The Porker

The idea of a gourmet food cart is kinda like the idea of Lindsay Lohan: temptingly delicious, but kinda scary, at the same time.

The good news is that The Porker is like Lindsay, but a Lindsay who's successfully completed rehab. The Porker is hotttt.

Tried to go to Biker Jim's eastern 17th St. annex today (at the 17th/CA plaza) and he was nowhere to be seen. There was, however, The Porker Cart and a friendly chef turnin' out great looking plates.

Had the Sweet Soy Slow Baked Pork Belly served over soba noodles, with red peppers and mango (!), and it was truly delicious. I think it was $7 or $8, and totally worth it. My bud-ette had what she said was a fantastic pork tamale that looked incredible (incredible, as in the masa flour used for the tamale was flavored with bacon:-))).

Give this cart a try. You're gonna squeal with delight.

It's about time someone stops jerking around with all of these other meats and creates a food business solely dedicated to swine.  The Porker is all about the pig.  Daily offerings include bbq ribs and achiote pork tamales with bacon masa.  Bacon masa?  Apparently they put bacon chunks and bacon grease into the masa, holy heart attack!  I skipped those items and went with the pork belly on a bed of cold mango soba noodle salad.  My first impression of The Porker is that it is simply okay.  The soy sauce flavoring of the pork belly was nice, but I found that it was disappointingly dry.  The slab of belly did flake off quite nicely and the fat content was somewhat low, which I think is always nice (even though the fat is so, so necessary).  The cold noodle salad was nice given the summer heat.  They also have daily specials and vegetarian offerings.  I think this food stand has a ton of potential and I'll be back to try the rest of the menu.