Mad Maui Barbeque Food Truck

After spending the afternoon with some wonderful friends watching My Week With Marilyn, pigging out on cupcakes and popcorn and enjoying the movie and each other, I wasn't much interested in cooking dinner. Groupon to the rescue. Luckily Ron had been thinking about a Groupon for Mad Maui Barbeque food truck that we bought several months ago, but until today never had the opportunity to use. We used it on a recent Wednesday night and were not disappointed.

First, when you buy a coupon for a food truck, you have to go online and find out when and where the truck will be. Mad Maui is at Oceanside Farmers Market every Thursday night, but here we were on a Wednesday, so we had to track them down. They were in San Marcos, where they are every Wednesday from 5-8:30. They are in the parking lot of The Lost Abbey Brewing Company along with about five other trucks. You check out the food trucks, order what you want, then go into the brewing company's tasting room to eat and drink. Many customers buy their food from the food truck, then go inside and do a tasting of several beers while they enjoy their meal. We were the youngest people there by 30 years, but it didn't matter to us. We had a ball. I recommend this for the adventurous, especially for those who enjoy a brewski. Ron and I enjoyed our meal with a Diet Coke.

Mad Maui food truck has a wonderful menu. Lobster mac melt, trip tip melt, brisket sandwich, pulled pork sandwich, and maui wowee sliders. In addition, they have several variety of tacos ($1.50-$2.00), sweet potato fries and onion rings. They even have creme brulee ($4.00) for dessert. Ron and I split the lobster mac melt for $12.00, the most expensive thing on the menu. It's lobster mac and cheese with whole slipper lobster tails blended with three cheeses on sourdough and pressed like a pannini. Wow, what flavor. Half a sandwich was just enough, and the owner threw in an order of onion rings, just so we could try them. We're waiting for warmer weather when we will go to Oceanside, shop the market, then have some dinner on a warm spring or summer night. It's really a fun way to spend an evening, and the food's not so bad either. We'll be back.