Manila Stix BBQ & Grill

I met up with some friends at the bestBet Food Truck Rally for dinner and snacks. No matter how well I plan beforehand what trucks I want to eat at the plan always falls through. So I went to plan B:
When at a food truck rally, all ways look for the trucks with the longest lines.
There were a couple that were long but Manila seemed unusually long. A quick browsing of the menu made me realize why. Lumpia, Pork and Chicken Skewers, Pancit, no wonder. Not only did it sound good it smelled wonderful. We made our way to the back of the line. Wait wasn’t painfully long as some folks ahead of us gave up and walked off. Patience is a virtue that will be rewarded. The guy taking orders at one point told us in line that they had to stop taking orders for 10 mins just so they could catch up on the orders already placed. Wow. By the time we got to the stand they had ran out of Adobo (pork stew) and the Lumpia entrees. Luckily we could still have lumpia as a side item which meant we couldn’t get 7 but instead 3. Cool. I ordered the Liempo (grilled pork belly) Combo with garlic rice and lumpia. It took less than 5 mins before it got to my hands so they were cranking out some food.
OMG everything was delish. The liempo was grilled to perfection. Usually anything grilled needs some kinda sauce over it. This needed none of that. If I could I would just order a platter of liempo and pop them in my mouth like popcorn, very tender and juicy. The lumpia was freshly out the fryer and was hot when bitten into, very good. The garlic was a nice compliment to the liempo. I was expecting it to be real garlicky but it was subtle and pleasant.
I definitely enjoyed everything and will be returning to this truck in the future.

These guys KILLED IT at the Food Truck Rally in Fleming Island. The trailer is small, so the wait was long, but it was worth it.
The pork belly was top notch. Garlic rice was perfect. Adobo pork was ¹⁰⁄₁₀. The lumpia was to die for.
Loved it, worth the wait.

I have seen this truck/​trailer out for sometime now. They are always at the cecil commerce center and that is too far away. Yea right says the guy that drove 75 miles one way for bbq. It was really good and they made their own sausage and bologna. But anyway Manila Stix is a super small trailer with a griddle and a hood. That’s about it. They make some meat on a stick thingies. When I looked at their menu and I made it about half way down and saw pork belly and stopped right there. I don’t know anyone that likes it more then me. I did get to talk to owners Richard and Ezette. They are husband n wife and in this trailer they better be. It’s really touchy feely inside. I did get the lowdown on this truck and they seem to have a good product ideas too. Now I did notice that (Navy Guy) hubby works the front of the house and wife works the grill. So I had to sit and watch how this one works. I do most of the cooking in our house. I will say that the pork belly was pretty darn good. Nice flavors from the marinade of a lot of soy and some teriyaki along with some other secret seasonings. Salt, pepper, garlic, lots of garlic you know secret stuff. I also got a pork stix that was lets say a smig over. The same seasoning combo just grilled a lot. In all I will eat from this truck again when I see them closer to town.

Got to have that garlic rice and lumpia!!! At Cecil field now!!! That number 2!!! The people are very friendly!