food trucks, sometimes the food is good and sometimes it isn't. Maybe I just caught them on a bad day or a not particularly good cook day, either way, it won't stop me from trying other trucks, though I will probably think twice or look harder at other choices before I pick Little Red Riding Truck again. Till then I'll just go to Walzwerk for my schnitzel fix.  

No comments:

Post a Comment

Sunday, December 7, 2014

YOUR WEEKLY DIGESTION OF FOOD NEWS TO CONSUME...THE GERMAN SCHNITZEL EDITION

This is schnitzel from Little Red Riding Truck. They are a German inspired food truck that hits up various spots around the Bay Area. I checked them out on a visit to SOMA StrEat Food Park one day as I found myself in the mood for something fried. And what better way to go fried and German than with schnitzel. Pounded pork tenderloin, battered and pan fried, served with a choice of one topping, I went with bacon and onions, of course, and a side of french fries. First off I will say it was a bit on the overcooked side as you can even see the black burn marks on the breading. Plus it came off a little dry because of it. The onion bacon topping wasn't really hot, more room temperature, thus it was kind of a soggy glop on top of the meat, which didn't help things too much. This also came with fries (no choices there) which was odd as they do serve bacon fried potatoes with their bratwurst and I think that would have been a much better accompaniment to the schnitzel as opposed to fries. In this case it wouldn't have helped it be any less dry and flavorless, but they would have been better than the fries which were vastly under seasoned, salted, whatever. All around, sadly, it was just a big mess. And not a cheap one, roughly $12 for this. Oh well, that in and of itself is the joys and pitfalls of food trucks, sometimes the food is good and sometimes it isn't. Maybe I just caught them on a bad day or a not particularly good cook day, either way, it won't stop me from trying other trucks, though I will probably think twice or look harder at other choices before I pick Little Red Riding Truck again. Till then I'll just go to Walzwerk for my schnitzel fix.  

No comments:

Post a Comment