Sambas Cuisine

Jibarito is a great sandwich. I had it with pork, rather than chicken or steak option. The owner said that pork was the «traditional» way so I went with that. It was really good. It had fried plantains in place of bread; a nice touch. It had pork, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and a sauce. Having no prior experience with this type of sandwich, I have nothing to compare it to, but it was really good. In the end, that’s all that matters. The sandwich was also huge for $ 9. I probably could have cut it in half and shared; but of course I didn’t.
Samba’s Cuisine is a mobile food truck so you may need to plan on a place to sit and enjoy this sandwich.

Booked this food truck to come to the University of Hartford’s Spring Fling, great owners to work with! Food was hands down a crowd favorite!

OK, I am not sure if this is a new food truck, but it seems to have a lot of potential. Sambas Cuisine serves Brazilian/​Spanish food. I am neither so I cannot attest to the authenticity. I bought the Friday Special of Brazilian BBQ. It came with beef, grilled sausage (linguisa?), rice and black beans, potato salad, and a small bit of green salad.
The beef and sausage were very tasty. The beef was a little hard to cut with plastic ware in a foam take-​out container, but it was tasty and was easy to eat. The sausage was very good.
The rice and black beans had an odd «coffee» or burnt flavor to them. There were bones in my beans, so I assume stewed/​homemade. The rice was a little crunchy or uncooked, which bothered me a little.
The potato salad was very tasty. Mayo based but it had fresh green beans, peas, carrots, and some other bean. All of it was tasty. The mayo was not overwhelming. The vegetables must have been parboiled because they were firm but not raw.
The salad could have been a little bigger. It was about three bites of mixed greens. But it was fresh and crisp. It came with a small container of something that looks like ground nuts or bread crumbs. I will need someone to explain that one to me.
I will go back. I feel like I got $ 10 worth of food. It was very filling and tasty. I will try to remember to grab a menu and post it.