Something Stuffed Food Truck

Wow the customer service was more than excellent. This truck stopped in front of the CNN building and thought why not. I was amazed by how friendly the person who took my order was. I had 2 timmys and house salad (awesome spicy dressing). The only think I could mention is more seasoning in the beef. However, I know everyone is health conscious and less is more now :) Highly recommend this food truck
Tisa

I ordered 3 empanadas– the beef, chicken (CMT) and pork. They came with a container of green sauce, which was just ok with the chicken one. The pork empanada was delicious, but overall I thought they were all just too greasy, especially for lunch.

I’ve eaten at Something Stuffed at least 4 or more times now and haven’t been dissapointed. The empanadas are always hot, fresh and inspired. The ever changing menu gives me a reason to keep coming back to try their new creations! The flavors are complex and the empanada itself is easy to eat — no utensils required!
But I think the secret star of this trick is their DUMPLINGS! I absolutely love them and they are steamed so they are a healthier option than the fried empanadas (which they are starting to offer baked options, so that could change) and the best of all is the dumpling dipping sauce! A must try! I even sneak a little for the empanadas sometimes because it’s just that good.
Great a la carte as a quick snack, or try the meal combo for a hearty lunch. It’s easy to grab some food from this truck and take it to go back to your office during these colder months — the food stays nice & hot until you can get to your desk.

Just tried this food truck today at 20^th and L Street NW and it might be my new favorite! Had the sampler with 3 chicken dumplings, beef empanada and chicken and basmati rice soup and everything was delicious! The dumplings were so light and delicate. Only complaint is the dumpling sauce containers need to be bigger as the sauce was great too!

only on the rarest of occasions do i write a review immediately after post consumption of a meal, but after devouring the white bean chicken chili — i am compelled to do so. now it wasn’t really a chili, but more of a peppery, curried soup that was so damn good that i contemplated eating the stryofoam container that it came in.
i got the lunch special, so the chili came with 2 empandas
the #3 called the PJ, which was an oven roasted turnips, spinach, onions, and feta cheese combination. it was satisfactory.
the #1 called the His, on the other hand, was a tiny slice of free range chicken, potatoes, onions and red curry nirvana ~ succulent with a spicy punch.
the girls who operate this truck know their curries.
after checking out their website, it is obvious that they have a slew of options in their culinary arsenal and rotate their offerings on a regular basis. this is a good thing. variety is the spice of life, after all. however, if the young ladies are reading this review, i implore you to make the white bean chili chicken a staple offering on your daily menu. either that — or give me the recipe!
i am so eager to stalk… errr, follow this truck and sample more of their goods.
p. s. the girl who was working the truck is completely adorable. no names, but it is a rare occurrence to meet someone who is so cute and so nice.
mmmmmmmmmmm.
i can still taste the curry in the memory glands of my tongue.
i have a curry crush.

Tried Something Stuffed at Trucktoberfest at Union Market this past Saturday. They were tucked away in the corner but of all the choices, I was drawn to Stuffed because of their free range, local ingredients (as advertised on the menu).
I ordered 3 empanadas ($ 9); a beef, duck and veggie. The veggie was named the Arti, but can’t remember the names of the other two. The beef and duck empanadas were ready to go but they had just put in the last veggie batch so I had to wait a few minutes. Not an issue at all because I was served hot empandas! The sizes were small, but I was happy with that because I was surrounded by lots of other food trucks to try. I think the portion sizes are completely adequate for the price.
The beef was ok (nothing to write home about) but the duck and veggie were really great. Each was really different and quite flavorful. I’m no empanada connoisseur but I was really happy with the crusts. Nice and flaky and not too heavy or greasy.

The Arti empanada. Omg.

