Is it the latest fad? Perhaps. Food cart craze is now featured on Food Network about food trucks competing against each other, food carts are featured on various pulications like Sunset and other food magazines, there are blogs about food carts and other media outlets featuring food carts of other cities... While Kogi trucks popped up in LA area several years ago, I was feeling jealous that we didn't have one like that. Then Koi Fushion popped up and little did I know, there were unique eateries near PSU and other areas that were growing all over the burb like weeds! (I love this website that tells you all about the food carts here in PDX) You can easily have Korean burritos, with Thai noodles, to to falafals to schnitzelwich all at the same time! The cost ranges from $4 to $7 per dish. Lindsey picked up Thai red curry for $5. We had it for lunch and dinner today. Many of these dishes were large portions and quite delicious! I haven't ventured too far but I am hearing about so many carts that I would like to try.... 
For the first time today, we finally lugged the family out to 3rd and Washington Street. We went to Built to Grill where it has a window sign that reads. "We are an Italian Cafe, not a fast food trailer" Yes, the food didn't taste like fast food. We ordered the Tuscan chicken penne that came in a small takeout box steaming hot with big chunks of grilled chicken, roma tomatoes, roasted garlic, fresh basil and shaved parmesan cheese! This was delicious. ENK and I will definetly return and try some other pasta selections. Of course we had to try eating at another Korean fushion cart named Korean Twist. We ordered the Korean burrito. Yup, really good with kochujang marinated chicken. The girls tried something Thai. It seems that Thai vendors were abundant. We just chose the cart that had most patrons just hanging around outside. Overall, for $25, we were quite full and satisfied. We were lucky to find a small table and chairs so we chose to eat there. We put all our food in the middle and ate it "family style". We heard about this crepe place but didn't think it was here at this location... maybe next time.
