Bloomy's Roast Beef

I visited the Bloomy’s food truck last week as I had a Groupon deal I’d bought awhile back to use. This time I thought I’d stray from my usual roast beef sandwich selection and try their roast beef commercial with mashed potatoes and corn for $9.

The mashed potatoes were very good and tasted homemade. The roast beef was tender, with great flavor and some of it was cooked medium rare, which I liked a lot. There was a piece of bread under the meat and the bread was toasted, which made it very difficult to cut with a plastic fork and knife. I did not think the bread needed to be toasted. The corn was ok. It was a bit soft and overcooked. There was a good amount of gravy over everything and it had a lot of minced garlic visible in it. I think they probably used too much garlic in the gravy as it had a very unusual sour flavor. I did not care for the gravy and tried to avoid eating it as much as I could. Unless they change the gravy I don't think I'll be ordering this item again.

The service at the Bloomy’s truck is always very quick and friendly with a manageable line that moves very quickly. But I think next time I will stick with the roast beef sandwiches, which I liked a whole lot better.

Here's a link to my last blog post abut Bloomy's:
http://whereshouldwegomsp.blogspot.com/2012/05/bloomys-roast-beef.html


Bloomy's Roast Beef
http://bloomys.com/
Twitter: @BloomysRB

Bloomy's Roast Beef

Time for another food truck post! There are quite a few new food trucks on the streets this year and I've been waiting patiently for this one. The premise is simple. Roast beef sandwiches. Apparently a good roast beef sandwich is harder to make than it sounds, but these guys have nailed it. I have not found a decent roast beef sandwich anywhere in the skyways and it is quite a hike to Wally's in Bloomington or Maverick's in Roseville from downtown. (Both have EXCELLENT roast beef sandwiches!)

The sandwich was very good and priced fairly at $4.50. It was a good size, served on a toasted bun, with lots of tender, thin sliced roast beef. They have BBQ sauce and homemade horseradish sauce available free of charge as well. You can add several types of cheese and bacon at an extra charge if you'd like to jazz up the sandwich a bit.

I ordered a chocolate chip cookie and it was very good; crispy with lots of chocolate chips. A variety of sides are available including cole slaw, mac and cheese, fries, mashed potatoes or tater tots.

I loved Bloomy's and I'm looking forward to going back and trying other items on the menu such as the french dip, Philly and open face sandwich.

P.S. to Arby's: this is what a roast beef sandwich is supposed to taste like!

Bloomy's Roast Beef
http://bloomys.com/
Twitter: @BloomysRB