$ 3.5 = 3.5 stars
For a place called «Something Stuffed» and the stuffing-​your-​face logo, your hopes raise high… that is until you lay eyes on your rather puny looking empanadas. And though they are demure in size and appearance, they pack a powerful flavor 1−2-punch.
1 for $ 3.50
or
3 for $ 9.00

I’ve wanted to visit them for awhile now and today was the day. I got out early and trucked on over to them. The truck is inviting to by-​standers, playing some jamz. The staff is friendly too, which is of course a necessity.
You can purchase one empanada for $ 3.50 or go for a lunch of 3 for $ 9. They featured three special empanadas today and I had to pick one of each!
*CTM/​Indian: It definitely has a curry taste. However I found it to be very oily! I’m glad I waited to eat this one while it cooled because it could have been a painful experience.
*JPay/​Korean: It was just ok. There was nice spicing. The green beans were fine and tasty, everything did blend together though. I enjoyed the spices a lot actually.
*Mediterranean (dont’ remember the name and it’s not on their website): It was really hot (temperature) so I couldn’t really tell the taste. I feel the spinach was overcooked and I couldn’t taste the eggplant and I don’t think there was any feta as advertised. This was my least favorite.
Service is quick and the price is comparable to others, however the empanadas are small. If you want lunch, you’re best with the 3 for $ 9 deal.
The dough is flaky and chewy, but not a lot of flavor, which I can understand. The empanadas are fried, not baked so that makes a big difference in everything as well.
While I’m full, I’m not satisfied. I didn’t go with the sauces, because I didn’t know what went with which empanada and I also feel that empanadas do not need a sauce.
Empanadas breakdown
The food: They are well seasoned and tender little pockets of lunch, but I feel there is more to be desired; namely size. Yes, size matters in an empanada to me.
The value: It’s standard, but I think they are just too small. For the 3 for $ 9, I’d rather get 3 tacos.
The experience: Quick, Friendly. Jamming tunes
3 stars?: I just wan’t terribly impressed by them. I’m hungry and it’s been 3 hours since I ate them.
Would I return?: I doubt it, but I did enjoy the effort and I do appreciate your kindness and thoughtfulness and using quality ingredients.

Just a note:
I love how each was cooked (American style beef, Indian style chicken and Vietnamese style pork) and the ingredients, but, to those who have not tried yet, some of these empanadas are made to be eaten with one of the complimentary sauces. So, grab some of the sauces just in case. Without them, you may not be nearly as impressed.
My favorite of today was «The CTM» and my least favorite was «The Haff». The CTM had a good balance of Chicken and spice… indian style. The Haff had a lot of flavor, but too little beef flavor with the overpowering jalapenos.
I think it would be good if Something Stuffed had at least one «traditional» style empanada each day though. They are very creative and good, but need to consider that much of the public craves solid and dependable and predictable.

3.5 stars. Mixed bag, but definitely promising and I will try them again.
The Gabz — thai inspired chicken empanada: 5 stars. Excellent flavors.
THe Sheps — beef empanada: 3 stars. ok, but underdeveloped flavor.
Dumplings (beef) — 2 stars. uninspiring but nicely thin steamed outer layer. dipping sauce also lacked punch, seemed watered down.
The empanadas are not large. they are fried so they have a nice crispy crust. $ 14 for the 2 empanadas and dumplings was too much $, not good value. $ 9 for 3 empanadas is decent and probably the way to go with this truck.

