#30DayFoodTrucks Takes a Bite Out Of @leTigre_Cuisine
- By Marc Smith
- 10 September, 2012
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What do you get when you mix a tiger, a hipster and chef? le Tigre Cuisine modern Chinese delights!
Today’s #30DayFoodTrucks adventure was actually a wonderful collision of coincidences. The first one happened when on Thurs I called up my friend Leeann Froese to see if she wanted to book a food truck lunch with me, she actually ended up texting me Friday morning and said hey let’s do lunch today I’m on vacation! Boom food truck lunch booked!
The second one happened when I was sitting at my desk thinking about what Food Truck to visit when boom my Vancouver Street Food app pinged me letting me know about the grand opening of Le Tigre Cuisine at the corner of Alberni and Thurlow St. Boom choice made!
I love it when the universe clears the path in front of me. Now I had heard about Clement Chan and his food when I visited the Night Market back in June for my original 30 Day Adventures but unfortunately they weren’t open that night due to bad weather. Now that he’s brought his modern Chinese delights to downtown Vancouver I can enjoy it any day I want.
It looks like I wasn’t the only one to hear about the opening of Le Tigre, man there was a crowd formed as soon as we arrived!
It probably didn’t hurt that the folks from Eat St were on hand to film these folks as well for an upcoming episode on the Food Network Canada. Leeann and I got in line and checked out the menu of deliciousness.
For $9 we each ordered a combo each! That’s crazy value. I ordered the Steam Bun with pork belly & a side of finger licken chicken (chicken karaage) + a plum green tea. Leeann ordered the shao bing with bang bang chicken a side of beet fries and the lemon ice tea. While we were waiting for our food something magical happened, a very long time friend of Leeann’s was in the neighbourhood, saw Leeann’s Facebook post about our lunch and came down to say hi. You can only do that at a food truck!
While they caught up I checked out the inner workings of the truck, that’s a tight food line! I also caught the folks from Eat St filming random patrons. In fact catch my video with Eat St director Jordan Kawchuk.
Ok our food is ready!
Now I interview Leeann on our experience.
So there you have it. Great food, great friends and a bit of TV thrown into the mix. I think this food truck is going to be a huge hit!
Tomorrow’s is well…. porktastic! stay tuned and go eat!
Are you coming to Alberta? Westcott Country Kitchen – The Kitchen on Wheels, (or The Old KOW) would love to feed you some of our home cooking!
I’m not currently heading out of Vancouver but if I do I will certainly let you know. Sounds yummy!
[...] Marc Smith and Leeann Froese made it by for the opening and lunch. It was a perfect fit for his 30 Day Adventure series that is Food Truck focused this time. Both enjoyed there dishes and this is where I was [...]