On this, our second foray into the world of Child-free Culinary Cuisine, Stan and I took the food truck plunge and sought out the famous Grilled Cheese Truck! I have been Twitter-following this elusive truck for many months now, hoping to hear it was in the vicinity; well, the Gods must have been with us, for today- our second official Freedom Friday- they were in Sherman Oaks. We got there right when it opened at noon (which I heartily recommend; a half-hour later, the line was thirty deep!), and since each sandwich is made to order, we cheerfully stood aside to wait for our creations.
They were worth the wait.
Stan got the Bayou Melt: Habanero Jack cheese, chicken Andouille sausage, sauteed onions and peppers on french bread. I went classic, with the Cheesy Mac Melt: sharp cheddar, carmelized onions and macaroni and cheese on french bread. Did I say mac and cheese inside the sandwich? Oh yes, I did. After all, why have plain old grilled cheese when you can have grilled cheese and mac and cheese all in the same bite?
In order to do it up right, we each ordered a "shot" of tomato soup for fifty cents. Once our sandwiches were up, we rounded the corner, where they had a nice little alcove all set up with paper tablecloths and fake autumn leaves sprinkled on each table. We think this might have been set up for the workplace that ordered the truck, but no matter. Nobody was sitting there, so we stretched out and removed our works of art from their aluminum sacks.
First of all, mine came wrong. There is a "fully loaded" version of the Cheesy Mac Melt, which comes with BBQ pulled pork. I am not a pork person, so I would never have chosen it... but they put it on anyway. At first I was disappointed, but then I figured the grilled cheese Gods must have wanted me to experience my first melt exactly as it came, so I took a leap of faith and dug in.
Oh. My. GOD.
The best thing about this sandwich was that all the things they pile in there- and they have many choices and add-ons to choose from- meld to create one delicious, perfect bite. Nothing slides out the side or drops out onto your sack. The onion, cheese, and noodles were so artfully fused, no texture overrode any other. It was, bite after bite, an absolutely perfect grilled cheese sandwich. I experienced the first half with the pork, then pulled some of the pork out of the second half for Stan to enjoy while I tried to experience what I actually ordered. Both ways were scrumptious.
Stan's sandwich was also excellent. An entirely different, equally delicious melt that was extremely spicy, and definitely needed the tomato soup shots we ordered! The shots of soup were piping hot and had just the right amount of kick. The truck always has a daily special (today it was a cumin chicken, gruyere and basil concoction), lots of different taste treats to choose from so you can create your own if you like. We'll definitely be going back for the dessert melts; they have a s'mores sandwich... marshmallow fluff, graham crackers and chocolate melted into sweet brioche bread. Come ON.
I'm liking this Freedom Fridays thing so far. A LOT.
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