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We love eating food from a truck! We love the places that are all about the food and not about the fluff. And that is 100% what Chris Hodgson and Jeremy Esterly are about. FOOD! Good quality, local food. Chef Hodgson and Chef Esterly are constantly working hard, at West Side Market buying food, prepping food, etc. and it shows in everything they make. Since they are a food truck, their location varies from day to day. They are Feeding Around Town! We are Eating Around Town! It goes together like a PBLT! (I’ll describe that later in the review!) I recommend following them on Facebook to keep up to date on where they will be as well as what their menu will have that day. Dim and Den Sum Facebook Link As you would with the Ice Cream truck, you walk up to the side and order what you want to eat. Pretty easy concept to grasp, right?
The Menu/ServiceThe menu varies from day to day as they buy local food and prep it fresh for the next day. You can get a good idea of some of what they serve here: As far as service, the food is served to you relatively quickly for being prepared as you order it. They invited me into the truck to see the operation and it’s really cool to see a full service kitchen in the back of the truck:
What can I say here? They menu is great because it uses local foods and is exciting, different flavors. Foods you might not try on your own. These guys do it all. Bring gourmet AND excitement to things like sandwiches and tacos. The FOODI started with the Tots. These are crispy tater tots, fried perfectly and served with Amish cheese curds on them. At $3.50, makes for a good starter. Very tasty! No need for ketchup on these tots! We’ve heard that sometimes you can get gravy and even foie gras on your Tots when they have it available! Can’t wait to try that!
For my main food, I had the PBLT. This is a pork lovers dream! It has Pork shoulder confit, thick cut bacon, tomato jam, sriacha mayo and served on a bun. Let me tell you now how FREAKING JUICY this pork was. And the Bacon?!?! OUT OF THIS WORLD! These guys know what they’re doing with PORK! This is something that I want to eat again very soon! I find myself saying that about many of the things I ate at Dim and Den Sum. Chris had the Jjang Dog. This is a local hot dog, pulled pork, kimchi slaw, smashed tots and then topped with a Korean bbq sauce. Chris said he liked everything about this Jjang. Said the slaw really separates it from most things. Gives it a very distinct and memorable flavor. He was a big fan of this.
Chris also had the Shank taco. This was pulled Beef Shank, corn, spinach and then some sort of house dressing they put on right as they serve it to you. The secret to this is in the dressing. It’s fantastic! Chris ate this stuffed taco in about 45 seconds. He enjoyed it that much! AS a matter of fact, he liked it SO much that he convinced me to go and get one for myself. I couldn’t resist. This thing was incredible. They are doing some real fun things with Tacos so you need to call ahead and see what they are serving they day you want to go and find them on the streets of Cleveland. Believe me, you will not be let down. Departing We didn’t want to leave. There’s excitement around this truck. People want to eat this food. People were lining up to get the goods getting served up. It was Foodie heaven. Being there around other people who were willing to try and experience something different for lunch just made you feel good. Got you excited for the future of Cleveland food. We will definitely be going back to Dim and Den Sum. We highly recommend finding out if they are going to be in your area and trying them out for lunch. You WILL be impressed. They are a cash only establishment, so go prepared for that. We always want our readers to be aware of things like that. All in all…the only thing they are missing is a jingle that lets you know the Food Truck is coming down your street…but I’ll be the first to volunteer my services to write something for them on my little Casio keyboard if they want! |
