South Austin Food Truck Progressive Dinner

Since the latest craze right now is food trucks, I had to check some of them out for myself.  After watching an episode of Day Tripper with Chet Gardner going to some south Austin food trucks, I thought I would start out with them.

The first stop was the South First Food Court (corner of S. 1st and Live Oak).  We hit Arancini, an Italian food truck and I started our progressive dinner with the Arancini, which is a fried rice ball coated with breadcrumbs stuffed with peas and mozzarella served with some pasta sauce.  They were pretty good.

Next stop was Torchy's Tacos at the South Austin Trailer Park and Eatery (1311 S 1st St).  I had the fried avocado and the green chili pulled pork tacos.   Some of the best tacos I have ever had.   The fried avocado was my favorite.  Everything was fresh and full of flavor.

Our final stop for dessert was Bananarchy (600 S. Lamar Blvd.)  Inspired from the hit show Arrested Development, Bananarchy serves up some delicious frozen bananas.  You can either choose a banana speciality or create your own.  We ordered up the Afternoon Delight half banana.  Described as the flagship banana, the captain banana, the grand tour: all 3 dips swirled together and topped with nuts and graham crackers ($3.75)

As a huge fan of Arrested Development, Bananarchy was up against some very high expectations... and I will just say that after taking the first bite, I was doing the chicken dance and ready to sign up for Army.  I never thought a banana could taste so good.  It was truly and Afternoon Delight, just at 10pm.   Sorry no pic because it was late and not enough light.



Websites:
http://www.eatarancini.com/
http://www.torchystacos.com/
http://bananarchy.net/blog/menu-2

Jalapeño Joes (4905 Airport Blvd)

When I was first discussing my Food Blog with my father-in-law and how it was originally going to be a blog about the quest for the best burger in Austin, we started sharing with each other different burger joints that each had been to in the past.  One of the fond burger memories I had was back when I was working as a retail salesman at Al's Formal Wear on Airport Blvd.  A coworker introduced to me a burger joint down the street.  It's been years since I had eaten there and could not remember what it was called.  So yesterday, I made a trip down to downtown east Austin to the Habitat Restore to look around.  Since it was about lunch time and I was downtown, I decided to go back to the "unknown named burger joint."  I drove down Airport Blvd. to the place where I remembered it being... and there it was, Jalapeno Joes.  The name did not ring a bell at all, so I first thought it was a new food joint.  I got out of the car and saw the banner that brought everything together..... "The Johnny Boy Special."  It was still the same joint.  What's cool about this place is that you walk up and order from a window... everything is to go.  They are only opened from 6am to 3pm and they serve breakfast all day, Mexican food, and burgers.  I placed my order for the same special I had years ago, The Johnny Boy Special, which is a 100% beef patty, mustard, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, fries, and a drink for $3.95.  I had to get the sweet tea because I'm an East Texas boy.

What I like about this burger is that they lightly toast the buns so they are a little greasy and the meat patty is on the thin side.  The fries are the McD style fries but with less salt.  Since the last time I went years ago, they have added a nice size wood deck on the side to sit down and enjoy your food. 


Jalapeno Joe's Website: http://www.jalapenojoes.com/location.html
  I menu on their website is not updated, as some of the prices have increased slightly