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Indian Bento = SUCCESS

Burrito Justice — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:42:31 +0000

Flight delays while travelling with an infant = exhaustion and hunger. Get home at 8, no food in house, sadness. Open Racer 5 and contemplate food options. But what do I see on Twitter but a glorious tweet by @indianbento advertising Saturday Night Special bentos. Food problem solved!

Sure enough, a yellow mini cooper arrives at my door replete with steaming bento curry goodness. Bento boxed street food comes to me! I love this city.

Regular readers should not be surprised by the bento-rama. Click to zoom. (Note the most excellent explanatory labels for otherwise confused white people.)

Left: Maharaja chicken curry; Center: “Matar Paneer” organic peas and sauteed cottage cheese; Right: “Chana Masala” organic garbanzo curry (my favorite).

(Hey, cool reusable bento boxes! Hmm, wonder where I could take those?)

So keep in mind this isn’t your typical Indian take out. Minimum order is 5 — think of it as ordering a six pack of beer, you know you will have more than one. Pashmina’s primarily focusing on catering corporate lunches — guess what I am ordering at my next important lunch meeting (fuck you, turkey sandwich!) But throw a couple in your fridge/freezer and you will be happy later. And we all know it’s good to support local mobile food initiatives (especially when they arrive in a yellow mini cooper).

But oh would I ever love an IBPC (Indian Bento Push Cart) in Dolores Park on a sunny Saturday afternoon (preferably a bright yellow), or a food truck in the city some night…

Full Indian Bento menu here.

Indian Bento = I Never Cook Again

Burrito Justice — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:40:33 +0000

Haven’t had this yet, but oh boy, I hope it is as good as it sounds — Indian Bento Boxes delivered in a yellow Mini Cooper.

“Indian bento boxes are delivered fresh in packages of 5, 10, 20, 40, and 50
meals per week, in microwavable, freezer-safe containers, and without
preservatives.”

Street food? Debatable, but this menu looks good enough that I’d totally eat it sitting on a curb. Hell, I’d eat it sitting on top of other lesser bento boxes. I know what I’m ordering for my next work meeting. Pizza and sandwiches are for suckas. (Except for Indian Pizza, which rocks.)

(Thanks SFmenuPages.)

Hooray, Brulee! Hurry, Curry!

Burrito Justice — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:24:48 +0000

CremeBruleeCart and MagicCurryKart on Linda and 19th. We hereby see what Twitter was meant for.

“I once made a creme brulee THIS BIG.”

Any job where you get to play with fire is a good one.

From such a humble kart, such great curry.

White coats indicates food genius. (Surprise of the evening — our two kartistas are brothers!)

Burrito Justice verdict = most excellent green chicken curry (very spicy) + fantastic creme brulee (chocolate chambord, big lebowski white russian, mmm).

Street food in San Francisco remains well represented. I want more food carts.