Pictures: Kendall Square food truck festival

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Food Truck Festivals of New England held its most recent event Saturday in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Thousands of food lovers enjoyed the warm afternoon and offerings from more than 20 on-site food trucks.


Pictured: The Baja Taco Truck served guacamole taco samples in the VIP tent.





Food Truck Festivals of New England held its most recent event Saturday in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Thousands of food lovers enjoyed the warm afternoon and offerings from more than 20 on-site food trucks.


Pictured: The Baja Taco Truck served guacamole taco samples in the VIP tent.


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In addition to the food trucks, the event also offered music and area vendors.


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Compliments Food Truck of Brookline found its slider, which featured three grass-fed beef mini-burgers on parmesan-griddled baguettes with white cheddar cheese, to be a top seller.


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The brightly colored Fugu Truck, which opened in early April, said it serves authentic Asian street foods.


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Fugu served steamed buns with double-braised pork belly and a fermented bean sauce. Truck owner Bing Liu said the item is Fugu’s top-seller. “The buns are really fluffy, the belly melts in your mouth, and the sauce is umami,” Liu said.


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A server for Taco Party, a Boston-based vegetarian food truck, arrived in a festive outfit.


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Newburyport Crab Cake Company served lobster roll sandwiches.


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Hungry attendees waited in line for their favorite food trucks.


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Big Moe’s M&M Ribs of Boston, in business for about 15 years, combined North Carolina- and Alabama-style barbeque in making its pulled pork sandwich, which is served with Grillo’s pickles.

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The A4 truck, an offshoot of Cambridge’s Area Four restaurant, hit the streets in April. A4 serves flatbread sandwiches. Operator Dick Dawson said the truck takes piadina, an Italian flatbread, “warms it up, fills it with delicious local things, and serves it.” The muffuletta (pictured) was made with ham, salami, pepperoni, mortadella, provolone, and an olive spread.


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Pictured: A fudge brownie and black raspberry ice cream sandwich served by Frozen Hoagies.


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Pictured: The Whoo(pie) Wagon’s cake pies — chocolate, pumpkin, gingerbread, chocolate chip, and funfetti —filled with highly whipped buttercream cream cheese frosting.


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The Chubby Chickpea of Canton served up samples of grape leaves and hummus.


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Bon Me served samples of its Vietnamese sandwiches to VIP attendees.


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Cups of white clam chowder from Clam Jammers of Narragansett, R.I.


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Boston-based Pennypackers, winner of the 2013 Food Truck Throwdown, served a vegetarian chilled beet soup with chive cream and dill.


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