I went to these stalls at Henry's Depot on 1st St Tuesday at lunch. The first two opened in the last week or so. The last has been there for a year. The first is owned by the Ramen stall people/person. The last two are owned by the same people/person. But not the same as the first pair. I couldn't bite on the $17 Pom Pom sandwich stall. Don't know if the coffee (with a few Latin pastries) stall was there last time.
The Bait and Hook - I tried the last of the Red Grouper Collars Special with white rice and some kind of Thai chimichurri for $20. The two collars one big and one small) could have been boned better. Ok. I never really have been impressed by this cut of of the fish. Or other cuts like ribs. This was beefy. The chimichurri had a pronounced fish sauce flavor (not note - notes are for music). The rice was fine. They cooked it to order. Said the fish came in on Friday or Saturday. A relative bargain compared to the nigiri that is $4 a piece or the $18 sandwiches. A $8 order of hush puppies is the only thing under high teens. They have a large and varied (for seafood) menu. Rolls are around $15. Hand rolls $7. Sashimi is $4 for two pieces. Crab cakes. Fish and chips. Fish Spread. Po boys. Etc. They replaced the Current Seafood stall. They moved down the street.
Pollo al Fuego - They have those chickens. But, I just bought one from Publix for $8 and these were $20. Even a quarter was around $10. I won't do flatbreads, so, I settled on of there four or five pasta dishes. The cavatappi (corkscrew) with sausage in a pesto sauce for $15 to go. The manager gave me a flyer with a $3 off coupon and had me add tomato sauce to it and make it a build your own which was a buck cheaper than the listed one for some reason. It was ok. The pasta was cooked properly. The sauces were good. Huge portion. The thing that made it a food court dish was the sausage. Like little meatloafs. Like they use at shitty pizzerias. Improve that and we can talk. They have an odd menu. Like they said "I know rotisserie chicken. But, is that enough? We've got this pizza oven from the old tenant so let's do that (kinda) and pasta is Italian. We just need a hotplate. No one else here is doing these things".
Chin - I am reminded of the fat guy joke. I am also wary of "Asian" menus. Pick a lane. And this is hardly even that. I tried the beef bulgogi for $15 ($12). Used their flyer here too. Here they added a 51 cent surcharge because it was to go. One stall got a tip. One did not. It was easily the worse bulgogi I have ever been served. Sloppy Joe on rice. I have never seen it made with ground beef. Flavorless. Textureless. Soulless. They tossed in wilted kim chi, nude lettuce strips and pickled radish slices. The rice was mushy. Just a scoop and serve operation. The menu has bao, Korean Hot Dogs, TACOS (!?) and other rice bowls. Most things around $12 and up. This owner thinks he's a food court onto him or herself. Bad culinary instincts. Maybe choose another line of work?
*On the way home I stopped at Winn Dixie and bought 1/3 lb of chicken nuggets/pieces from the salad bar ($10/lb) for $3. That was around ten pieces. Everyone two to four times as big as a McNugget. I believe four of those now run $3.49. And the quality is worse in my opinion. If you are still buying fast food in America, you are an idiot. Have you seen they new "Value Menu" commercial? They think $8 is value! We need to bankrupt these gougers. Who's with me? They even took away the soda machines, so, you can't refill. Not to mention the shrinkflation.
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