Get excited, foodies! The Sixth Sacramento Mobile Food Festival (SactoMoFo 6) will be held this Saturday, April 27 from 11 to 4 p.m. at the Sacramento Downtown Marketplace (under the freeway at 6th and X Streets). SactoMoFo 6 is the biggest food truck festival of the year and will showcase the best local food trucks in town as well as all-star food trucks from all over Northern California. Plus, the event will feature a beer garden and live music.
This is your chance to listen to great tunes, enjoy fresh cold brews and sample some of the tastiest culinary delights in Northern California. The event is free and all you need to bring is a healthy appetite! Parking is $3 or free if you bring a non-perishable food donation for Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.
With a variety of delicious fare from Sactown’s food truck favorites – Drewski’s Hot Rod, Chando’s Tacos, Krush Burger and over two dozen more – how could you resist not attending this event?
All-star food trucks from Northern California include: Koja Kitchen, We Sushi, Hapa SF, Roli Roti, Spicy Grill and The Chairman.
For more information and the full list of food truck vendors, visit www.sactomofo.com/special-events.com
SactoMoFo 6
700 X Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
Archives for April 2013
Wordless Wednesday-Café Dantorels
Looking for a new breakfast spot? Check out Café Dantorels in Curtis Park for a variety of breakfast options including hearty omelets, delicious crepes and handcrafted lattes and coffees to get your day started right!
Café Danotrels
2700 24th St.
Sacramento, CA
(916) 451-2200
Chipotle Introduces ‘Sofritas’
By Jake Ferguson, Sara Ortega and Ana Marie Aguas
“Chipotle’s new menu item” is something you don’t hear often, simply because if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. In all seriousness, Chipotle has been around for 20 years and they have perfected their mantra of ‘Food with Integrity,’ meaning they value quality over quantity. So when we were invited to sample their new menu item, exclusive to Northern California, we jumped at the opportunity.
Rolling out to 160 Northern California locations, Redding to Visalia and Roseville to the coast, Sofritas is a new protein menu item that can be added to burritos, tacos, burrito bowls and salads—just like chicken or steak. Made from organic, Non-GMO verified tofu from Hodo Soy Beanery in Oakland, this shredded and braised tofu option is perfect for vegetarians, vegans and anybody looking to switch up their normal Chipotle order.
Chipotle began concepting the tofu idea in 2008 and has been working exclusively with Hoda Soy on development during the last two years. The unique thing about Sofritas is that the tofu is not hydrated, but is braised and shredded, giving it the same consistency and flavor profile as many of the meat options available.
During our sampling at the West Sacramento location (big shout out to store manager Joanna and her entire crew), we were impressed with the fact that you won’t find microwaves or frozen products in any Chipotle location and that the guacamole is handmade every day.
Here were our first impressions of Sofritas:
Jake: I thought Sofritas were delicious and I would certainly select Sofritas as an option on a burrito or taco. What impressed me the most is the consistency is not what you usually find with tofu and even with Sofritas, my burrito still tasted like the familiarity of Chipotle.
Ana Marie: I’ve never had a Chipotle experience I didn’t love, and the new Sofritas flavor only enhanced my affinity for these beloved burritos. The first bite was charged with character. This distinctive tofu mix is layered with a smoky hint of spice, giving it that traditional Chipotle punch with a vegetarian twist. The recipe was rich and full-bodied incorporating a dense, almost meaty texture one wouldn’t expect from a vegetarian dish. What amazed me most about the Sofritas is how this braised, flavor-packed tofu seamlessly complemented the cilantro-lime rice, black beans and creamy textured cheese in the burrito, giving it an exclusive quality no other Chipotle ingredient can. I inhaled the smoke-flavored dish and relished in every last tender bite.
Sara: Whenever I’ve gone to Chipotle in the past I always order the same thing: a chicken burrito. After trying Sofritas in the soft shell tacos, I definitely have a new “regular” dinner choice. The mixture of the Sofritas with the other taco ingredients was the same great product I’m used to getting from Chipotle, but the rich and spicy taste of the Sofritas filling was better than I could ever have expected from tofu.
Sofritas will run you $6.25—the same as chicken. Swing into any location in the Sacramento area and try some today!
Click here to find the location closest to you.
Farm Fresh To You Partners with Design My Meals to Customize Meal Plans
For many, the kitchen can be an intimidating place, especially when you have a pile of fresh ingredients and no great recipes to create that perfect dish. With countless techniques and styles to prepare a meal, which direction should you take? Do you boil the cabbage or steam the Broccoli? Should you grill the Asparagus? What about the Kale? Lucky for you there is light at the end of the tunnel. California’s produce delivery service Farm Fresh To You has partnered with online meal planner Design My Meals to help solve these problems and serve culinary inspiration straight to your door step and directly to your computer!
The process is simple: All Farm Fresh To You customers can sign up online for Design My Meals at a discounted price. Once you sign up, the two companies place all of the ingredients in your produce box and automatically upload them into a personalized online pantry.
Based on the ingredients, Design My Meals inspires your culinary creativity by suggesting a variety of nutritious, flavorful recipes that make the best value of your produce box. The recipes from Design My Meals originate from a network of participating chefs and bloggers, so at-home-chefs can select their favorite recipes and create a meal planning calendar that automatically generates a shopping list for any other ingredients. In addition, the meal planning calendar can be modified to dietary needs ensuring the most nutritious recipes to keep up with a healthy lifestyle. The result is more efficiency in the kitchen, less wasted food and more healthy meals.
For more information on this delicious program, visit www.FarmFreshToYou.com and www.DesignMyMeals.com
Farm-to-Fork Week coming soon and SacMag’s New e-Newsletter Has All the Scoop
We were excited when Mayor Kevin Johnson officially proclaimed Sacramento America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital last year, and we just learned the city is hosting Farm-to-Fork Week in late September that I’m sure we’ll be blogging about more as details unfold. One aspect that we’re really excited about is that the week will conclude with a festival September 28 on Capitol Mall, which just happens to be where the SacFoodies hold up shop Monday – Friday. Nice! Leading up to the big event, Sacramento Magazine food writer Kira O’Donnell will be blogging twice a week about how local farmers, growers, restaurateurs and others are preparing for the big event. We can’t wait to learn more. If you are as curious as us, sign up for SacMag’s Farm-to-Fork e-newsletter here.