New food truck parks on campus, but doesn’t thrill everybody

By Claudia Geib, News Correspondent

Last week, Northeastern’s very own mobile restaurant, the Hungry Hungry Husky Food Truck or “H3,” as it is

referred to on the NU Dining website, debuted to a community of very hungry Huskies ready for lunch. The highly anticipated food truck got its name from a university-wide contest, which received over 650 entries.

Since its opening, reviews of the food truck have been mixed. I decided to check out the Hungry Hungry Husky (H3) truck myself this week for lunch with a friend.

I ordered two adobo chicken tacos ($3 each, $5.50 for two) and a veggie stick ($2) for lunch. I had been looking forward to the tacos since first checking out H3’s menu, but found myself disappointed. The chicken inside was extremely salty and the feta cheese that accompanied it was tasteless.

My biggest complaint, however, was that the taco itself was completely overpowered by a very spicy avocado barbecue sauce — not so much drizzled on, as advertised on the H3 menu, but globbed on with a heavy hand atop the chicken. Though it did satisfy a craving for spicy food that the mild dining hall food has left me with, it was far too strong for me to eat a second taco after I finished my first.

The veggie stick was somewhat better, though it was not exactly what I expected. Its appearance certainly didn’t set my mouth watering — it looked like an oversized corndog that had been deep fried for several days.

In addition, the Hungry Hungry Husky menu describes the veggie stick as a “falafel skewer filled with sweet potato,” yet all I could taste in it was ordinary falafel. On the bright side, it was better quality falafel than the dining halls offer, and the tzatziki served with it was delicious. I wouldn’t recommend this to the health-conscious, as it was really deep-fried, so much so that any of the health benefits of the chickpeas and sweet potatoes were probably canceled out.

My friend ordered the rice and beef bowl, and what I tasted of it left me somewhat jealous of her lunch. The Chinese-food style container was packed with rice and beef drizzled with a delicious citrus sauce.

The beef itself was tender and perfectly cooked, its flavor reminiscent of homemade brisket. My friend’s only complaint was that there was not more beef to accompany the rice.

I cannot deny that, by far, my favorite part of my Hungry Hungry Husky meal was dessert. The food truck only serves one type of dessert: whoopie pies ($1.50 each). If you’ve never had one before, the closest thing I can compare it to is a larger, richer version of the Oreo. Of the different cookie and cream options offered (chocolate or blondie cookies with vanilla, Oreo, espresso or mint cream). I settled with simple chocolate cookies and vanilla filling. The cream was packed amply between the two soft cookies, just enough to ooze out of the sides when I took a bite, yet not so much that it overpowered the dessert.

Overall, the Hungry Hungry Husky truck was an underwhelming meal. It’s definitely a great place to go if you want to try out something new and different for lunch — the fare is vastly different from that offered at the dining halls and at Rebecca’s Café. But since I haven’t yet tried everything on the menu, I can’t guarantee you a perfect lunch. All I can guarantee is a full stomach and, if you spring for a whoopie pie, a sweet ending.