I was so excited to see a new food truck at Union Station yesterday and couldn’t wait to try the Something Stuffed food truck. The reviews were great, especially for the empanadas. Of course, I was feeling like a rebel and skipped the empanadas. Sigh, that was a wrong move.
First off, the line was long (probably 15 or so in front of me) and seemed to move slowly. It took me about 20 minutes to get to the front of the line. That wasn’t the end of the world since it was such a beautiful day but I could see it being a problem for those that have a limited time to eat lunch.
I ordered the V3 tofu and noodles dish and the cucumber gazpacho. So kudos to them, they had the cold food prepacked for quick turnaround, at least it’s a good idea in theory. My tofu dish suffered for it but more about that later.
The cucumber gazpacho came in a styrofoam container, it looked about 8 oz and was $ 3.50. It looked fresh and cool and had a nice spring green color. I have to admit, I was disappointed with it though — it was over-​salted and I wouldn’t have known it had a cucumber base since I couldn’t taste the cucumber. As an FYI, the gazpacho also has a bit of heat to it, for me it was medium to medium hot spicy. The salt killed the dish though since I like things lightly salted so I can taste the basis of the dish. Others may feel differently though.
As mentioned before, the V3 tofu with noodles dish came prepacked, it was $ 7.00. It was disappointing opening the package, it looked disgusting. The tofu was mashed up (why was I expecting tofu cubes?), there was watery liquid sloshing around on the bottom, and the cilantro was sadly wilted almost beyond recognition. At that point, believe it or not, I still had hopes the meal would be redeemable alas, the taste was bland and the consistency was weird (could have been the sweet potato noodles, I’ve never had them before). I ate what I could because I was starving and had an upcoming meeting!
So I can’t recommend the gazpacho or V3 tofu with noodles, however, I have high hopes that I was just here on an off day. It’s likely I will try the truck again, just to see if I hit them on a bad day but next time I am definitely sticking to the empanadas…

Wow, so happy I tried this truck. Was heading over to Chef Driven but saw this and thought, «Eh, I can save the $ 15 – 20 gourmet experience til next week.»
I got the lunch deal which, today, was two empanadas and a cup of chili.
Like others, I got the CMT (chicken with mild curry spicing) and the beef.
The beef one was out of this world. SO GOOD. Super-​tender cuts of steak, wonderful sauce, onions, veggies. Awesome. Chicken was also good but the beef (Jeffrey, I think?) is so delish it’s hard to compare.
I have never been a big empanada fan but between the Empanada Truck and these guys, I believe I am a convert. These are more crusty/​crispy that the Empanada truck but still good.
And…the chili.
Well, it was certainly tasty and very well-​spiced. But the whole time I kept thinking, «Is this really chili?» Not because it didn’t taste good but because of what was in it. It had ground beef, OK, and it had beans (cannellini beans, though.) but it also had okra in it. Yes, I am sure. I took a few pieces out and examined them and it was definitely okra. There was also either pearl barley or small rice in it as well. And other veggies that I am forgetting because the okra threw me for such a loop.
Anyway, it was good… once I got past my expectations of what chili is and what this was. Not sure if I would order it again but it was definitely something different.
I did not get any sauces with the empanadas so they may have stopped that. I did notice a bottle of sauce by the window (green sauce) there is probably the «help yourself» version of that now.
I also got the cherry-​lime lemonade for $ 2.50 and I would skip that the next time. So sweet my teeth hurt the rest of the day.
Good truck, friendly service, takes credit cards.

Had the curry, CMT empanada and the cucumber salad. It all came to $ 12.00.
The curry, which came over rice in a small container was very tasty with chucks of thigh meat and peppers over rice. Taste was 5 stars, but the fact that when I opened the container all I saw was grease, knocked it down in points. All in all, could not fully enjoy it because of all the grease… a disappointment.
The CMT empanda was very tasty as well. The crust was light and flakey, I’d give it four stars overall.
The cucumber salad was very nice. It had a light balsamic dressing. However, to better compliment the other food, I’d have gone with a more sweet/​sour vinegar type dressing — — would have been a very nice counterpoint.

I’ve visited this truck about five times now and it consistently delivers a great lunch.
Empanadas:
The dough has a little variation each time but is definitely good. Sometimes crispier, sometimes doughier but overall flaky and tasty. The variations on the fillings are great. There CTM has some nice flavor but not too much heat (I would actually like more). The Jeffery is a savory filling with beef and nice reduced wine sauce. I had another that had some green beans which gave it a nice crunch. The monkey business is also great as a dessert. The sauces are generally tasty and go well with the entrees.
The salads are healthy while also adding a nice compliment to an empanda or a for lunch. I got the green bean salad and it was really tasty. My coworker got the spring rolls and was raving about them, but I don’t eat pork so I will have to take his word for it.
I am pretty much counting on this as a weekly lunch in Tysons.

