Craving Carts: #kitsilano

Truck: Num Num

Location: South Granville

Type of Food: Vietnamese

Sidekicks: Helen, Secret Sidekick and Kat

Food Ordered:
Ultra Rice Bowl - both veggie and non-veggie options
Yum! I loved the combination of flavours in this rice bowl. I felt that this offered a healthier option than some of the other dishes I've eaten from trucks this summer especially because of the veggies! I love veggies!

Super-sized Salad Roll
The verdict was - it's a good thing you can get a half order! This wrap was pretty standard for a Vietnamese salad roll and was very delicious!

The Verdict:
Wow! From the time I checked out the menu to the time that I was actually able to enjoy my food this cart was calling my name! I love the design of the truck and the food is absolutely incredible! Very num nummy!

Favourite Thing(s) About This Truck: The food speaks for itself. I especially love the character on the truck - super cute!

The service was also very fast and friendly which I appreciated with it being somewhat off the beaten track for us.

Accessibility: Easily accessible if you're on South Granville, otherwise it's kind of hard to get to.

Green Rating: 5/5

Rating: 5/5

Value: 5/5

Supersized Salad Roll

Ultra Rice Bowl

Truck: The Juice Caboose

Location: Kitsilano Farmers Market

Type of Food: Juice, smoothies

Sidekicks: My mom and my sister Erica

Food Ordered:

Mom and me

Today's Special - Pear, Ginger and Apple Juice

Erica

The Bandit - Hemp Seeds, Vanilla Bean, Strawberry, Coconut Butter, Raw Cacao Nibs, Agave

The Verdict:
This cart was a little bit disappointing for me. As my mom summarized "it was not the best". She only had a few sips of the drink and let me finish the rest - something that she wouldn't have done if she liked it. I understand that it was early when we arrived at the market, but I was hoping that this cart would present a delectable taste experience like the previous juice truck I got to visit the Juice Truck. Unfortunately, there were a couple of things that supported my experience not being the best.

Firstly, the slight disorganization threw me off - the girl at the window didn't know what the special was and the back of the cart looked really chaotic. I believe that entropy is the sign of genius, but when it comes to food prep that's not exactly what I want to see. I would have forgiven this seeing as it was early and the two girls seemed fairly nice otherwise, but it was the second element which made the experience not the best.

The second black mark for me was that the drink was not cold - at all. Erica's was almost cold, but mine was pretty warm. The temperature meant that I had fresh but warm juice. Not the best flavour experience. I love pears and especially love ginger so I was disappointed that this drink didn't fulfill my needs.

Erica was indifferent about her drink, but said for the price you couldn't really beat it.

I would be willing to give them a second chance - maybe if I try them later in the day they'll be on their game...

Favourite Thing(s) About This Truck: The children element. I loved how they had a train set out front and there are pictures on their blog of them letting kids colour all over the truck! This is really cool!

Also when I asked them about what they did with the "leftovers" from the juice they told me that we were free to take it home for our compost or as chicken feed. I think this is a really neat idea - but I wonder what they do with the "leftovers" if people don't take them. They also don't have a sign advertising this so I wonder if people actually know that they are available for you to take home.

Accessibility: This truck seems to "roam" around to the different markets. Follow them on twitter @juicecaboose if you want to find them. It looks like they are pretty regular at the North Shore Green markets and I've seen them about every other week at the Kits Farmers Market.

Green Rating: It sounded like they might compost everything, but then again they may not. The girl at the window didn't really seem to know. They did offer me the "leftovers" to take home for my compost or for chicken feed, so I guess if you asked them you could take the compost home.

Rating: 3/5
Value: 4/5