Tasty Torpedo

My 2 friends and I went here on Friday night after irritating the owner every few days to ask him where the truck was on any particular day. I was excited to try this food truck since its only 1 of 2 places in Vancouver that I found so far that’s serves a sandwich on a organic ciabatta bun/​bread, the other place is Beyond Bread.
We first tried the MUMIA their take on a
Philly cheesesteak, first of all, it’s organic beef, on an organic ciabatta bun, which is topped with garlic spread and grilled to perfection like the inside of all sandwiches should be. The meat had great flavour and tender, & In the sandwich came yellow, red and green peppers with the sautéed onions, it’s funny how you almost never see red or yellow pepper used on a sandwich so it was nice to see. Definitely in the top 5 sandwiches in Van.
Then we had the YA MON and the execution was perfect spicy chicken but not too spicy, and lots of it, the slaw was perfect accompaniment to offset the jerk heat, and I don’t really eat spicy stuff, but we loved it. Also competing in the top 5 in Van.
At this point we decided to try the GODFATHER, Wow! What a sandwich the marinara sauce was amazing, thick & delish! This veal Parmesan is not only the best one I’ve tried in Van to date but would even give some east coast veal parm’s a run for their money,
We are defiantly coming back and trying the SUPER GYRO, and of course we are also having the veal again & probably the chicken or philly one again as well.

I’ve never seen these guys around Vancouver until I went to the food cart fest this past Sunday. I must say their logo catches your eye and if you say you’ve got epic sandwiches you’ve definitely caught my attention. There was a small line when I approached the truck initially but their service was quick giving customers their sandwich within about 2 – 4 minutes of order, not entirely sure what the standard is for food trucks but for me that’s good.
The lady up front taking the orders was very friendly and was happy to help answer our questions. They only offered a few options but what I had to try was the jerk chicken sandwich as I had stopped a girl just minutes before and attempted to waft hers. Again service was fairly quick and I receive my sandwich within a few minutes.
I don’t think the picture I’ve posted will do it any justice but this baby was a beauty. The bun tasted quite fresh and almost melted in my mouth, the chicken and enough spice and flavour and the rest was just bomb. It is quite filling I found which is what you’re looking for, good bang for buck. Definitely gonna track these down every time I’m downtown. Amazing experience for my taste buds.

I saw their food truck today at the food cart fest. I had their chicken sandwich. Bread was filling and thick. A little too much mayo that it was hard to take notes of the chicken flavour. Very large portion. Great customer service. A tiny bit of a wait to be served.

Two offerings at a food truck sampler session today: the Yamon (jerk chicken) and Mumia (sirloin steak). The bread used is a fresh sandwich roll, with fresh coleslaw inside. They added their gourmet hot sauce and both offerings were scrumptious. The portion size is 2−3x what I think would constitute a nice non-​sedating meal. I think the jerk chicken could have used a bit more jerk spice, but overall I’m impressed at this tasty relative newcomer. Check out their web site for their location, which changes on a rotating schedule.

I’ve seen these guys parked outside Parallel 49 and Brassneck a few times, and their sandwiches are always amazing. They’re $ 8 for a smaller size and $ 12 for a HUGE sandwich. (Like, leftover-​worthy.) I’m vegetarian and my cousin is vegan, and their Aphrodite sandwich (roasted peppers, marinated zucchini, house-​made hummus, feta, and aoli on fresh crusty ciabatta) works perfectly for both of us. Last time we split a full size and they made one side with dairy for me and extra hummus as a topping for her in lieu of cheese and aoli — we were both in heaven! (Especially paired with P49’s radler, yasss). Their delicious sandwiches are matched with the friendly and outgoing manner of their staff.
I have to say, last time I was in lineup I listened in to their window girl describing the process they use to make their jerk chicken to another customer and it was incredibly painstaking and labour-​intensive. Meat’s not my thing, but I have a lot of respect for any food company or restaurant that goes through that much effort to produce a quality product by hand. I will keep looking out for this truck in my neighbourhood (the street food app is really good for pinpointing mobile vendors!) and grabbing a sandwich along with my growler whenever possible.

* The Definition of Torpedo *
Urban Dictionary has multiple definitions or «Torpedo»:
— To betray, backstab, diss, or punk someone with the intent of causing harm to their reputation.
— When objects or people look beautiful from far away, but dangerous or ugly up close.
— A long turd.
The menu sounded promising (although overpriced for a food truck) with some nice classic sandwiches on offer. I ordered the «mumia» ($ 12) — which I have to assume is a play on Mumia Abu-​Jamal who is from Philadelphia, home of the cheesesteak? Anyhoo…
The description was very cheesesteak like with sirloin beef, pepperjack cheese, sauteed onions and peppers. The addition of garlic aioli moved away from the classic as did the usage of pepperjack instead of provolone. When I unwrapped the sandwich, I was torpedoed with an excessive amount of a watery oily substance dripping all over the place. It got all over everything — not in a good way. Biting into the sandwich was the next torpedoing. The bread was stale. I don’t mean day old. I mean stale.
Next torpedo: the beef was chewy, gristly, and very oily. The peppers were the best part — but they too were overly oily. Basically each bite gave you a mouthful of stale bread, a piece of oily gristle flavoured by an oily pepper and a drippy oily substance (perhaps a broken aioli?). I couldn’t eat the bread. Tried picking off the meat and veggies to eat, but gave up as they were too awful on their own. Photos:
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So I’m left concluding that I was served an overpriced torpedo. In other words, I feel torpedoed that this food truck is a torpedo that serves torpedos!