Long has been the tradition of small food vendors on the corners of the streets of downtown. Most of the time they are simple hot dog stands with little choice and no nutrition. Not so for the Gastro Cart who resides on the corner of 18th & Curtis bringing hand crafted street food.
Gastro Cart has traded nitrites for nutrition and brings variety to an otherwise predictable bland cart menu with a special that changes about every week. They serve a gyro, two types of tacos and a special. Make it a combo and you also get the B & B Quinoa with a drink.
The tacos are a nice change to the food cart scene and not expensive at $3 each. The Veg Taco comes on a corn tortilla with a sausage like roll filled with carmelized cabbage, whole grain rice, cream cheese, duxelle and topped with a smoked jalepeno aioli. The Veg flavor is subtle and could use a bit more flavor compared to the other selections but a great offering to the non meat eaters.
The Spicy Chicken Taco seemed a far better choice for the tacos. The chicken is crisped up on the griddle and served with kim chee, caraway and topped with their own version of a 1000 island dressing. The chicken adds a nice texture to the taco and the spiciness in not too hot but tastes great together with the kim chee. It was a bit heavy on the sauce but thats what comes out of the casual street environment of cooking on a cart.
Along side the tacos I also had the B & B Quinoa. The quinoa tasted fresh and delicious with diced home made pickles. Well worth the extra $2. Get the taco combo then make it a "combo-combo" to try one of each taco.
The special of the day was the real treat. crispy prosciutto, cheddar sauce, carmelized onions, oven roasted tomatoes on a thick slice of texas toast and topped with a fried egg. The taste had a nice balance between the saltiness and sweet of the ingredients bringing harmony to my taste buds. By far a huge leap for cart cuisine. It was a bit messy to eat but well worth it.
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