What the Truck?!

Truck Stop: Ginger Beef Throwdown on May 17, 2013

Get ready for a throwdown, with four of Edmonton’s food trucks vying for ginger beef supremacy this Friday!

What: Ginger Beef Throwdown
When: May 17, 2013
Time: 5-8pm
Where: Royal Alberta Museum, 12845 102 Avenue

The start time is actually 5pm!

To whet your appetite, here are the menus:

The Act

The Act Ginger Beef Slider – a homemade ginger-spiced beef patty with a daikon and carrot slaw and sesame soy mayo
The Act Fries – served with sriracha mayo

Bully Food Truck

Ginger Beef Bacon BLT – house made tender ginger marinated beef bacon served on a fresh egg bun with lettuce, tomato, sesame mayo and pickled red cabbage
Bully Mac – a unique blend of six cheeses including Velveeta all married together to make our signature cheese gravy that tops a cheesy baked mac ‘n’ cheese

The Lingnan Express

Ginger Beef (aka Szechuan Beef) – a favourite at The Lingnan for over 20 years, our from-scratch recipe was developed in house [gluten free]

Smokehouse BBQ

Smokehouse Ginger Beef – injected and slow smoked beef brisket thinly sliced, with wasabi coleslaw, ginger sauce and toasted sesame seeds
Pig Balls – risotto rice balls stuffed with pulled pork and caramelized onions, breaded and deep fried, finished with chipotle raspberry BBQ sauce
Home Style Blue Cheese Potato Chips – thinly sliced deep fried spicy potato chips topped with blue cheese dressing, crumbled blue cheese and crumbled bacon

All items are priced at $5, cash only.

Be sure to also check out the Chop Suey on the Prairies exhibit, which will be open until 8pm.

See you there!

Truck Stop: Ginger Beef Throwdown!

While we are still in the midst of finalizing the What the Truck?! calendar for the year, we’re excited to announce our first 2013 Truck Stop, taking place next week!

What: Ginger Beef Throwdown
When: May 17, 2013 Time: 5-8pm
Where: Royal Alberta Museum, 12845 102 Avenue

Our Pulled Pork Throwdown was so well received last year that we didn’t hesitate when the Royal Alberta Museum approached us earlier this year with an idea to partner on an event.

To celebrate the RAM’s newest exhibit, Chop Suey on the Prairies, this Truck Stop will serve up different versions of ginger beef-inspired dishes, a staple on Chinese restaurant menus across the prairies in the early twentieth century. The Act Out & About, Bully Food Truck, The Lingnan Express and Smokehouse BBQ will be throwing down the gauntlet and doing their best to earn your vote. Four trucks, four dishes. You decide who made it best.

The Lingnan’s ginger beef

The museum will be open until 8pm that night so attendees can visit Chop Suey on the Prairies. Admission will be by donation (the rest of the RAM will be closed). This Truck Stop will be a great opportunity to not only taste some unique interpretations of a classic Chinese-Albertan dish, but to also explore some of the roots of our ethnic Prairie cuisine.

Check back on this website on Monday for menus. Hope to see you there!

Don’t miss Edmonton food trucks on Eat Street!

We first learned that Eat Street would be coming to Edmonton last summer, and over three days in August they filmed Molly’s Eats, Drift, and The Act. Now, the episodes are set to air!

Here are the details for each episode:

Molly’s Eats – May 6 @ 9:00pm
S04E07 – When in Rome
Rome ‘N Chariot truck in Mississauga, Ontario; The Spice Box in Indianapolis, Indiana; Molly’s Eats in Edmonton, Alberta; The PBJ’s cart in Portland, Oregon.

Here’s the teaser for Molly’s Eats:

Drift – May 13 @ 9:30pm
S04E10 – Health Nuts & Sprinkles
Health Nut on Wheels truck in Miami, Florida; The Drift Truck in Edmonton, Alberta; Fogcutter in San Francisco, California; Society Bakery in San Antonio, Texas.

The Act – June 24 @ 9:30pm
Episode details to be announced!

Congrats to all three trucks! Let’s hope Eat Street returns soon.

Recap: May 31, 2012 Truck Stop

Two weeks in a row with warm, sunny weather? Awesome! It was another beautiful night down in Old Strathcona this evening for our final Truck Stop in May. Hundreds of Edmontonians once again gathered at McIntyre Park to enjoy our lineup of food trucks. This family even brought their own table!

It was great to see so many families in the park! And they must have come hungry, because the trucks keep selling more and more food. The Act even had to refill the truck a few times (handy to have the restaurant just across the street!).