Yolk's Breakfast

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The month of February was the food truck festival at the Winter Farm Market at Nat Bailey Stadium. About a dozen or so local food trucks gathered at the market every Saturday from 10am to 2pm to serve fresh and tasty eats! I initially wasn’t going to check it out but my sister had to go the farm market to pick up some honey for her in-laws so I had an excuse to tag along!

I love going to farm markets when it’s sunny and bright outside. There’s just something about being outdoors with the fresh air and sun shining down and being surrounded by vendors sharing their fresh, local produce and goods that makes me feel invigorated. I feel like I’m doing something good by supporting local farmers and “makers” (cheese, sausage, bread etc.) but then I always spend more than what I budgeted for haha!

After making a round through the market and getting some dried fruit and fresh goat cheese, W and I set off to grab some lunch at one of the food trucks. We wanted to try the mac n’ cheese with pulled pork from one of the food trucks (forgot its name though) but they were all sold out! We were a bit dejected but no worries, there were still plenty of options! I heard that Yolk’s served a really excellent breakfast sandwich and the chicken and waffles were recommended too so we went and lined up at their cart. Ughhhh way to go for picking one of the popular food trucks, me! We waited in line for probably 30 minutes just to order and then we waited another 30 minutes or so for our food to be ready!!!

Poached free-range egg sandwich ($6.95) – double smoked bacon with fresh arugula, real hollandaise sauce, soft poached egg on English muffin

Truffle-Lemon Hashbrown Skewers ($2.75) – organic local potatoes, fresh lemon, truffle oil, sea salt and chives

There were a couple of ways to customize the breakfast sandwich. W picked the bacon as his meat with hollandaise sauce on an English muffin. I LOVE LOVE LOVED that Yolk’s made soft poached eggs by default!!! I LOVE SOFT POACHED EGGS! Sure, it made eating the sandwich difficult because of the exploding egg yolk but we ate it as an open face sandwich so actually it wasn’t too messy. The bacon was nicely fried where it wasn’t too crunchy but still crisp with a meaty chew. The hollandaise sauce (plus oozing egg yolk) melded everything together creating a delicious package!

We also added the hashbrown skewer as a side. Freshly fried and placed in the container with the sandwich, the food cart guy liberally doused the potatoes with lemon infused truffle oil in front of us! The hashbrown skewer smelled so earthy and aromatic that it kept wafting out of the box even when we closed the lid haha… Seriously, this was a well-made potato. The outside was crispy and savoury while the inside was soft. Paired with the sandwich, it definitely looked and tasted like a breakfast dish from a high-end restaurant (except it won’t be served in a bio-degradable take-out box!)

“Polderside Farms” Chicken & Waffles ($8.95) – Panko-crusted fried chicken nuggets, country gravy, maple syrup

Since I read about the Chicken & Waffles on a food blog, I decided to give it a try. The seasoned chicken was fried with a panko crust and the parts that weren’t sitting in the gravy were still crunchy. After being jostled around the box with gravy, the chicken was soon not crunchy anymore but it was still yummy. I thought the waffle was kind of tough, not very fluffy and soft. I liked the contrast between the sweet maple syrup on the waffle and the savoury flavours from the chicken and gravy though.

Hot Mulled Apple Cider 12oz ($3.25), 16oz ($3.75) - Lemon, cayenne and local honey

A cup of the large hot apple cider was shared between W and I (sorry, forgot to take a photo). Despite the sunny weather, it was a super windy and chilly day so the cup of hot cider became our hand-warmer while we waited for our food. It tasted good, like any regular apple cider. It reminded me of the instant apple cider powder that you can get at Costco though haha!

Since the food truck festival has ended, you can find Yolk’s cart in downtown, near the Stadium skytrain station. Check out their website for updated menus and locations! If you’re a soft-poached egg lover like me, you really gotta check out their breakfast sandwiches!!