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Flamingo lake bbq festival9/25/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I generally recall the words of my great-grandmother who was known to say, “It’s different. I joked with G that maybe we should do the wine bar during the winter months and start up our own BBQ food truck for the summer months to show how it should really be done! (Apologies if I sound like an annoying expat, but pulled pork is where I get fussy. Plus, it was getting really hot! Still, despite the complaints, it was fun and still more than edible and I hope we get some more food festivals like this. I really was tempted, but after a less-than-healthy food weekend, I figured I’d be good. Next time maybe I’ll stick with the Dutch classics, including croquettes, poffertjes, and the ubiquitous saté. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE chicken fingers and they may have done a great job, but for €6.50, I just didn’t feel like taking the chance. Don’t mess with comfort foods! Having seen what was being served, it looked more like chicken fingers. Because if you’re going to make fried chicken, you’d better do it right, especially when you call it the ultimate comfort food. There was one last southern staple that I was tempted to try, but I was hesitant after the first dishes that weren’t as hoped for, and the slightly higher cost eventually stopped me from giving it a shot. Still, definitely different from what I’m used to in the US. They did have bottles of hot sauce available, though. Nice enough, but definitely needed some deeper, richer spices and some heat. This is serious stuff in the south! The nachos weren’t quite Doritos with salsa (as is common here in the Netherlands), but it was all a bit sweet, particularly the salsa. I may be extra picky, though, as I’ve spent a lot of time smoking/cooking pork on the grill and making my own rubs and sauces. It needed a proper rub and the BBQ sauce was pretty unnoticeable, too. The only drawback is that I think it was lacking in seasoning. The pulled pork was cooked in a proper big smoker/BBQ and was moist and soft and really quite good. Instead, G and I tried a couple of other American classics: pulled pork and nachos. I’d really been hoping to be yet another American making a beeline for their truck. Although I was sad that the Mac & Cheese truck that appeared in Leiden didn’t make it here. There have been a number of food(truck) festivals taking place in other cities for the past few weeks, so it’s great to see Utrecht get involved. The four-day festival has been a delicious way for Utrechters to enjoy the long Pinksterdag holiday weekend. ![]() But Utrecht’s first proper food truck festival is called TREK, and it’s been going on since Friday and finishes up tonight. The festival is so close I can smell the BBQ inside the house. ![]()
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