Blog Appétit: A Denver Restaurant and Food Blog: Grub on Wheels: Deluxe Street Food Truck

Food on wheels. That comes to you. And is delish. Am I dreaming?

Hallelujah, folks. It's real. Food trucks have been one of the hottest foodie trends in the Mile High City this year, and it seems there's one for every kind of cuisine you can imagine: The Denver Cupcake Truck, which I blogged about last week, Cruzin' Crepes, Denver Biscuit Bus, Sully's Slice Truck, Pinche Tacos, Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs, Smokin' Gunz BBQ, Stuben's Food Truck, The Steamin' Demon, and several others. Infinite Monkey Theorem even has a wine truck. (I'm in heaven.)

They make appearances at farmer's markets, businesses and events throughout town, and at established street food gatherings like Civic Center Eats. They even have their own street meat club, The Justice League of Street Food, which organizes super secret street food bashes from time to time. (The next one is scheduled for October 28 - visit the group's Facebook page for regular updates.)

Lucky for me, the bigwigs running my office building have started a new program in which they invite a new truck every day of the week to woo us with its yumminess. (Things might just be looking up with this whole job thing.) Anywho, since I can't resist a good restaurant, let alone a good restaurant that drives to my office and gives me an excuse to unchain myself from the desk, you could probably guess that I have been frequenting the trucks. So, today, I start a new series, ongoing as long as the trucks are, called, "Grub on Wheels," starting with the Deluxe Street Food Truck.

Deluxe Street Food truck outside my office building

The Deluxe Street Food Truck is from the same folks who brought you the South Broadway spots Deluxe and Delight, and the Park Hill eatery Deluxe Burger. The menu is full of worldy gourmet-meets-comfort-food lunch eats you wouldn't expect to see come out of a truck. I had the Bánh Mì Slider, with grilled chicken (you can also get tofu), daikon, cucumbers, cilantro, fish sauce and siracha aioli - recently named one of Denver Magazine's "100 Things to Taste," and I would have to agree. The truck also had one of my favorite foods of all time, truffle parmasan fries. NOM. NOM. NOM. They were everything I'd hoped they would be and more. Then again, you could put truffle oil on a gym sock and I'd probably think it was delicious. Luckily, the menu did not include this temptation. It did include other yummy items like Truffle Mac-N-Cheese Balls, a Grilled Lamb Flatbread Sandwich, and a Shitake Steak Sandwich with white cheddar fondue. YUM.