Its monday peeps!
You know what that means...time to recap the weekends food adventures. This saturday was my 2nd cousin Alana's Batmitzvah. She did so well up there behind the podium.
My cousin threw one hell of a party for her daughter. You could tell that alot of work went into it. They used the club house at my uncles community in connecticut. The room was huge and had a big dance floor. Now on to the the food, after all I dont blog about umbrellas or dollhouses.
When we arrived to the clubhouse there was a small table set up with a variety of appetizers, Artichoke dip with crackers, bruschetta with crostini, and an assortment of antipasto. Mozzerella with tomato,rilled zuchini, olives, marinated mushrooms, pigs in a blanket, swedish meatballs and some kind of quiche. (still trying to figure out what it was. If I cant identify it, it doesnt get eaten)
As I put an assortment of finger foods together for myself, my cousins son Blake poked me in the back. Nearly scared the the living daylights out of me actually. I spun around and looked down at this wide-eyed little boy waving at me with one hand and in the other hand he had a paper plate with a slice of pizza on it.
I said "wow what a great idea, they got pizza for the kids", but secretly in my head I was saying "wow, wish I had a slice" lol. I turned back to the appetizer table and next to me I spied a woman with a green salad on a paper plate. I asked her where she got it and she pointed towards another door. I ventured off to find me some salad. On the way out, my moms cousin kenny says to me "did you see the pizza truck" and points in the same direction that I was going to search for salad.
I thought to myself, "victory is mine...pizza!"
when i walked outside I saw this massive antique green truck. the passengers side turned into a traveling wood burning brick oven. How frickin neat is that.
Big Green Truck is a catering service based in New Haven, Connecticut and they do pizza parties from the back of an antique truck, in essence a mobile pizzeria. What a great idea! They pull up to the party location, turn the wooden side panels of the truck into tables, heat up the wood fired pizza oven, and start bangin out pizzas.
They make pizzas with a wide variety of toppings, both traditional and gourmet, and take special requests also. They serve the pizzas and a traditional green salad with balsamic vinaigrette buffet style on tables. I had a chance to try pizza with fresh mozzerella, basil and tomato, a white pizza with broccoli on it, and one with carmelized onions, mushrooms and artichokes. That was my favorite. I saw many different varieties come out of that oven. One that seemed to be a big hit was a pizza with mashed potatoes and bacon. I'm a vegetarian so I passed on that one, but I thought it was hysterical to be serving a bacon pizza at a Batmitzvah..lol..
After all of the guests ate pizza and danced, a buffet style dinner was served. There were four choices. Chicken picata(um..yea..I passed on the whole bird thing), eggplant parmesan,pasta with chunky red sauce, and grilled haricot vert (thats fancy talk for string beans). Althouth alot of people enjoyed the eggplant, I felt the breading was too thick. I dont even think
they fried it. It seemed like it was baked off in the oven and as a result the breading was mushy and actually slid right off the eggplant. The flavors were there, but the texture was a bit off-putting. The pasta was really good. It had a nice spicy kick to it. The string beans were grilled. They needed salt as far as Im concerned. Anyone who knows me, knows Im a big fan of salt and pepper. dont be afraid of a little S and P people...use it! They are the two most important and easily accessable items in any kitchen. Dont be afraid to seaason your food people!
After the guests had their fill of pizza and dinner the Big green Truck served a variety of gelatos and ice creams for dessert. The truck also has a cappuccino machine, which provided both regular and decaf espressos and cappuccinos towards the end of the party. I had a cappucino and it was really good. All in all in my un-professional professional opinion the pizza truck was the coolest thing at the party. I mean who doesnt love pizza, unfortunately for us New Yorkers they do not do parties outside of connecticut. But feel free to check out the link Ive included because the Big Green Truck is so super cool and just may inspire you to go get some think crust pizza tonight. Ive included some pictures which will post in the entry after this one for you guys...hope you enjoy.
Off for now bees and bears!
