PrintInitial Thoughts on Red Hook Vendors 2009
Pork and beef huarache.
The Red Hook ball field vendors returned this weekend, and Serious Eater IkeIkeIke had this to say about the spread:
These trucks were amazing yesterday. Carne asada tacos and goat tacos (from the Perez truck), great huarache, the freshest and most amazing tamale I've ever tasted, great pupusas, awesome papas rellenos, tasty tamarind drink, and much more that I can't remember. (Holy heck, what was that thing with the pool of black bean sauce ready to escape when we bit into it? That was great.) I only had enough room for a few bites of various things. Needed more stomachs.
The only disappointment was the ceviche from the easternmost truck. Not fresh-tasting. One very charming chef, who was also there tasting the amazing cuisine, said this was because they added the lime beforehand, rather than putting in it at the time of purchase, as I observed the second-from-easternmost vendors doing.
I wish I could find something nearly this good here in Newark. Why don't WE have our own version of this over here? I need to talk to Cory Booker STAT.
Anyone else swing by?
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3 Comments:
barbacoa tostada from the last truck on clinton -- I'd always admired more than liked the barbacoa taco -- all the extra tostada stuff helps cut the richness of the goat -- bean spread has amazing flavor -- one of the best things I've ever eaten
Jack_Barber at 2:08PM on 05/04/09
The last (southernmost) stand on Clinton St. is the aforementioned Perez truck, white with a neon green menu, where my friends and I had the tacos de barbacoa and carne asada, and I (largely by myself) had the tostada with pata de res, or beef tendon.
Ditto the above thoughts on the tamale from the Carrello stand, which flies the Guatemalan flag; you've had plenty of mashed potatoes that were nowhere near as fluffy.
EatingInTranslation at 10:27PM on 05/04/09
If more people would participate in the farmers market at Military Park, we could have it in Newark.
carfreeinla at 5:37AM on 05/05/09