Unless you live under a rock, you've probably experienced or read about the explosion of food trucks, well, everywhere. Food trucks are on the streets, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. There are shows and books devoted to them.
Kamloops has 3, and we visited our first one recently - Cat and Joe's Pig Rig.
They caused quite a sensation when they announced their arrival in the city. Barbecue in Kamloops???? But from what I've seen on Twitter and Facebook, they are doing it right.
We found them up in Aberdeen one Saturday. We parked the car and on the
walk over we talked about what we wanted to try. We'd read the menu
a few times,and everything sounded good. Once we got up to the truck
though, we found out that that day they were only serving one dish -
brisket. A bit of a let down that we couldn't try more than one dish,
but the air smelled so amazing we thought we would survive.
We ordered 2 briskets to go, and headed home.
We got brisket, slaw, cornbread and beans.
The brisket was good - nice and tender, and the sauce was very good. One of our orders had a massive chunk of fat in it, which made it a bit difficult to eat and cut down on how much meat there actually was. I was surprised at how light the smoke flavor was, but overall, good.
The cornbread was good too. It would have been nice to have a touch more sauce to soak into the bread, but it was good on its own. The slaw was a letdown. It was a generous portion of cabbage, with nothing else really noted, and it tasted like...cabbage. No flavor of a dressing at all.
The beans though, were the best part of the meal. They might not look like much but they were absolutely delicious. It was a shame the portion was so small.
Cat and Joe's is a welcome addition to Kamloops sometimes tired food scene. I look forward to going back to try the pulled pork and definitely more beans!
