Finally getting my food truck carnival fill

My biggest food regret this year has been being out of town when The Bakery held Food Truck Friday last month. So when they announced the second gathering, I went directly to mark it on my calendar....and realized I'd be out of town this Friday too!*

Why are the Food Truck Gods conspiring against me? What did I do to deserve missing out on this unprecedented showing of Sioux Falls' mobile culinary fleet?

I mean sure, I've had my Hunny & Bunny downtown. And I grabbed an awesome Italian combo sandwich from Box Car during the Sioux Falls Made market a couple weeks ago. But I want choices. I want the carnival atmosphere. (Also, I think I've been blogging about food in Sioux Falls too long because I automatically typed "Carnaval" just then and had to go back and fix it. The struggle is real, folks.)

Enter: my friends over at Golf Addiction and their Food Truck Night. Owners Adam Scott and John Miller are putting** together an every-other-week food truck event on Tuesdays. There are seven trucks: The Yellow Sub Marine, Squealer's Smoke Shack, Boxcar Beef, Hunny & Bunny, East River Treats Ice Cream, The Rib Shack and Swamp Daddy's Cajun Kitchen. Those same trucks, with the occasional addition, will be at Golf Addiction throughout the summer series, Scott says.

Knowing I would miss Friday's event, there was no way I was skipping out on this. I decided to ride my bike out there, since I've actually been trying to eat a little better (maybe a blog for another day). I justified the eight-mile round-trip at least gave me the excuse to overeat a bit.

Of the options available, I'd had most of them at one time or another, but I'd missed Squealer's a few times and wanted to see what was going on there. It was only 5:45 p.m. when I got there, and they were already out of ribs and the mac and cheese. A good sign, honestly, if not a bit of a bummer they didn't bring more. I ordered The Stockyard, a sandwich with both shredded brisket and pulled pork. It was a nice combo, and I was pleasantly surprised they didn't try and overpower the meat with smoke. I'll try the ribs next time, but The Stockyard is a solid barbecue sandwich worth the order.

Then it was time for a break before I tried anything else, so I grabbed a sports drink and watched the bean bags fly. I talked with a fellow food blogger in town who you'll want to check out. That killed enough time for the food to settle and me to be ready for round two.

I then grabbed a bit of jambalaya from Swamp Daddy's. I really liked the sausage, and was happy it wasn't too spicy as I had no more beverage at that point. It was a bit tomato-heavy for my liking, but I saw more than a few Catfish Po' Boys around the tables and had a bit of order envy.

The ride back was a bit sluggish with a belly full of barbecue and jambalya, but by the time I got home, I felt pretty good.

Not for the exercise, but because I got my food truck carnival fix.

* This is where I tell you to go and support this event! Check it here.

** See what I did there?