rslater | 04-04-2012 11:16 PM | Quote:
Originally Posted by Anjew
(Post 7874772)
vancouver food carts... what a joke... The owner of vij's is on the council and he voted in his own carts??? if that isnt a blatant conflict on interest, i dont know what is....
just setup a general area that is covered so people can come.... instead of spreading it all out. HK is so far ahead of the curve when it comes to this..... | I am not sure where you got your information but this is 100% false. Vij was one of the 7 members independent from the City who were chosen to vote in last years street vendors. Having first hand knowledge of every single vendor chosen, absolutely not one knew Vij, nor is anybody related to him. He currently does NOT have a food truck or cart in Vancouver or have any direct relationship with any as of yet.
Secondly, the reason food trucks are spread out is because we have a downtown core filled with tons of brick and morter establishments already. The city chooses and approves destinations so the food trucks are not all competing with the small slice of the pie of customers that eat at food trucks. The more you clump together, the less likely of each truck being successful. As well, the point of food carts and trucks is for the ability to place them all over the streets of downtown to give a variety of products in different areas. Quote:
Originally Posted by MajinHurricane
(Post 7873895)
food still sucks and is mostly reliant on frozen food with little focus on how good it tastes.
just a speculation. It's been a while since i've had food that was like "WOW" | This is obviously speculation like you say and completely false. I don't think I know of a single cart or truck, except maybe those at the Chinese Night Market (which I would not include as part of Vancouver's program) that use frozen food.
I would argue that trucks and carts are the exact opposite. The use of fresh ingredients is probably what most regular food truck customers would say sets them apart. What street food have you tried? Hot dog's do not count as they are not part of the city's new street food program. |