Trans Chinese Food

I hadn't planned to write about Chinese food again because I want you to get a good sense of the city and what it has to offer. But, nothing hits the stomach harder than a decadent aroma at lunch time. I was walking to my school's library when I passed Trans Chinese Food and I stopped to savor the smells coming from the truck. They had me hooked! I knew I had to get something.

Trans' menu is pretty simple. You have a choice of chicken, beef, pork, tofu or shrimp; then, you decide what type of that dish you want. They have broccoli, eggplant, curry, spicy, teriyaki, etc... Also if you are so inclined, they also have soup and egg rolls. The price is reasonable; it ranges from about $3.50 to $5.50. Unfortunately, they don't have any deals so you would have to pay extra (i.e. $.75 - $2.00) for a drink.

It was a tough choice for me. I perused their menu multiple times and I really wanted to to eat everything. Eventually, I decided on pork with eggplant. Up until that point, I never really had good experiences trying pork from a Chinese food truck, but I felt I was able to trust them. The eggplant... I love eggplant! I was spoiled growing up eating eggplants because I always got the freshest picks from an organic farm. So it's pretty safe to say that I know if eggplant is good or not.

The food was spectacular! There wasn't one aspect of the meal which I didn't love. The pork was delicious and extraordinarily tender. It reminded me of the pork tenderloin that I cook. I can't even express how happy I was about the eggplant. Eggplant is typically tender, but when it is boiled, which I think it was, it becomes a little more tender and the flavor just pops out. Besides the eggplant, there was other vegetables such as cabbage and broccoli. They contrasted nicely with the eggplant and pork because they were a bit more crunchy. I don't know what type of sauce they put on it, but it was good. I found myself trying to get all the sauce off the bottom of the container once I had finished. Lastly, as I've said before, rice is pretty hard to mess up. Trans had good rice because it was sticky and I like that.

I recommend Trans Chinese Food. For the price and the quality of the food, it's worth it. Trans has gained a customer for life. In fact, I had to go back the next day for their spicy chicken, which was to die for.