Wow, where has the time gone. I haven’t made a post in
over 4 years. Well I guess a lot has happened since my last review/post; I’ve
had two amazing kids that are growing up too fast and have eaten at so many awesome
places, but I wish that I had time to keep up on the reviews of the food that I’ve
had.
I wanted to start back into reviewing food and today
we had the Pho King Food Truck come to our work around lunch time. Their menu
was simple with great options, from different types of stir fry, pot stickers,
a couple of different burritos, and of course Pho.
I ordered the Burrito Phorrito, which had Grilled
steak with stir fry veggies in a light Asian marinade, topped with melted
cheese, kimchi, Mexican pickled veggies, cilantro-lime rice, and sriracha mayo,
wrapped in a huge, grilled flour tortilla. Garnished with green onions. The burrito
was hot when I walked-up to get it, it was wrapped in foil, cut diagonally to
present all of its ingredients and presented nicely on a small plate. I grabbed
a small container and made my usual mixture of hoisin sauce and sriracha.
I ordered it as it, as I’ve never had it before and
didn’t want to alter it in anyway before trying out what they had to offer.
To be honest, I was really excited to try this, as I’ve
heard about Phorritos. The fact that I love both Pho and burritos, this
couldn’t have been a better marriage of two things I enjoy. My first bite did not have any sauce of any
kind added, as I wanted to taste the flavors of how they assembled the
Phorrito. It was ok, to be honest, but wasn’t what I was expecting as there
was a creamy like texture and taste as well as a tartness in that first bite. I
believe this came from the kimchi, Mexican pickled veggies and sriracha mayo. I
had a mixture of hoisin sauce and sriracha on the side which I usually add to
my Pho when eating, that I added to the next few bites of the Phourrito. The
sauce helped bring back some of the familiarity of when I eat traditional Pho,
but there was still some that was off about each bite.
As I kept eating, I wanted it to be better and better,
so I kept adding the sauce to each bite, but to be honest, I wasn’t as excited
for each bite as I would be if it was a traditional bowl of Pho. There was no
broth, or slurping of the noodles, or the crisp bean sprouts in every bite. I
know this is a burrito, so the broth couldn’t be there or that it was a
different eating experience to what I am used to. But it was the new additions
to the Phoburrito that turned me off from what I was expecting. I think the
kimchi would have been ok, but the Mexican pickled veggies and the sriracha
mayo is what really made each bite unexciting. I finally made it to the last
couple of bites on the first half of the burrito and what was left was just a
soupy mixture of the sriracha mayo, kimchi and Mexican pickled veggie juices.
To me, it was something I couldn’t eat, as that mixture of flavors and
ingredients in the burrito didn’t taste too well, I couldn’t imagine eating it
all in one (or two) bites.
I think what could have made this a more “traditional”
Phorrito would have been to stick with most of the traditional ingredients such
as; the noodles, meat of your choice, bean sprouts, mint leaves, cilantro,
jalapenos, some lime juice and then have the broth on the side to dip the burrito
into (like an au jus). This Phorrito didn't have many of the traditional Pho items in there, so it seemed as if they were stumped on how to blend the two things together, but got stuck on the burrito side, instead of the Pho side. I wouldn't even mention Pho in the item name, as it confuses those that enjoy eating traditional Pho.
So my first eating experience with a Phorrito wasn’t
what I thought it was going to be, it was a bit of a letdown. I have seen this item on
many other food trucks, so I will be sure to give it another try and maybe
customize it in the future. But I would give this Phorrito a 2 out of 5.
