The Menu: In pursuit of slow-cooked meats from Wandering Moose

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Originally reviewed by Greg Cox on 3/11/2016

This particular night, our quarry was The Wandering Moose, a food truck specializing in sandwiches made with slow-cooked meats. I ordered the smoked brisket sandwich: “Slow cooked brisket topped with melted bleu cheese, caramelized onions and horsey sauce.” My friend got the Moose Cubano, a freewheeling riff on the classic Cuban sandwich that switches out the ham for house-cured bacon, and serves it up on grill-pressed ciabatta. In the interest of research (and bacon parity), we traded halves.

The Cubano was a worthy sandwich, we agreed, the star being the bacon: crunchy-chewy ribbons sliced thick but not too thick, neither too smoky nor too sweet. But we knew we’d bagged a trophy in the brisket. Pulled into succulent shreds and piled so high on the bun that the sandwich was nearly as tall as it was big around, the meat was so flavorful it could have stood on its own without any of the toppings. With them, the sandwich was a three-napkin delight.

This story was originally published June 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM with the headline "The Menu: In pursuit of slow-cooked meats from Wandering Moose."