Foster’s On The Fly

Foster’s on the Fly is one of our favorite food trucks. Their chili hotdogs are delicious, and the service is fast and friendly! We loved the food so much that we had them cater our wedding last year. Our friends still talk about how great the food was!

Great pork belly bahn mi. Nice and crisp pork belly on the outside, but still fatty and juicy on the inside. Loaded up with tons of pickled veggies. It was swimming in vinegar and fat, but it all blended together so well. If you like pork belly, you have to try this sandwich.

Fosters on the Fly is one of the food trucks that often comes by Duke’s campus around the bus circle area. Today I decided to try it out by ordering the pork belly bahn mi sandwich for dinner today. Terrible mistake.
It was about a 7 minute wait, with quite a few people lining up in front of the truck. Prices were quite expensive, eg I paid about $ 10 for my sandwich.
My criticisms fall mainly on the taste of the sandwich.
Tried one of the pieces of pork independently. If the pork wasn’t charred, it was fat. I could barely choke it down. Way too greasy.
The vegetables did nothing to alleviate or lighten the taste; if anything they added a sour slightly rancid flavor to the sandwich as a whole. In addition, the bread was too crunchy (it was already toasted) and oily. Dressing did nothing to cut through the grease either.
Not entirely unexpected given that two of my friends have previously gotten undercooked burgers here.
All in all, a very poor experience.

Always stop by fosters on the fly when we see them at the Durham Central Park farmers market (Saturdays). Coffee cake is my favorite when it’s there. Bacon egg and cheese biscuit is huge and filling. I also tried the spicy chicken biscuit at the food truck rodeo last weekend. It was delicious. Never disappointed.

I’m so surprised that I have to write such a mediocre review for Foster’s On The Fly because I absolutely love the Foster’s restaurant. I ordered the mac and cheese for side and a Big Matt burger — while the burger is fine, this mac and cheese is much below my expectations… bland, unevenly cooked and boring. It also totals up to over $ 13 and I am now questioning whether it was worth the purchase. The guy in front of me ordered the Carolina Rice Bowl and was pretty taken aback by how small the portion was.

I paid $ 7 for the Carolina Rice Bowl. The bowl was tiny, the rice was crunchy and uncooked, and the veggies were cold. Nothing more to say.

i had the hotdog with chili and topped with cole slaw. The chili was sweet and complimented the hot dog well. I also got tater tots with a mayo-​y-​mildly spicey dip. Both were good and made quickly. I caught this truck outside of Whole Foods. Two things about this location. first, i was going to whole foods to get dinner, so they definitely got my foot traffic. But unfortunately, i also thought parking in that lot is an awful idea. I hate that parking lot to begin with, people park poorly, it’s over crowded, you have people aimlessly wondering around. It’s a hazard.
Other than that, the food was solid and very indicative of the quality you get at the OG Foster’s Market. Portion size was reasonable for the prices as well. I’ll definitely try it again if I run into them!