Mike's

Sometimes I get distracted and I don’t pay attention to the name of food carts.  There are many reasons why I don’t; some reasons are: I’m too busy taking in the aroma from food being cooked, I’m drooling over other menus, or I’m busy talking to the person inside. For this truck, all three were true. I was walking out of the library, smelled something reminiscent of heaven, followed the smell to this truck, and then asked the person inside what food he was making. It turned out to be a Chicken Niko, which I ordered and will talk about later, but it got me to look at the menu and I found a lot of interesting food items. Two other things that really caught my eye were the Grilled Chicken with White Wine and Spinach (sandwich) and the Sausage Scaloppini – I’m not exactly sure what that last one is, but it sounds good. The Prices are reasonable since they only range from $3-6 for a sandwich at lunch and the wait time is fairly short. I haven’t been able to get a good grip on its hour for this past summer, but it seems to close around 4ish in the afternoon.

As I mentioned before, I ordered the Chicken Niko. I have never seen a sandwich like it before! It consists of grilled chicken with balsamic vinegar, prosciutto and provolone cheese. I’m getting hungry as I’m typing it out because I had such a great experience eating one – actually I ate two because I was so excited to eat the first that I forgot to take a picture. It’s hot. It’s sweet. The juices, particularly the balsamic, get absorbed by the bread and every bite is packed with flavor. The chicken is cooked in such a way that the texture both contrasts and compliments the prosciutto. The cheese is gooey, melty and sticks to the bread so that you get some with every bite.

I’m actually going to leave you with that. I can’t think of any final words to say. I literally just made up my mind to go back and get food from there again. If I figure out the name, I’ll come back and update this for your benefit! Bon appetite!