You could call it the caravan of feasting. The food truck festival — ‘Food Truck Street Fiesta’ — that got underway this weekend at Swami Vivekananda Metro Station, near 100 ft Road, Indiranagar, is serving the world on a platter.
Many food trucks lined up at the venue have truckers ladling out the choicest things on the menu to the endless stream of gourmets. Burgers, sandwiches, pizzas, pastas, continental... the aroma of a melange of cuisines wafted in the air.
The month-long event will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
It looked like Bengalureans were waiting for the festival to open for the venue was swarming with food lovers of all age groups.
Deepika and her colleague Kanak thought they would experiment with at least three different kinds of food.
“Food trucks are a common sight in the City but you never get to see them all stationed in one place. Here, you get to choose a variety of cuisines and I am open to trying out different kinds of dishes. The trucks also look very hygienic, so that’s another reason why we wanted to come here and eat,” they say.
Among the many trucks lined-up, ‘Gypsy Kitchen’ essentialises everything that is exotic with the event. The idea of a truck selling sauces hit Shakti, the owner of the truck, when he wanted to take a break from the corporate world and venture into something different. Shakti and his wife Norma started by trying out different combinations.
“We are known for our sauces and after having tried and tested it among
our family and friends, we hit the road a few years ago. It is the sauce that enhances and transforms the taste of just about any dish and we are known for our homemade recipes which are devoid of anything artificial,” they say.
The sauces are what makes the dishes truly different, says Gautham, a student of engineering from BMS College of Engineering, who had come with a bunch of his friends to try out the food.
“I am a street food person and love eating out. This festival totally satiates the cravings of a foodie like me. I ordered for a hot dog but I hope to come by every weekend till the festival is over,” he says.
A few paces ahead was }the food truck of brothers Azim and Ruman. The duo’s food business has very domestic roots: they began experimenting in their mother’s kitchen.
“We serve North African, European and Pakistani food. The fastest-moving
dishes are the ‘chapli wrap’ which is a Peshwari dish and ‘Cubano Sandwich’.
We were inspired to start our food on wheels after we watched the movie ‘Chef’,”
say Azim and Ruman.
Varun Srikanth and Kerina Pereira threw up their lucrative careers to plunge headlong into their passion – preparing Anglo-Indian food. With Kerina knowing every authentic
Anglo-Indian dish like the back of her hand, the duo’s ‘Café Road Kill’ is indeed a celebration of this cuisine.