Cupcake Crew

I stopped in my tracks when I spotted the Cupcake Crew truck parked on 40th Street near Sixth Avenue in NYC (near Bryant Park).

They had an extensive cupcake menu and two sizes: regular ($2.75 each) and min ($1.25 each), but a 4 pack of regular size was $10. So I bought 4 different flavors:

Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting

Somoa - chocolate cake with caramel cream cheese frosting, and toasted coconut with chocolate drizzle

Lumberjack Louie - vanilla cake with hickory smoked bacon and vanilla maple buttercream frosting

Cousin Vinnie - vanilla chocolate chip cake filled with cannoli cream, rolled in a fried cannoli shell

The cakes were all a little dry. This could have been because they were cold and when they came back to room temperature they lost some moisture. All of the frostings were good, and not too sweet. My favorite was the Cousin Vinnie although it was not filled with cream. The cream was perched on top of the cupcake.

Dessert Truck

I finally caught up with the Dessert Truck in NYC's East Village on Third Avenue near Astor Place.

I tried the chocolate bread pudding with bacon custard sauce ($6) which won in the Food Network's "Bobby Flay Throwdown". It was yummy and moist, more like a cake than bread pudding.

The bacon sauce was not as flavorful as I expected.

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream

After a great dinner in NYC's Meat Packing District, "M" and I were looking for a little dessert - preferably in the form of ice cream. We walked through the West Village and were delighted to see the Van Leeuewen Ice Cream Truck!

"M" had a small cone with Ginger and Chocolate and I had a small cone with Palm Sugar and Pumpkin Pie ($3.95/each). Yummy...it hit the spot!

Grub Street Food Festival - Part 2

I had a medium slush from the Kelvin truck. I chose ginger for the base and candied pineapple for the mix in. Yummy and refreshing.

Grub Street Food Festival

...was held today at the Hester Street Fair location. there were over 40 restaurants, food trucks and local shops in attendance.

Unfortunately, the entire south side of the festival had electricity issues so those vendors could not start cooking/serving until about 90 minutes later. By then I had eaten so much from other vendors and the crowd was thickening and becoming anxious that I left.

Tomorrow I will blog about all the yummy stuff I ate at the Festival.

Wafels & Dinges

....this food truck was parked near Astor Place in NYC's Greenwich Village. I tried a waffle cone with vanilla/raspberry swirl ice cream with Nutella ($5). Yummy! The cones tasted fresher (as they are made daily) and were slightly thicker than the waffle cones offered by regular ice cream establishments.

Big Gay Ice Cream Truck

I did not make up this name. This is a real ice cream truck that parks on 17th Street near Broadway in NYC's Union Square.

During this visit I had the Monday Sundae - twist vanilla ice cream, nutella lined waffle cone, dulce de leche, sea salt and whipped cream ($6)...yummm!

And I got the last one of the day!

"J" had the Cocone - vanilla ice cream with toasted curry coconut flakes. Not too spicy with just a hint of curry ($4).

The Treats Truck

is usually parked in NYC's Midtown on 38th Street and Fifth Avenue on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Today the Food Network was filming a segment starting at 3pm. Unfortunately, my regular day job prevented me from showing up in time for my 15 seconds of fame on camera. I ran over at 5:10, but the crew was already packing up. I did take the opportunity to try an ice cream cone cupcake (chocolate cake with chocolate frosting) and a caramel cream cookie (cream filling sandwiched between two caramel sugar cookies) - both for $5.25.

I found the cupcake's frosting to be too sweet and the cone was stale.

The cookie was very good and I could really taste the caramel.

And you can pick up a frequent Treats card - buy 10 treats and the 11th is free!

Truck Spotting

the Mud Truck in NYC's East Village at Astor Place....

I don't drink coffee, but from what I have read this truck serves very good coffee.

Proud and Serving Ice Cream

Oct 9th was the last day of the season for The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. So I ran over to 17th St. and Broadway in NYC's Union Square area for my last chance this year to try one of their special treats. I just made the cutoff - being 2nd to last on line. Until a mommy used her little girl to gain sympathy from one of the owners and then I was 3rd to last on line.

I was torn between the Sweet Pimp and the Choinkwich - both $5. The latter won out - caramelized bacon with soft serve chocolate ice cream sandwiched between two chocolate cookies. It's unusual, but it tasted good!