Adventures Off the Grid

So. Off the Grid. The most amazing food truck event I've been to. I'm sure there are others, but wow. Let's just say if I lived in San Francisco I'd not only be broke but hopelessly obese with all the unbelievably delicious food available within arms' reach.

Off The Grid San Francisco

I actually went here for the sole purpose of trying out pre-hispanic insect cuisine offered by Don Bugito. During my search on entomophagy online, I came across their websites as well as several articles on the project begun by Monica Martinez (owner of Don Bugito) for an edible insect food cart in San Francisco. Several sources mention that she is actually the nation's first edible food cart (1, 2)!

The Don Bugito stand at OTG

Cricket Tostada! Sorry my macro setting was off when I was taking these...　コウロギのトスタダ。

Mealworm taco　ミールワームのタコス。

Yours truely enjoying a cricket tostada. Yum.　

Quenby eating a tostada.　クウェンビーも美味しく食べています！

Oh man and was it so so so worth the 2 hour drive (Friday traffic = why I will never commute)! I got to try all three of the items on the menu (with the help of my eager insect-curious lady friends), which included: cricket tostada, mealworm tacos, and toffee mealworms on vanilla ice cream. Drool. The toffee mealworms totally tasted like bacon. No joke. 

I am in love. 

今日はサンフランシスコで毎週あるフードカートのイベント、オフザグリッドに友達と行ってきました。ここに言った理由はドンブギートというメキシコ料理のスタンドの食べ物を味わうためです。このスタンドの名物は、なんと、虫！古代のメキシコの料理は虫をよく使っていたそうですし、今も食べているみたいです。

Dessert! デザートのミールワームアイスクリーム

今回は、コウロギのトスタダ、ミールワーム（？日本語でなんて言うのか分からない）のタコス、と甘いミールワームが載せてあるバニラアイスクリーム。全部とても美味しかったです！皆様もぜひサンフランシスコに来る機会があったら食べてみて下さい。

1. http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/street-food/

2. http://sf.nerdnite.com/2012/04/09/nerd-nite-sf-23-insect-eating-marijuana-farming-and-neuroendocrinology/