Meet Brett!

Tell me three things that people don’t know about you. 

I am a vegetarian, I lose my possessions constantly and I love being outdoors.

What is your first food memory?

First food memory has to be my childhood addiction to French Fries

What’s your favorite Bon Me menu item?

The tea eggs

Do you cook at home? What’s your go to dish?

I have mastered the quesadilla so my go to is a black bean, red onion, bell pepper and other goodness I won’t reveal, quesadilla.

What’s your best kept food secret?

Frozen pizza from 7/11

A side note: Bon Me has just opened it’s second location in the Fort Point neighborhood. Their soft opening was yesterday (January 13) and they are open for business today! The 1,300 square foot restaurant is located at 313 Congress Street in the oldest existing building in the neighborhood. Bon Me has has a food truck in the Fort Point neighborhood for over 2 years and they really wanted to have a permanent space in the neighborhood. I’m super excited to see the new space!

Meet John!

Tell me three things that people don’t know about you. 

I taught skiing for 6 years in Vermont; I played college football at Hobart; and I regularly ate Bon Me for breakfast, lunch and dinner the month before I started working at OKS.

What is your first food memory?

Eating meatballs in my kitchen as a kid.

What’s your favorite Bon Me menu item?

Chinese BBQ pork sandwich with Brian’s hot saus.

Do you cook at home? What’s your go to dish?

Yes – I make Julia Child’s rosemary pork chops like a champ.

What’s your best kept food secret?

Trina’s Starlight Lounge – open late with 5 dollar burgers and 3 dollar beers.

You can order all your favorite food truck items at the OKS location!

Meet Rachel, Manager at OKS!

Tell me three things that people don’t know about you.
I speak 4 languages.
My ancestor signed the Declaration of Independence.
I used to compete in a drum line which holds the highest score ever in the history of the association we competed in.

What is your first food memory?

Making my moms marinara sauce.

What’s your favorite Bon Me menu item?

A pickle sandwich with no meat.

Do you cook at home? What’s your go to dish?

I love to bake at home. My specialty is chocolate croissants.

What’s your best kept food secret?

Super Fusion in Washington Square for sushi and then for dessert you have to go to Athan’s for the rose gelato.

While I get the same thing every time: the soba noodle salad with BBQ pork, I was enticed to try their bubble tea while I was at OKS. All the drinks are made in house, and the bubble tea rocketed to the top of my list. Other delicious house made beverages include: a thai basil lemonade, Vietnamese iced coffee, and a spicy ginger lemonade.

Stop by and say hello to the crew at OKS today and visit their other location in Fort Point. Let me know what you think!

Bon Me OKS

1 Kendall Square, Cambridge

M, T, W, Th (11 am – 8 pm)
F & Sat (11 am – 9 pm)

http://www.bonmetruck.com/

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Last Saturday, I tracked down the Bon Me truck in Harvard Square. They sit outside of the science center – you have to walk through Harvard yard to get there.

They have a great area with tables and chairs right next to where the food trucks park.

…and some more unconventional seating.

There are three picnic style tables with some cover to keep you cool on a hot day. So it was the ladies on Saturday, holding down the truck!

Meet Manager Phi Lang!

Thee fun facts about Phi:

• She hasn’t gone a day without eating Bon Me since she started almost a year ago!
• Her adopted sister Megan is also a trucker for Bon Me.
• Her current crush is Bob Belcher. Her current hero is Tina Belcher.

When I asked what she would be doing if she wasn’t working on the Bon Me truck, she said she would be back in school, but elementary school, like Billy Madison.

Phi said that her favorite part about working on the truck is getting to know the customers. Prepping the same food every day is only fun because she knows people look forward to it!

Phi’s favorite menu item is the miso pork sandwich with jalapenos…washed down with a chocolate rice pudding! Or maybe the tea egg? Or the spicy ginger lemonade?

Meet Isabella Tassinari! She has been on the truck for a little over 2 months.

Thee fun things about Isabella:

• She is graduating from BU this week! (GO TERRIERS!)
• Her shoes are a size 2 1/2
• She has a soft spot for obese cats (who doesn’t?!?)

If she wasn’t working on the Bon Me truck she would most likely be lounging in her bed, eating ice cream while trying to get a job working at a film festival.

The best parts about working on the truck are the meals and her coworkers, both of which are consistently awesome.

Her favorite meal? She love, love, loves the chocolate rice pudding and the deviled tea eggs – she could eat them all day long!

Meet Catherine Aust! She’s an environmental studies major at Northeastern.

Three fun things about Catherine:

• She was born and raised in Alabama (but doesn’t have a southern accent).
• She worked on an organic farm in Costa Rica for 6 months.
• She is planning a long backpacking trip through Southeast Asia next year and is probably most excited about the food!

Q: If I didn’t work on the Bon Me truck, I would be _______

A: Homeless (gotta pay the rent somehow!)

Catherine has been working on the truck since January and says the best part about working on the truck is the fast paced work environment! She also loves working with such fresh and delicious ingredients.

Her favorite menu item is definitely a vegetarian tofu sandwich with extra, extra spicy mayo!

After chatting with the girls, we grab a bite to eat and relax!

We get a thai basil limeade (left) and an iced green tea (with no sweeteners!) – both delish on this humid day.

Check out the pulled pork udon noodle salad with the toasted sesame dressing! I love all the crunch in this dish – the onions, the sprouts and the pickled carrots!

And as a fun surprise, the Harvard alumni jazz band played a concert while we were there!

Check out all of the Bon Me food trucks! Locations on their website. And check out their Noodle Stop, open Friday nights and all day Saturday.

Bon Me

http://www.bonmetruck.com/

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