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This past week I’ve gone out of my way to visit some food trucks and farmer’s markets that I don’t typically get a chance to go to. Those included Where Ya At Matt (Creole foodtruck), Maximus/Minimus (Pork truck) and the Queen Anne Farmer’s Market which has Proper British Bacon as a vendor. Of these three delicious sojourns, two were pork-centric, per my pork love affair.
I’ve often wanted to try British Bacon, never realizing that it was so distinctly different from American bacon. American bacon comes from the pig’s belly while British bacon comes from the pig’s back and is far more lean. When fried in a pan, it is similar in flavor/texture to fresh Canadian bacon but the cut of meat is different. Suffice to say, I will be buying much more of it in the future from the convenient deliveries that Proper British Bacon makes to Microsoft campus.
Along with my delicious newly acquired pork product for home, I’ve finally discovered something resembling good BBQ in Seattle. Maximus/Minimus makes an excellent BBQ pork sandwich. The meat is tender and flavorful. The sauce, light while still bold. Most of all, unlike mediocre BBQ establishments, the meat was not drenched in sauce to hide any mistakes made while cooking the meat.
Now I’ll just have to find a way to make these places a regular weekly visit along with Thai Curry Simple…