I got the lunch special, which consists of their chili and two empanadas for $ 12. While I had to inhale much of it because I was between meetings, the chili was great. It had the perfect amount of spice that accentuated the chili — not overpowering it. So many places get this wrong. This stuff tasted really fresh.

I had a chance to try the semi-​new truck today in Ballston. I was okay I picked up the shep empanada and the cucumber salad. The menu didn’t look very bountiful compared to other days, I really wanted to try the spring rolls.
The empanada was good not great, it reminded me of a samosa but without the heat, the cucumber salad was good nice flavor and I tried the gorilla sauce which again okay. I would go back to this truck just to try the spring rolls. The girls are super nice and quick service I just want them to bring the heat so their around longer.

I know this truck is brand new, so maybe they’ll improve over time.
I ordered the tofu salad, the spring rolls, and a chicken empanada. I received the tofu salad, the spring rolls, and a BEEF empanada. I kind of think when you’re selling something where you can’t see the guts, you need to come up with a way to differentiate between them. Since this truck is all about stuffed things, I hope they work on that.
I got past the disappointment of biting into beef instead of chicken. It was OK. A little bland. I agree with the other reviews that the dipping sauce doesn’t really add anything. The spring rolls had a lot of meat, which is nice, but they were a little greasy for me. The sauce for that was good, but could have had a little more oomph. The tofu salad was not quite what I expected, but had very nice flavor. Of everything I had, that’s the only thing I’d get again. Ironic since it isn’t «stuffed.»

This is the first week for this new food truck, so I don’t want to be overly critical. Overall, I liked it, but there were a couple of things that were off.
The CMT empanada had a nice, mild flavor – they use garam masala and a tomato-​based sauce to flavor the chicken, so I thought it might come out tasting like an ersatz samosa, but it did not, so if you don’t like Indian food, fear not! It comes with a green goddess-​type dipping sauce which doesn’t add anything and you don’t need to it tame the heat, so it’s largely unnecessary.
I also tried the BT spring rolls – pork with shiitakes and cellophane noodles (and carrots). You get two per order and they don’t skimp on the pork at all. It comes with a honey-​lime sauce that could use a little bit of a kick. My only complaint here is that they were very oily inside, so they probably need to crank up the cooking temperature. I’m sure this will all work itself out, though.
I’m looking forward to them coming back to Courthouse and trying some other things on their menu.

I’m eating and writing so I’m just going to apologize ahead of time for the typois athat will be abounding… heh.
OK — because i’ts a pain to ypte one handed, this is oging to be quick and dirty:
The Chicken Empanada (CMT, I believe it’s called) — is delicious with a mild curry flavor. The skin is tender, the chicken flavorful, and with plenty of sauce that it makes the dipping sauce almost superfulous.
The Beef Empanada (the Jeffery) — has a *delicious* red wine sauce with it. It’s so good that I think I would have happily just bought a cup of just that sauce and drank it (hey, a cup of sauce is theoretically a soup, so stop judging me!)! Awesome!
I highly recommend getting the cucumber salad with the empanadas. It’s icy cold, with a refreshing hint of dill. A great bright counterpoint to the empanadas.
So why 4 stars instead of 5? Because I sense a little bit of confusion in the truck. I ordered 2 beef and 1 chicken and received 2 chicken and 1 beef. Which isn’t that big of a deal. But as I was waiting for my order, there were other people that were missing parts of their order — so I think they may have some logistic issues to work out first.
Still, all in all, I’m excited to see the tweet from them next week, telling me that they are pulling up to my office!