Pastel Pizza

I stopped by this new location for a well known business recently.  They have moved this truck from downtown out to a new food truck plaza in Spring.  

This is not a place for a slice of pizza!  They sell empanadas and other filled pastry, including pizza fillings--thus the name.  I got a ground beef pastel, an Especial pizza pastel, a mandoca, and a nutella pastel for dessert.  Washed it down with a malta--a South American malt beverage.

A pastel is a lot like an empanada, and this truck sells empanadas also.  The ground beef pastel was very tasty, great flavor and good pastry.  The pizza pastel had a variety of meats and cheese, and tasted like a much better version of a pizza pocket--not bad, but I preferred the traditional one.  The pastels came with a dill sauce that complemented the food very well (I've had some that are overwhelming).

The menu says a mandoca is a fried plantain item.  Looks kind of like a fried froyo.  It was supposed to come with cheese, but unfortunately mine got left off.  I didn't miss it too much--the texture was more like a dense donut, and it tasted sweet like one too.  It worked as dessert for me.

That's a good thing, since the nutella pastel was pretty nasty.  It soaked the pastry and made it really tough and gluey.

Malta is a very traditional and popular drink, but I had never had one before.  It's a brewed soft drink, and I think is probably an acquired taste.    It was OK for me.

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