New Jersey’s King of Breakfast Sandwiches | Street Food Icons

Of course, I'm from New Jersey, who else would start a portal truck? But a guy from New Jersey, I serve one thing and one thing only, and it's pork

sandwiches

. It's the only

food

that's from New Jersey, it's only been in New Jersey for 165 years, oh look this is coming together my friend, I guess I'm doing God's work selling pork roll

sandwiches

. My name is John Urusi. I am the owner of Johnny's Pork Roll and coffee too. This little Asbury Park

food

truck. Mammoth County, New Jersey, it's a

breakfast

sandwich in some people's minds, it's an all-time sandwich, you know, in New Jersey, so I sell them pork rolls in the morning like it's a pork roll.

Tootsie, what is it? It's just minced pork shoulder, sugar, salt, a little seasoning. lactic acid in a sack, so it's almost like a hot dog without the skin, but it's not a hot dog because it's emulsified, so it's just finely ground pork seasoned to taste like ham, so if you get close to my truck and order a sandwich, I'll get pork shank and cheese. The only choice will be whether you want ketchup or not, but that's my base sandwich. Pork and cheese. Let's put these two guys together as our base. The base is our little egg.

I'm going to lose some of that goodness, it's still there, let's put that little wet egg in there, perfect, put that on top of that and then on top of that, the reason I like this composition, it works either way, I flip it when I put it I stare. my grandmother would make scrambled eggs for me in the morning, she would take pork roll and cut it, my mom would make it, sometimes we could even have it for dinner, if my mom was busy she would make little pork and cheese sandwiches for my sisters and me. driving my truck here the last few years in Asbury, countless stories from people telling me that when I was younger my dad my mom my uncle we would go crabbing fishing surfing whatever, but a pork sandwich always seemed to sneak in. equation and that's what it looks like pork leg with cheese.

It's a simple, nostalgic meal that we love here. What did Hawaiians want to eat? It's an excellent sandwich. The pork roll is probably the closest thing to Spam, but the Hawaiian sandwich is a parody of the classic Hawaiian Spam sandwich. so I did the same thing only I put some hot sauce on it bbq sauce pineapple swiss pork roll it's tasty it's sweet it's salty it's amazing my Reuben sandwich is another classic American sandwich so I mean you can't really take porpo and make A lot of different things, New Jersey is very difficult to run a food truck.

You know, if people bet on it more, they would know that there are little legal places they could go and try to make money, but a lot of times you really have to hunt. to find a place to work, man, there's a guy who goes out surfing, he's ma

king

it, but yeah, I drove my truck right here after the hurricane, they couldn't open their little kitchen, this building was destroyed and the mayor knew it was building this meal. truck, would you be interested in driving your truck this summer at the beach club? I wonder: are you kidding me?

So yeah, I used to park right here, that was my first little place, it was fun, good times, I started the truck seven years ago. Right after Hurricane Sandy, I needed to find something to do because I had a career in New York and publicity like that had run its course or I wouldn't come back. Morning truck, ah, I don't know why at the time I arrived. Here I feel like I'm at home, it's my home, I live here, I'm very proud to be standing, I didn't do it just because you came, but I keep my truck impeccable, I thought I almost had to reinvent myself and I swear I did that like a the 47 48. my dad goes through the hurricane my wife didn't want whatever everything imploded like my whole life seemed to implode on me and I swear bran pork roll In my life and I always had the idea of ​​starting a food truck because I had made one for a client I was wor

king

with in New York and we were selling grass-fed burgers on Wall Street and I think there's something to this pork.

I rolled and started playing with irony. I love it. I love food trucks. I love New Jersey. I'm going to put all that together and be this little pork bowl baker that I had. this great little place and a city that I met with wonderful people and I learned, learned, learned, so when I started my base menu said pork roll five dollars coffee two dollars together seven dollars that was the full menu Sandy was so crazy when I got there

jersey

shore seven eight years ago, I mean, just devastated, you saw the physical destruction everywhere, you saw people crying because their houses were lost or their cars were destroyed or their boat ended up on the other side of the road like people were physically displaced.

I lived at that point in Monmouth Beach. on Ocean Avenue and that's where it's a little strange coming into this, but it was right when my father died and we moved him to Nyu Langone, which is in East River, New York, I was in the hospital with him and I went to go back to home because my sisters say you better go back to Jersey, they're closing the tunnels and then you know everything that happened and he just didn't make it after that, but I missed my dad a lot, I wish he was around because I think, I just I know he had been very proud of this fun little thing that I started because the truth is, he said, he said, you said John, I know that someday you're going to make a lot of money, I just don't do it.

I don't know if you'll keep it and he's right about that. The interaction you have when you cook is that human interaction. Food is a form of pleasure. Pleasure is emotional. Emotion is what drives us to things and when you do them. food it's great to share that food with someone I make one with peppers and onions you like peppers and onions yeah you're okay that's the thing about ketchup you like whatever you want yeah that's okay man oh, I would prefer Johnny Parker's over anyone else. place he is just amazing she usually goes all egg and cheese but he still makes a bomb like every time he knows the AG ratio everything is usually the best yeah man thanks he knows how to deliver that customer service i feel.

A lot of people don't do that much nowadays, you know, what's up? How was the walk with the dog? Yeah man, there are a thousand delis and places David. Some do it very well, some not so well, some are downright terrible, but no one else. I said I own this and I'm going to be the best and I've been on a lot of top ten lists. I have never been definitively ranked from one to ten because no one has had the courage to do so. I thought here are ten great places or here are five you have to try, but I mean, that's the point, man, that's the damn point of making these sandwiches.