Oh. My. Lord.
Clover Food Truck...I love you so much that it is difficult to express in words, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. Of course I was nervous at first, since food trucks are scary to navigate, especially since food trucks are new to Boston, but I decided to give Clover a shot at the Dewey Square location. At first, I got the chickpea fritter sans pita bread after confirming with the cashier that it would be gf, but then I started eating it and was very confused as to whether or not she knew what she was talking about. I decided to shoot a tweet to @CloverDWY in order to confirm that the chickpea fritter was gf, and their Executive Chef @RolandoRobledo confirmed that it was! Okay, now that all of that has been sorted out, let's get down to the food details.
We've got the chickpea fritter sans pita bread, with a salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, and spices, pickled vegetables including carrots, red cabbage, red onions, lettuce, and a sauce made of tahini, lemon juice, water and salt. Full details here. This thing is absolutely PHENOMENAL. The combination of textures and flavors is delightful, and I find myself craving this meal all the time. The ingredients are super fresh, and you can taste the difference. The chickpea fritter is very light, not greasy at all, and works well with the zingy hummus.
You'll also notice the basil lemonade next to my chickpea fritter, which was perfectly refreshing for a warm spring day. It has chopped raw basil, lemon juice, sugar, and water.
The Clover Food Truck is simply awesome, so check out their menu and find a way out of your office and get to one of their trucks ASAP (sometimes they run out of food/ingredients, and the line can be super long).
Locations: Clover DWY, Summer Street and Atlantic Ave near South Station T Stop (more locations below at their website)
Website: http://www.cloverfoodlab.com/?page_id=2248
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I attempted to get the chick pea fritters a few weeks ago because of your tweet about clover and was told they were gluten free by the cashier. When I inquired about cross contamination, (a big issue with all fried foods),I found out that the batter is in fact gluten free, but the fritters are fried with other food items that have been battered with wheat flour. In the frying process the wheat based batter breaks off of the other food and will stick to the chick pea fritters making them not gluten free anymore. If you have Celiac Disease I wouldn't reccommend eating them unless you can verify that they are fried in their own dedicated fryer that hasn't been used to fry products that contain wheat.
Hi Becky!
Very interesting, I asked the cashier about the cross-contamination as well and she said it was fried alone. Maybe it depends on the truck location? Or maybe the cashiers don't actually know what the situation is? I'm going to contact them to get the official low-down, but thank you for letting me know that there is an information gap!
- Kaity
I hope the cashier is right. Those chick pea fritters look awesome and it would make for a nice new gf lunch alternative!Here's hoping.
Hey there! Are there any gluten free social gatherings in Boston? I just moved here from Atlanta and am pumped about finding some new GF places and meeting some fellow GF friends Do you have a list of your top 5 or 10 places close to the city? Thanks for any help and this sweet blog!
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