round 17

We really like the idea of the Treats Truck. Really. What's not to like about a mobile store that sells desserts? Nothing. Exactly. Unfortunately, we didn't like the desserts. Maybe it was an off day. Maybe it was too hot (it was pretty hot) and their air conditioning wasn't working very well. And it was expensive! Was that to pay for gas? We don't know, but we're sad we didn't like it. Let's just kiss and make up.



17. Treats Truck

various locations, see website

August 20, 2008

$3.25

Cake
fluffy and dry
too airy
dry, drier, driest
wrapped in a dry communion wafer

Frosting

from a Duncan Heines plastic tub
too sweet
my mom who can’t bake could buy better frosting
delightfully chocolaty

Presentation

“oh, it’s in an ice cream cone”
cute concept, easy to eat but sloppy

clever and clean cone
cute but confusing, where did this idea come from?

Overall Enjoyment
headache inducing
not enjoyable
how can a pretty cupcake cause so much disappointment?
would have preferred either an ice cream cone or a cupcake

The Scene
It was a lovely day outside. Tara and I walked through Times Square, chatting amiably and musing about life and stepping out of the way of drunken whores. The Treats Truck drives around the city and parks at certain locations on certain days, so it’s somewhat elusive. This day it was at 45th and 6th Avenue, which is not the most scenic part of town. But, we got in line and waited. We were in the shade, so it was cool. Someone was playing their boombox nearby. People were shouting and rushing by. So, the ambiance maintained by the Treats Truck was not the most soothing. The line moved fairly quickly and a Treats Truck employee came out and took our orders ahead of time. Very friendly and helpful. That's all.

round 16

Whew. You know what? I don't even remember what the hell we were doing on the day we ate these, it was so long ago. I've been sitting on two entries from months ago and haven't entered them. I can't work on these entries so well at home because I don't have Excel and can't update the graphs and I no longer work with the other judges (at the job that did have Excel, I left to pursue a new career). I suppose I could work on an entry at home (new career is very slow in developing into anything) and then just put in the graph when I visit my old job but...well, clearly that didn't happen.



Anyway, I heard that someone beside me, the other judges, and my sister have read this so I figured I better at least put on the places where we've already been. I don't know when entries after that will be posted since it's much harder now to get the judges together but hopefully we'll still find some time to stuff our faces.

A little note from me. You may notice some peculiar capitalization in the name of this place. I did not make an error, this is how it's done all over their website. I must say it's sort of cute but also unnecessary. I would have preferred all lower case instead. Just sayin'. Also, the comment colors are a bit off because to coordinate them with the graph colors made them too hard to read. I'm sure you can still figure out who said what.

16. sugar Sweet sunshine
126 Rivington Street

July 16, 2008
$1.50 each

Cake
dense and moist
soft and just enough
impressive stand-alone consistency and flavor
eh

Frosting
like many others but lighter and less cloyingly sweet
reminiscent of ice cream
little bit of almond extract goes a long way…way too long
absolutely delicious, nutty-salty

Presentation
home made look

Barbie birthday pink
demure

charming

Overall Enjoyment
after such a long break, a good reminder of why we started
affordable, enjoyable, funable and many other ables
thank god for American capitalism

just right

The Scene

Pleasantly close to a subway stop, particularly in a relatively inaccessible neighborhood (for us anyway). No spectacular discernability, I probably would have walked by if it weren’t for the sandwich board outside. The inside was claustrophobic, narrow, short-ceilinged and dark, like an Amsterdam “coffee” house, only with “joy”-infused cupcakes. The employees were pleasant enough, mostly business but still helpful.