I'm pretty sure the creative geniuses (yeah, I said it, they're GENIUSES) behind Watercourse and City O City crept into my food dreams one night, Inception style, and extracted the Loco Moco right out.
Okay, okay, I'm fully aware that it's actually a Hawaiian plate lunch dish....not something that I would ever conceive of. But could a veggie version seriously get more perfect? I can't stop thinking about it or about how I can get some more.
I finally got to check this place out at the Justice League for Street Food party over by the Metro apartments. I had the idea of it in my head all day the day before (I was hungover, it happens) and was first in line when the carts started serving food.
It was more than I hoped. Every bite was amazing. They take a bowl, put in a scoop of sticky rice, a perfectly crispy on the outside pinto bean/quinoa patty, a generous amount of their delicious gravy, an overeasy (and perfectly runny) fried egg, a dollop of guac, and hot chile paste to your prefence. It reminds me of something I'd do at home only they get every element down perfectly (sometimes my veggie gravy is too sweet...theirs is not....as I mentioned before, they are geniuses).
The chile paste provided just enough burn when incorporated into every bite and I ate way too much before I knew it.
Since then, I've managed to commit their daily schedule to memory so I can figure out where to stalk them next. I'd like to try the bahn mi someday, I really would....but I can't stop thinking about the Loco Moco. read more