Pastronomy

Pastronomy is a ny-style mobile deli serving pastrami, corned beef and matzo ball soup. The excellent rueben is stuffed with corned beef, swiss, sauerkraut, russian dressing and grilled.

The turkey sandwich is piled with herb-roasted turkey and topped with cranberry sauce for a twist. Sides are a half-sour pickle, potato salad and cole slaw.

A play on tater tots, the potato latkes are fried and extra crispy with applesauce and sour cream toppings.

Grub Street Food Festival

The Grub Street Food Festival moved to spacious new digs this year, and hosted a ton of great vendors. I started with the doughnut holes drizzled with caramel sauce and powdered sugar from Wonder City Coffee & Doughnuts.

Moving on to a brief savory stop, Pies 'n' Thighs served a delicious buttered biscuit with a fried piece of chicken covered in hot sauce.

 

A great newcomer, HS Chocolate Co., made their debut with inventive candy bars like the figgy blue, with blue cheese, fig ganache and nougat in dark chocolate, and chocolate disks filled with peanut butter, maple syrup and roasted peanuts.

 

A perennial favorite, Stuffed Artisan Cannolis, had a seasonal pumpkin pie cannoli alongside regular flavors like choco loco.

Blue cheese seemed to be a theme, with Robicelli's Iona cupcake - an amazing pear olive oil cake topped with Roquefort buttercream frosting, almonds and a port reduction.

Fatty Cakes NY had a great selection of yummy looking cookies, like the smashing pumpkin and an old-fashioned made with whiskey, cherries and orange cream.

The fried apple pie from Melt Bakery was fantastic - gooey cinnamon apple filling in a crunchy shell coated with sugar...mmmm.

Red Hook Lobster Pound Truck

The lobster roll from the Red Hook Lobster Pound Truck is pretty to look at and feels so summery, with chilled lobster fresh from Maine dressed in a mayo and celery salad with a dash of bright paprika on a buttery toasted bun (also from Maine) and served with a Brooklyn Brine pickle.

Luke's Lobster Truck

The Luke's Lobster "Nauti" Truck has their amazing lobster roll to go - huge chunks of fresh Maine lobster (including whole claws!) served chilled on a bun with a little bit of mayo, a little bit of lemon butter and a lot of delicious spices.

Bistro Truck

The Bistro Truck is a fantastic addition to the food-truck scene. There are sandwiches, but the food leans towards French-Moroccan plates instead of street-food - like the light and fluffy poached tilapia in extra virgin olive oil with Moroccan spices, basmati rice, and a salad with a mustard vinaigrette.

Taim Mobile

How exciting after a day of braving the shopping masses in soho, to find Taim Mobile has just opened? Their falafel sandwich is delicious and surprisingly light even though it's stuffed with falafel, hummus, Israeli salad, pickled cabbage and tahini sauce. I topped mine with feta, pickles and spicy sauce for a little kick.

Korilla BBQ

Finally, after a month of waiting and a couple near-misses, I was in the vicinity of the Korilla BBQ truck for lunch. The Korean-influenced tacos, burritos and bowls all looked amazing, but of course I went for the porkinator, a burrito with tender pulled pork, bacon kimchi fried rice (yes, fried rice with chunks of bacon and a bit of spice from the kimchi), monterey jack cheese, salsa, lettuce, spicy sauce and a kimchi cucumber. It was fantastic and Korilla, if you're reading, please head to Soho again soon!

Tacombi @ Fonda Nolita

The tacos at Fonda Nolita are fantastic - and made in a VW minibus that's parked inside a garage-like space. The laid-back place is a great place to stop for a daytime or late night snack. I tried the short rib, with tender meat, peppers and onions and the creamy corn, poblano pepper and queso fresco - and I'll be back to try the others!

Grub Street Food Festival @ Hester Street Fair

The Grub Street Food Festival took place last Saturday at the Hester Street Fair, and it had great food, worth wading my way through 13,000 people for. I was most excited about trying the Mexicue truck, for it's BBQ/Mexican combos. The barbecue beet was great, with beets in a strong barbecue sauce and topped with goat cheese. The chorizo taco was very spicy, with habanero aioli slaw and cilantro and feta cheese.


Their bbq brisket slider was also incredible - smoky, tender meat flavored with with spicy slaw and avocado.

Unfortunately, by the time we reached the front of the line at Pako Taco, the beef tacos had sold out, but this Korean chicken taco with spicy sauce, kimchi and cucumber was still really good.

Dessert from Melt Bakery was fantastic - thick molasses cookies with creamy pumpkin ice cream filling.

Souvlaki Truck

Souvlaki GR is a great new food truck - I could eat their charcoal grilled pork in a perfectly seasoned pita with onions, tomato, feta, fries and tzatziki sauce every day.

Heartschallenger

How adorable is this pink truck? It's been parked next to a playground in Nolita for the past couple of months and I had to stop by to check it out. The Heartschallenger truck offers frozen Japanese treats like strawberry mochi and popsicles in flavors like Ramune, along with a select few American popsicles in interesting flavors.