Lunch Time: Skillet!

Photo by Tim Schlecht (The Stranger)

11 am. 1 Inbox. D, a co-worker, tells everyone at the office that the Skillet Van is parked in front of our building. "Skillet Van"? I had never heard/ read anything about it, but as I happen to be very fond of food, I decide that I doesn't cost anything to click on the link copied in the e-mail.

And here I am, on a website with pretty pictures of an amazing van, with a very attractive menu right in front of my eyes: the burger (grass fed beef, arugula, bacon jam, cambozola), the classic poutine and a fantastic pork sandwich with aioli and caramelized onions.

Photo by Sean Flanigan

The goal of this evolved cuisine - modern American mobile diner? Go out to local office parks, events, farmers markets and provide impeccably executed and seasonably relevant bistro style food. They want to "to provide seasonally relevant, locally sourced and impeccably executed bistro style food up and down the west coast".

Of course, there was NO WAY that I would eat my poor tupperware salad with this tempting moving bistro right next to me. At 11.45 am (got to eat early when there are 1pm meetings!), there was already a great crowd in front of the van. It smelled like Heaven, and the people passing us while we were on line showed us that the food looked incredible.

And it was! The Pork Sandwich was the best lunch I had since I moved here ! So, if you ever come to Seattle, be sure to take a look at the Skillet's website and see where they are when you're in town thanks to the great Google Calendar they update every week. It is really worth it.

The website :

http://www.skilletstreetfood.com/

The calendar for this week :

http://skilletstreetfood.com/calendar.htm

MJ.