Show 142, October 17, 2015: Quebec Street Food Association and Montreal’s Festival YULEAT

Grumman 78 Food Truck in Montreal at the Yuleat FestivalGourmet food trucks are the norm in California these days but the evolution (and legalization) in Montreal and Quebec Province, Canada was a much more recent development. Quality trucks there prepare such eye-popping delicacies as foie gras poutine (Au Pied de Cochon) which is an incredible item !

The co-founders of the very organized Quebec (Canada) Street Food Association (Guy Vincent Melo & Gaelle Cerf) are with us to report on the recent developments. They also coordinated the food elements at the recent YULEAT Festival over Labor Day Weekend at the Old Port of Montreal. The Festival attracted some 100,000 guests.

The very best of Quebec’s food trucks were serving their signature items there. A truck was even baking pizzas to order from a wood-burning oven!

Canadian culinary celebrities including “Cooking Channel’s” Chef Chuck Hughes were in attendance doing cooking demos or on panels.

Gaelle is a partner in the pioneering food truck, Grumman 78. This was the first food truck in Montreal. They specialize in street tacos using soft tortillas. Their most popular is the bahn mi taco! That’s a culinary mash-up for the ages…The original inspiration came as a result of the partners 2010 visit to Cabo San Lucas.

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