The Chairman's Pork Belly Baked Bun...Finally

I've been going to Off the Grid at their various Bay Area locations since last summer and every time is anything but a disappointment. I've always heard high praise about The Chairman and their Pork Belly buns but had never gotten around to trying it because they always have massive lines that my grumbling stomach had zero tolerance for. 

The Chairman Food Truck at Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos

But yesterday was finally the day that I would try the hyped sandwich (and all this time I thought it was a meat filled bun!). Pork belly = tons of fat. Upon picking it up, drips of grease fell upon my biodegradable take-out box...a sign that a marvelous thing is about to happen. My salivary glands kicked in at full gear. That first bite, as is with most things, is always the best. I found myself scarfing it down and not wanting it to end at the same time...

Pork Belly Baked Bun ($6.75) 

The truck offers other meat options: Red Sesame Chicken with Scallion and Bok Choy, Spiced Duck Confit with Fresh Mango Salad, Braised Pork with Savoy Cabbage and Preserved Mustard Seeds, as well as a vegetarian option: Crispy Garlic Tofu with Miso Greens. You can either get these in a baked bun (pictured above) or a small (3-bite size) steamed bun for $3.75. But you may as well go all the way with a baked bun if your passionate about one item over the others.

This line was probably the longest among all the trucks, as it always, and now I can say that is for a good and obvious reason.

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