I found this truck by random one Friday morning. I had just picked my cousin up from the airport, and we were headed to my home before embarking on our weekend of gluttony when we passed the truck parked on the street in front of a parking lot.
A quick conversation ensued, in which we decided to modify our morning plans a bit, to include a stop at the Marcel Belgian waffle truck.
We eagerly backtracked from my home to the truck, where we stood in front of the menu board, quietly discussing the various options. As we stood there, an older gentleman (who we took to be the owner) approached us to ask if we had any questions. He then took a few minutes to run us through the different options, and ended with a couple recommendations, before backing off to give us a chance to decide.
We wanted to share something, so we went with the "We Scream for Ice Cream", which was basically dessert at 8:30 am. One Belgian waffle, topped with two scoops of vanilla ice cream, drizzled in chocolate and caramel sauces, and finished with a large dollop of whipped cream. All that for $8!
Weeelll...it was $8 on the menu. I paid the man with a $10 bill, and he came to the window to ask, "Do you live in the area?" Taken off guard, I paused a second before answering to the affirmative, and he went on to tell me to come back tomorrow for my extra dollar, as he didn't have enough change to give me $2 back. What, now? This is a truck that's been in existence for a while. How do they come down to San Diego (for the first time ever, if the guy can be believed) without enough change to do business for a morning?
At any rate, I told him to keep it, and that was that, but still...seemed odd to us.
The waffle came out quickly, and it was light and flaky and delicious...and super sweet. I'm glad we decided to share one order of something, as we had a long day of food consumption ahead of us. I think the waffle we ordered would be too much for me on a regular day, but it was the perfect start to our morning.
One final note. As we were perched on benches, happily consuming our waffle creation, one of the guys from the truck came running up to ask how it was. We gave him an enthusiastic thumb's up, and he departed...only to come back about a minute later to ask if we'd mind if he took a picture to "post on his site." We looked at each other, and decided, "why not?", and posed for a quick pic. He gave us veto power, thanked us profusely, then ran back to the truck. To date (almost two months later), the picture has not surfaced anywhere... read more