I heard about Roaming Dragon through Twitter when they followed Foodology. They had some very nice branding, so I decided I should try it since it’s pretty close to where I work.
Roaming Dragon specializes in Pan Asian Cuisine and ARE ON WHEELS. If you stand on West Georgia and Thurlow intersection, look out for the red truck because that is the sign of the Roaming Dragon Truck!
When I saw it, I was so excited because there was a long line up and face it, the truck is really cool compared to the other street carts.
The menu had 5 different items – Fried Rice Ball, Chicken Karrage, Korean Tacos, Soba noodle Salad, Duck Salad and Pork Belly Sliders. These are $6 each, 2 for $10 or 3 for $15. They also have a drink menu to quench your thirst!
You order by going to the window and tell them your order, before you order; you can look at their display to see what the food looks like. They are small portions, so you probably want to order more than one to get full unless you just want a snack.
Once you order, you wait on the left and wait for your name to be called.
We ordered the Japanese Chicken Karrage, Korean Short Rib Tacos, and Roaming Dragon Fried Rice Balls.
TaiwaneseGirl had the Chicken Karrage, and they are quite different from what you would find at a Japanese restaurant. This chicken is basically marinated chicken, then fried and covered in passion fruit and plum sugar sauce. At first it looked really cool and nicely put together. The taste was very interesting because the chicken was sweet due to the sauce. TaiwaneseGirl didn’t like sweet flavour of it. I tried a bit of it and the texture was alright but the sauce made the chicken feel colder. TaiwaneseGirl commented that the dish tasted very non-asian.
CanuckGirl had the Korean Short Rib Tacos, which contained braised Korean short ribs, mushrooms, spinach, carrots and kimchi. We all agreed the tacos were pretty good and it did have the asian taste to them unlike the chicken karrage. The meat was tender and had flavour to it!
I had the Roaming Dragon Fried Rice Balls, it was better than I expected! It has Chinese sausage, dried shrimp, chicken, bamboo shoots, mustard greens, and rice. Then its breaded and fried. After, it’s topped with Curry and Teriyaki Sauce. The balls come on skewers so its easy to each with minimal mess. I did enjoy this a lot and if I passed by the street again, I would pick it up.
3 smalls dishes for $16.30 is quite steep especially for such small portions.
Try Roaming Dragon out if you pass by, but if you are looking for a large meal, this is probably not the place to go. The Fried Rice balls are worth trying!
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Check out their website: www.roamingdragon.com
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Ya I think it’s kinda expense, especially for street food and small size. I got 5 dollar for 15 dollar meal deal in groupon, so it’s ok; but doubt would visit again.
Duck salad is great, you should have a try next time, you don’t get a taste of duck very offen in Vancouver.(took some pictures: http://flic.kr/p/8C1JtP)
Also Lychee-Basil Lemonade, which is their signature. Uses lots of real lychee(canned), but not too sweet as others, very fresh.
Riceball is ok but not surprising good, especially the strange sauce (What on earth is a Chinese sauce anyway lol). The rice inside is little tasteless.
Anyway, nice blog, keep it going.
It would look better if each picture’s thumbnail has the same width as the article. After all what attract people to a food blog are always pictures.