happy grilled cheese

happy for the grilled cheese!. i was so delighted when i passed by the grilled cheese last week. they were at the jax federal in riverside. most of the customers were employees of the bank but i illegally parked and ran over as fast as i could! being from orlando, i'm excited about the recent food truck development in jax. first thing i noticed about the truck was the awesome paint job, very unique! i approached the counter and ordered the daddy of the mac. it was a grilled cheese sandwich with pulled pork and mac n' cheese noodles! i was so impressed with this combination i inhaled the whole thing. this was the lunch i needed. my god was i full and satisfied! hope to see this truck around more!

i have been eagerly anticipating the rollout of the happy grilled cheese truck since seeing whispers about it and a menu leak on twitter. not just regular grilled cheese sandwiches (delicious on their own merit) but a creative variety of them?? i was so there. and so i was, on opening day: the happy grilled cheese truck the truck features a rotating variety of it’s grilled cheeses, and on this day the offerings ranged from plain to with bacon to with lots of bacon. i chose the latter, obviously, porky the melt (american cheese, cheddar, bacon, ham, pulled pork, caramelized onion, and tomato): porky the melt with all this meat, porky the melt was really more of a grilled sandwich than a grilled cheese. it was a good sandwich, just not what i was looking for from a grilled cheese vendor. my second visit yielded a brisket and blue melt (mozzarella, blue cheese crumbles, smoked brisket, arugula and red onion), along with some chips and beer cheese soup/dip: brisket & blue melt this sandwic