Hi everyone! Today we are in Portland and we are doing a food cart crawl. And a
food cart is basically like a food truck but you know it doesn't really go
anywhere it just kind of stays still kind of at a food stand is how I would
describe it. And a food cart pod is basically where all these food carts
just gather in one place and do you have all these choices from Vietnamese food
to Chinese food to Mexican food to Peruvian food even like the
possibilities are endless so we're gonna take you on a food cart crawl all around
Portland and I hope you're hungry because we have a lot to eat let's go
so we just stopped by our first stop which was the stretch the noodle food
cart and this place is really hard to get a hold of because they're only open
Monday through Friday from 11:00 to 3:00 so we actually had to make like a very
special stop that was not in our itinerary at all and it was completely
out of the way but I was like noodles because I'm crazy for hand-pulled
noodles and they have really really good reviews like nothing but positive
reviews so I'm just really hyped and you can tell they're hand pulled because
they're different lengths and width and you can see the lady up front she's so
super sweet and she's like happily stretching her noodle it's like so cute
to watch her but here we have the number one which is the la yen which basically
just means like hand pulled noodle and it's a beef bone broth inside with the
hand-pulled noodles and some tender pieces of beef okay so I'm just gonna go
ahead and dig in it's steaming hot this broth is spicy I forgot I got a medium
spicy and they definitely delivered on that even just eating the noodles I can
taste that heat I definitely think these aren't the
chewy a sample noodles I've ever had I'm gonna go for this piece of beef it looks
super super tender oh my god I think I might even like the beef better than the
noodle it's super super super tender and it just really really melts in your
mouth you don't need to chew at all they didn't give me a spoon but I really
really want to try this product container oh that's got some nice beefy
flavor to it it's it's really really flavorful and it's super hot oh it's
actually pretty spicy you know I always order medium spicy and that's like my
perfect level of spice without it being too spicy at all but they really
delivered on the heat on this one
so we just stopped by pastrami zombie and we got their pastrami Reuben which
looks really good it's on this toasted bread and it has sauerkraut some salt
some pastrami oh and cheese of course that's just like dangling off in there
and it's really nice and hot and juicy grilled really well toasted so let's
give it a try hmm the bread is nice and toasted there's a lot of complex flavors
happening here because you got that meaty pastrami it's sour from that
that's sauerkraut or you're also melting cheese and it's seriously just dripping
with juice look at that getting my hands all messy but if it's messy you know
it's good and it comes with a pickle to refresh your palate mmm mmm
pickle complements it really well
okay so we got this Paia from MF tasty food cart and they say to squeeze this
grilled lime over it so let's go ahead and do that
that is nice and juicy okay so this is the paia
which is calamari and triple basil and it has these pretty little flowers on
top too so I'm gonna go ahead and try some Oh hot but it's really good
cuz it's nice like tomato base flavor and that purple basil puree has a lot of
flavor that contrast the tomato e base flavor of the pea there's a lot of
nice big chunks of calamari all throughout the pea
now we're at a different food cart Cod that calls car topia and has two food
stalls that were visiting today and so first up is potato champion and we got
this beautiful poutine which is their fries topped with cheddar cheese curds
and your choice of vegetarian or beef gravy so I went with the beef because
I'm a meat lover like that and it is pretty big and this was nine dollars so
I'm gonna dig right in oh my god it's so hot it's still
steaming
those cheese curds are nice and squeaky they definitely have that little squishy
squeak to it Wow so spooky I feel like a ASMR channel
should do a squeaky cheese curds it's not too thick it's a little more liquidy
than your typical gravy but it definitely has a lot of rich beef flavor
in there it pairs so well with the fries I mean honestly how can you go wrong
with fries gravy and cheese that's like the best combo
okay so now we're at chicken and guns and we got our quarter bird and we got
the guns which means potatoes and we got their approve in aji sauce which is like
a creamy jalapeno with garlic and other things lime
cilantro so all the good stuff so I'm really excited about the potatoes
because they are really really crispy and it's covered in that Peruvian doggie
sauce it is so crispy really nicely fried really nice crunch and I love that
flavor of the Peruvian hockey sauce oh that's a really good jalapeno you
definitely taste that garlic with a cilantro oh no no those are literally
all my favorite things there are huge pieces to knowing are you
familiar the crunch in potatoes I've ever had oh my god I'm ready to try some
of this Porter bird and again it slathered with
that sauce
Wow only one the seasoning on the chicken is incredible wow that is so
flavorful and then when you have the sauce it's like double flavor I don't
even know what they used to season the chicken but it's extremely flavorful if
you ever had peruvian marissa reach again it's like that classic spice that
we use it's cooked perfectly so tender
so we are at the French toast connection and I got these French strips and
basically they're just the chalo chalo chalo bread hopefully I'm saying that
correctly and we got it with the ice cream batter cuz she told us that that
one's better for like dessert and I'm more of a dessert mood but they have a
traditional batter which is more for breakfast and they also have a lot of
different offerings here like you can get it with berries and like Nutella
peanut butter you can get it even savory but yeah where it's just going simple
here with these French strips so let's try them mmm really nice crunch on the
outside and so soft and fluffy on inside very flaky almost croissant like it's
really good nice and sweet these are a great on the ghost nut they're really
really hot they're buttery we put some powdered sugar on top it's not overly
sweet at all it's like the perfect amount so that's it for this food cart
tour of Portland and I hope you guys liked it
my favorite was probably chicken and guns because the chicken was super
flavorful and tender and the guns the potatoes were super super crispy like
literally the crispiest potatoes i've ever had in my life so yeah if you like
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to try and yeah we'll see you guys on the next one bye