You know what that means...time to recap the weekends food adventures. This saturday was my 2nd cousin Alana's Batmitzvah. She did so well up there behind the podium.
My cousin threw one hell of a party for her daughter. You could tell that alot of work went into it. They used the club house at my uncles community in connecticut. The room was huge and had a big dance floor. Now on to the the food, after all I dont blog about umbrellas or dollhouses.
When we arrived to the clubhouse there was a small table set up with a variety of appetizers, Artichoke dip with crackers, bruschetta with crostini, and an assortment of antipasto. Mozzerella with tomato,rilled zuchini, olives, marinated mushrooms, pigs in a blanket, swedish meatballs and some kind of quiche. (still trying to figure out what it was. If I cant identify it, it doesnt get eaten)
As I put an assortment of finger foods together for myself, my cousins son Blake poked me in the back. Nearly scared the the living daylights out of me actually. I spun around and looked down at this wide-eyed little boy waving at me with one hand and in the other hand he had a paper plate with a slice of pizza on it.
I said "wow what a great idea, they got pizza for the kids", but secretly in my head I was saying "wow, wish I had a slice" lol. I turned back to the appetizer table and next to me I spied a woman with a green salad on a paper plate. I asked her where she got it and she pointed towards another door. I ventured off to find me some salad. On the way out, my moms cousin kenny says to me "did you see the pizza truck" and points in the same direction that I was going to search for salad.
I thought to myself, "victory is mine...pizza!"
when i walked outside I saw this massive antique green truck. the passengers side turned into a traveling wood burning brick oven. How frickin neat is that.
Big Green Truck is a catering service based in New Haven, Connecticut and they do pizza parties from the back of an antique truck, in essence a mobile pizzeria. What a great idea! They pull up to the party location, turn the wooden side panels of the truck into tables, heat up the wood fired pizza oven, and start bangin out pizzas.
They make pizzas with a wide variety of toppings, both traditional and gourmet, and take special requests also. They serve the pizzas and a traditional green salad with balsamic vinaigrette buffet style on tables. I had a chance to try pizza with fresh mozzerella, basil and tomato, a white pizza with broccoli on it, and one with carmelized onions, mushrooms and artichokes. That was my favorite. I saw many different varieties come out of that oven. One that seemed to be a big hit was a pizza with mashed potatoes and bacon. I'm a vegetarian so I passed on that one, but I thought it was hysterical to be serving a bacon pizza at a Batmitzvah..lol..
After all of the guests ate pizza and danced, a buffet style dinner was served. There were four choices. Chicken picata(um..yea..I passed on the whole bird thing), eggplant parmesan,pasta with chunky red sauce, and grilled haricot vert (thats fancy talk for string beans). Althouth alot of people enjoyed the eggplant, I felt the breading was too thick. I dont even think
they fried it. It seemed like it was baked off in the oven and as a result the breading was mushy and actually slid right off the eggplant. The flavors were there, but the texture was a bit off-putting. The pasta was really good. It had a nice spicy kick to it. The string beans were grilled. They needed salt as far as Im concerned. Anyone who knows me, knows Im a big fan of salt and pepper. dont be afraid of a little S and P people...use it! They are the two most important and easily accessable items in any kitchen. Dont be afraid to seaason your food people!
After the guests had their fill of pizza and dinner the Big green Truck served a variety of gelatos and ice creams for dessert. The truck also has a cappuccino machine, which provided both regular and decaf espressos and cappuccinos towards the end of the party. I had a cappucino and it was really good. All in all in my un-professional professional opinion the pizza truck was the coolest thing at the party. I mean who doesnt love pizza, unfortunately for us New Yorkers they do not do parties outside of connecticut. But feel free to check out the link Ive included because the Big Green Truck is so super cool and just may inspire you to go get some think crust pizza tonight. Ive included some pictures which will post in the entry after this one for you guys...hope you enjoy.
Off for now bees and bears!
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