This Sunday was The 1st Great Potato Sack Race in Precita Park benefitting the Beacon Culinary Project.

Food carts and foodies were all in attendance and participation.  Potato themed dishes and potato sack racing brought to you by:
Sweet Constructions
SF Delicious
Soul Cocina
Gumbo Cart
Adobo Hobo
Lumpia Cart
Dezy's Drinks
Luscious Liquids
Good Foods Catering
Mali Num Num
Pot Pie Junkie

Quote of the race, "Pulled Pork!" as Dontaye of Good Foods galliantly hops towards the finish line.

Lesson learned from the day's event: "Food people aren't in the best shape..."

Last night was the highly anticipated street food event Outside In #4: Vino x Street Food at Heart Wine Bar in SF.

It was freakin' B-A-N-A-N-A-S.  There was a line out the door all the way down Valencia.  I heard it was an hour or so wait just to get in.  We did try to warn you all that it was going to be bat shit crazy! Via Twitter yesterday:

"Word on da streets is #OutsideIn4 is gonna b bananas. Get there early or don't say we didn't warn you."

The line didn't calm down until about 8PM, too bad we completely sold out by 7.  I think I gave out 2 bowls of remnants to some folks who waited just to try some of that adobo goodness.

For all of you who did try get some adobo, thank you.  For all of you who missed out, we'll be out again this week so don't worry.  I hope that everyone got to at least try some of the other food that was there because we didn't. 

Word on the streetz (notice the "Z" signifying the gangsta-ism) is that Good Foods had some pork belly sliders that would make you slap yo mama and Kitchenette was bringin some madness with their gravy covered fries.  We did get some of that Soul Cocina bhel puri that made me think "Jai Ho" after every bite, bangin' Shanghai lumpias from the Filipino Don Juan Lumpia Cart, and the always grubbin' Gumbo Cart gumbo.  Thanks for the food.  Part of the perks of being in the street cart biz is the free grub.

Much love to Soul Cocina, Kitchenette SF, Heart, and all of you who attended and made Outside In #4 another event to remember.

Also, MUCH PROPS to Tamara Palmer for playing Akinyele's "Put It In Your Mouth" during her set...

So keep your eyes peeled and stay tuned for the next Outside In, Outside In #5.

A few more pics after the jump:

Look who made it as the screen cap!



Check out entire segment from NBC Bay Area

Feb. 25th, 2010 from 9PM til 2AM.

Tonight marks the inagural "Dirty Dishes 001", a blend of hot beats and tasty eats. 

Come by The Lookout in the Castro for your fix of Adobo Hobo.  The menu for the night will include:

1. Chicken Adobo over Rice
2. Veggie Adobo over Rice
3. Pork Sisig Tacos
4. Filipino Pork Menudo (OUR BRAND NEW DISH - Limited time only.)

We'll also be joined by our homie the Gumbo Cart and Mission Mini Cupcakes.

They plan to have this event once a month featuring a rotating group of street carts so follow them on Twitter to get the deets.

Check out all the buzz that the event has been getting:

NY Times
SFWeekly
Tablehopper
Facebook

You guys better be there.

Official Site

Olympic gold medalist, Food Network star, and real life super-hero, Brian Boitano came by Precita Park this weekend to film an episode of his Food Network show "What Would Brian Boitano Make?".

The inspiration of the show is the SF Street Cart scene.  Some of your favorite SF Street Carts were out this Sunday to feed Brian, hundreds of foodies, and get on Food Network.  The Creme Brulee Guy, Magic Curry Cart, Sexy Soup Lady, Soul Cocina, Lumpia Cart, Pizza Hacker, Gumbo Cart, Wholesome Bakery, Smitten Ice Cream, Evil Jerk Cart, Sweet Constructions, The Chai Cart, and yours truly Adobo Hobo were all together on a beautiful (FINALLY) day in the park.

Brian came by camera crew filming.  He went along trying the different food carts and word on the street (from fellow Twitter follower b_frank) "When I asked Brian, he said the Adobo was one of his favorites."  Woot woot!

Thanks for Food Network, Brian Boitano, and all the peeps who came out to make it a fun event.

Pics from the event under the cut.

For all of you who missed the first Outside In at Baobab Village here's what you missed...


Video courtesy of Mixsterious

You don't want to miss the next Outside In tomorrow night at Little Skillet, 330 Ritch St. SF, CA from 6PM onwards.  Street food and world famous DJ's all to benefit Casa De Las Madres and St. Anthony Foundation.

Check out the newest episode of We Eating starring The We Eating Crew Gus and Big Jon with special guest SFoodie blogger Tamara Palmer getting their street grub on at the Call to Flavor Benefit for St. Anthony Foundation at Precita Park.

Big-ups to the We Eating Crew.

• Magic Curry Cart
• Sexy Soup Lady
• Gobba Gobba Hey
• Amuse Bouche

• Baklava Man (obviously serving baklava)
• Barcelona Labona (serving Spanish tortillas)
• and The Master Flan (obviously serving flan as well as Filipino banana lumpias, turon)

Watch and learn about the "cupcake sandwich" technique.  It was taught to us by a wise man that we met catering an anniversary party in Stern Grove last month.  That guy, whoever he is, definitely deserves a Nobel.

Trust me, this will change your life.

Vid courtesy of Mixsterious for Ah Nom Nom.  Special Guest Stars: The We Eating Crew, Wholesome Bakery, and Ed (me in the background).

Bacon Potato Chips
Toasty Melts
The Gumbo Man
Adobo Hobo
Pizza Hacker
Bike Basket Pies
Wholesome Bakery
Gobba Gobba Hey
The Sweet Cart
Lumpia Cart
Urban Nectar
Magic Curry Cart
& Soul Cocina

Plus Yoga For Kids at 1pm.

Triplets of Belleville and hella street food carts.  I think that almost, if not every, street food cart was in attendance tonight.  From OG's to the new kids.

You can really see the growth of the street food cart scene between the last two Bike-In Movie events.  Street cart attendance had to have tripled in the span of the month between movies.  It's awesome to see the burgeoning street food cart scene as well as be part of it.  It was a great event and it was great to see everybody (venders and eaters) tonight.

Tonight, we finally debuted the long awaited and hugely anticipated "Vegan" adobo.  It came across as a huge success and we received really good feedback about it.  Tonight's vegan adobo featured long beans, bok choy, okra, and potatoes along with the secret Adobo Hobo adobo sauce.  Hopefully it can remain as another option for us.

If you want to see more Bike-In Movie events, please support and join the SFBC today!

Check out our homey Soul Cocina. He's a culinary nut!

http://www.soulcocina.com or Soul Cocina on Twitter

KQED Radio's California Report featured a segment on the San Francisco Street Food Cart scene yesterday featuring some of the homies; Sweet Cart, The Chai Cart, The Gumbo Cart, and The Pizza Hacker.

Here's the link in case you missed it: http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R909111630/d