New DC status symbol: $20 food truck sandwich
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-we-can-eat/post/is-the-pepe-trucks-iberico-sandwich-worth-20/2012/04/25/gIQA5ZQkhT_blog.html
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Anonymous
| My husband purchased an 18$ food truck lobster thing once. I could not believe it. He's usually so reasonable. |
Anonymous
The lobster roll is delicious! And totally worth $15 (it's $18 as part of a meal deal). |
Anonymous
| Whatever, lobster rolls are so totally worth the $15. This? Not so much. |
Anonymous
| Yup! Red Hook Lobster is da bomb! |
Anonymous
| Expensive food truck food is not new thing. Been around for at least 2 years here in DC. |
Anonymous
| Lobster roll = totally worth it. Pepe sandwiches are too. Ingredients and sauces = amazing. |
Anonymous
| I disagree that the lobster rolls are "worth it"...they are not. Restaurants in Georgetown such as Ristorante Picollo and Paper Moon have a lovely lobster over linguini dish on their menus for $16.95. These food truck lobster rolls seem like you need a microscope to find the lobster. Plus, how do you really know if those food truck guys washed their hands? |
Anonymous
| Uhhh, those lobsta rolls are delightful! |
Anonymous
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How do you really know if the guys at Paper Moon washed their hands?
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Anonymous
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I don't know why you'd need a microscope to see the lobster. It's the stuff that's so packed into the roll it fall out onto the container. Eat over your desk.
How do you know the people in a restaurant kitchen washed their hands? Do not throw shade on my lobster roll, dammit. |
Anonymous
| I tried this, but the grease dripped on my quilted jacket. |
Anonymous
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15:33 here: "my lobster roll" because I ordered it, not because it's my truck.
this is an unpaid testimonial. |
Anonymous
| Must drive to DC from McLean to taste this. You know how I love to be on the scene. |
Anonymous
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People are so jaded they will buy almost anything. Comfort food, small plates, sustainable blahblah, farm to table, gourmet kiddie food reimagined, kobe beef anything, chef's tables, communal tables, deconstructed (WTF really??) a bar where you don't even eat, you just smell things, in the dark. And so now we've reached rock bottom, we're out of sizzle, and it's back to eating like construction workers for the exotic thrill of it being ordinary again. I know, I know, it's unadorned, it's raw, it's real. Gag. Yes, you love those pupusas from that lady in the truck on the corner. And now you can love Executive Chef Andre Richard Ripert's new take on food trucks. It's a pupusa, but it's stuffed with quail or foie gras or kobe beef. The only thing left is a place where you don't get dessert until you eat your vegetables, but then the vegetables will be reimagined, too.
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