The Mac and Cheese Strikes Back, by Big Ass Sandwiches

Big Ass Sandwiches… a food cart downtown at SW 3rd and Ash open for lunchish (11am-4 or 5pm depending on the season), and also late night for the bar crowd (11pm-3am- awesome right). They always roll up their huge sandwich with fries together so it is larger then any burrito as big as your head, and I couldn’t even get my hands around the width of this thing. Here is an idea of size in comparison to the knife I brought to cut it…

The Mac and Cheese Strikes Back sandwich special, by Big Ass Sandwiches, Portland food cart The Mac and Cheese Strikes Back sandwich special, by Big Ass Sandwiches, Portland food cart

The sandwich that made me finally visit this food truck that has long been on my To Do list  was a special mac and cheese sandwich special: “The Mac and Cheese Strikes Back”

The Mac and Cheese Strikes Back sandwich special, by Big Ass Sandwiches, Portland food cart

And here it is! I could barely finish half of it, even though I even skipped lunch and maniacally to rush through my workday to get here by 4 to get this trophy. They were out of ham, so I went with turkey and declined the bacon to go with my fried mac and cheese.

She sweetly warned me to be careful of burning my mouth with the super hot mac and cheese, and I tried to be really really really patient… which only meant I kept picking out the fries and turkey while trying to give it a few minutes, so I didn’t get the full experience of having all those ingredients in my mouth in one bite. It was a struggle to bite this monster it’s so thick, I felt like I was a nibbling ground squirrel. Also, this goes crazy good with beer.

Next time I visit, whatever sandwich I get whether its a special or from their regular offerings I will order extra of that bechamal cheese sauce. Hopefully I can try another meat instead of turkey because it tasted a little too dry for me- I usually like to have any turkey in a sandwich smothered with gravy or condiments so more cheese sauce could have also fixed that up.

The Mac and Cheese Strikes Back sandwich special, by Big Ass Sandwiches, Portland food cart

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