Food truck tasting event planned in Durham

RALEIGH, N.C. — ICYMI: Pho Nomenal Dumplings is on Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race Season 6. SPOILER ALERT! They are in the final three! Pho Nomenam is moving onto Tulsa in next week’s episode. The exciting part of this week’s episode was Pho Nomenal Dumplings’ wins. First, they took on iconic Amarillo’s "The Big Texan Steak Ranch" challenge, which meant eating an entire 72 oz. steak. Traditionally, one person does this experience, but for the show, all three food truck team members were allowed to work together to eat it.

​Also, circle your calendars for Sept. 27. In celebration of their appearance on Season 6, Pho Nomenal Dumpling will be at Blackjack Brewing for a local version of the Great Food Truck Race. The competition hosted by The Chef Academy will have Chirba Chirba, Sol Tacos, and AmigoSan competing against each other in a similar Great Food Truck fashion. There will be hijinks, celebrity judges, and Pho Nomenal Dumpling will narrate the competition. The event will be $2 with all proceeds going to Stop Hunger Now. Blackjack Brewing Company will also have pint specials. The event will start at 5pm.

This Tuesday, Chef JP Murica of the KocinA will takeover the Berkeley Café as part of the Takeover Tuesday series.

This weekend is SPARKcon, which is a long weekend creative explosion in all creative dimensions. This includes food, which many food truck vendors will be in Downtown Raleigh.

On Saturday, Sept. 19, the Town of Clayton will host and event with a performance by the Embers and what the Town has declared “the largest food truck rodeo Clayton has had.” The event will take place at 301 Main Street that evening.

On Saturday, Sept. 19, Koka Booth Amphitheatre will have the 2015 Triangle Dragon Boat Festival. Included in the festivities are food trucks Banh Mi Ha Long and Citizen Pops.

Get your tickets now for Meals from the Market, Durham Central’s Park “tasting” food truck rodeo. When people talk to me about food truck rodeos, they always ask me “how do you eat from all of them?” or “there’s so much food I only ate from (a certain number).” This food truck rodeo solves this as a ticketed event where you get smaller portions, which provide opportunities to try from many food trucks. The event takes place the evening of Sunday, Sept. 27 at Durham Central Park.

Also, Downtown Garner has released the food trucks and breweries participating in their annual Trick or Eat food truck rodeo. Scheduled Sunday, Oct. 25, this food truck rodeo will have 14 food trucks and 3 breweries located between Rand Mill and Montague on Main Street in Garner.