Happy Sunshine Lunch Truck

When I first noticed the Happy Sunshine Lunch Truck, I had mixed feelings. I was fairly unhappy because they had replaced another truck called Memos that I really enjoyed and I was worried that the food might not be as good as the previous truck. However, I’m a sucker for a good name and “Happy Sunshine Lunch Truck” is a damn fine name. The owners even painted the truck a light yellow to match the name. It’s a very convenient truck too, since it is the closest food truck to the majority of Drexel’s residence halls and my apartment. Because I often pass it and it is relatively inexpensive ($1-6) I tend to buy from here more frequently. The last two times I ate here, I ordered the Pepperoni Cheese Steak and the Buffalo Chicken Cheese Steak which was about $4-4.50 each.

Surprisingly the Pepperoni Cheese Steak doesn’t differ all too much from the regular cheese steak in terms of taste. It tends to be more flavorful and it has a different texture. Cheese steaks tend to be either really light or heavy and if it’s light, you can eat the food relatively fast since it’s easy to chew. By adding pepperoni, you have to chew your food more since the pepperoni is slightly chewy. So this could be the cause of why it might taste better than the regular cheese steak.

Another food item that I particularly enjoy from the Happy Sunshine Lunch Truck is the Buffalo Chicken Cheese Steak. Surprisingly, I have quite a few of the buffalo chicken cheese steaks from various food trucks and quite a few of them were pretty bad. This truck did well though, so you don’t have to worry, I just wanted to put it in perspective. So besides the chicken and cheese, buffalo sauce and bleu cheese is added. Even though I liked it, it’s not real buffalo sauce; it is siracha sauce, which is very common on food trucks. The result is that you get less of the buffalo flavor and more of a spicy flavor. The bleu cheese works well with counteracting the siracha and balances the overall food item quite well. 

In hindsight, I wish I could have taken a picture of the sandwiches I would buy from there since I buy those more frequently than things like (chicken) cheese steaks. But it’s a reliable truck and that’s what I want you to know.