A Minimus Treat with Maximus Flavor
This past Thursday I attended my first Seattle Food Bloggers event, organized by Frantic Foodie, Keren Brown. We met up at Beecher’s Cheese for a very quick behind-the-scenes tour then sauntered up the street to Sugar Mountain’s newest venture, Maximus Minimus.
The pig-shaped food truck serves braised, pulled pork and veg sandwiches, slaw with cabbage and fennel, and chips sprinkled with Maximus Minimus Seasoning Salt. [Bonus: They use compostable products to serve their fresh fare!]
Making each combination unique is the chance to choose your sauce, Maximus (savory and spicy) or Minimus (tangy and sweet). Always a bit wimpy when it comes to spice, I chose the minimus pork sandwich with Beecher’s flagship cheese, a side of minimus slaw, and hibiscus nectar.
The whole wheat bun was soft and slightly sweet, the pork was tender and full of flavor, the slaw light and crunchy. Before I was finished, I was brainstorming a list of friends I needed to meet up with for lunch. Maximus Minimus is open every day from 11:00am to 4:00pm on the corner of 2nd and Pike, the perfect place to meet downtown. My next order at the oinker on wheels? A Maximus pulled pork sandwich with a side of chips and ginger lemonade.
(I met a collection of fabulous food bloggers at this event, including Hungry Grrl, Sonja’s Kitchen, Tastefully Overcaramelized, and Mary Eats.)
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June 7th, 2009 at 12:23 am
Oooh! That looks yum. I’ll take a trek for lunch with you!
June 8th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
I just sent this link to some coworkers with the suggestion that we take the bus one of these sunny days during lunch. Yum. Looks fab!
June 16th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Certainly, certainly.
July 8th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Molly must have gotten the inspiration for our recent lunch from you. Instead of our usual – what’s the closest place we can fill our gullet I asked my beautiful girl for a lunch date. I told her we could go have lunch anywhere in the city as long as we spent less than $20. We ended up at Maximus Minimus and enjoyed fabulous sandwiches. We went with Maximus and they were nicely spiced, but not hot whatsoever – I recommend you give it a shot. My first visit to your site – very cool!
July 9th, 2009 at 12:49 am
I need to go back soon and get the Maximus! Gotta try the potato chips too… I have a bottle of the seasoning they make specifically for the chips. It is yum!
July 12th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I added your blog to Google Reader.