Blossom & Bites food truck Rockland
From the zenith of their popularity several years ago, food trucks as mobile kitchens, usually serving up street food from a broad range of nationalities, have perhaps slumped somewhat recently, but not Blossom and Bites.
Located in the parking lot of Les Serres Robinson Greenhouses, the new food truck – preparing an elevated, finer-dining menu featuring many local ingredients – has been open about a month.
The truck’s launch has seen it making some robust inroads, according to chef Nouk Couturier Bernard.
“The first weeks have been a really good start,” Couturier Bernard says. “For the first day, before we opened, we cured duck from local Mariposa Farm for 24 hours. And then the next day, we did a slow confit for about six hours. We sold out. We had 36 duck legs all gone the first day we were open.”
The next day was braised Mariposa pork shoulder, and that sold out too.
Given the start, weeks later the venture can be called a successful collaboration so far for both Couturier Bernard and the greenhouse.
Operated by a family of multi-generation fruit and vegetable vendors, the Robinsons opened their greenhouse on Old Highway 17 at Landry about a year ago. They have sold produce at Parkdale Public Market in Ottawa’s west end.
And with surprising speed for such a new endeavour at their current site, the family has taken another quick step with the unique food truck.
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