Vegas StrEATs, which takes place almost monthly in the parking area of the El Cortez Casino and Hotel in downtown East Las Vegas was where I finally got to sample the delightful offerings of food trucks. It's kind of funny; here in Montreal, there are strictly speaking, no food trucks, but there sort of are a few, but like most things in Montreal, it is complicated. Anyhow, even as a frequent visitor to food truck friendly cities, I have never really explored the phenomena.

We eagerly awaited the start of food services, we had arrived early enough that most of the trucks were still figuring out parking arrangements. In the meantime we browsed the many artists selling their works, with one artist, Juan Muniz, catching my attention for quite some time. We will definitely be on the lookout for him and his works on future visits to Vegas.

Once the trucks were open for business, it didn't take very long for the lines to fill up and pretty soon I realized how lucky we were to be one of the first people in. While my boyfriend ordered from FukuBurger and I headed over to Tasty Bunz where I was faced with oodles of interesting choices and forced to narrow my selections down to 4 of the offerings. For good measure, we also ordered a poutine from Lola D's Kitchen; we couldn't resist, we're from Montreal!

From FukuBurger we scored a Karai and a Buta Burger, both were delicious but extremely messy! This was our first time approaching food trucks, so like anxious little starstruck girls, we both were too giddy to ask too many questions. So the Buta Burger, from memory, was a fuku patty (marinate beef from my understanding) topped with applewood smoked bacon and a Japanese BBQ sauce. The Karai, also a fuku patty but topped with habanero kabayaki (spicy).

At Tasty Bunz, home of my favorite of the day was the bacon stuffed hotdog I scarfed down in seconds. We also had a selection of 3 smaller bunz including the McCheezy (cheesy macaroni stuffed into a bunz), the Bacon Bird (chicken and bacon) and the Queso-Diaz (more cheese). They were all really good, but none could scoop my attention away from that hotdog.

Over at Lola D's Kitchen we were not too impressed with the poutine, but not being even remotely from Montreal, just the effort is worth noting. We did, however, really enjoy their homemade gelato, it was magnificent!

Before heading out, we stopped by to try a cone from SnOw ONO, but I think shaved ice just instead my thing, I couldn't grasp the value of it, even with a ball of vanilla ice-cream snuggled in the center. People love the SnOw ONO truck and there was a huge line just to get my order in, I feel like I did when people would (or do) tell me that my mother makes the best cabbage rolls ever, I don't know, I can't appreciate it.

If you are visiting Las Vegas, or happen to be lucky enough to live there, definitely check out Vegas StrEATs!

Tasty Bunz, Fukuburger, Lola D's Kitchen & SnOw ONO can be found in various spots in Las Vegas, follow their tweets to find out where they'll show up next.