Bon Me Food Truck + West Bridge Restaurant Fusion Pop-up Picnic, Ring's Fountain, Rose Kennedy Parkway

On Wednesday, August 29th from 5-9 pm at Rings Fountain @The Rose Kennedy Greenway (Atlantic Ave & Milk Street), the talented folks at Bon Me Food Truck  teamed up with French Chef Matthew Gaudet of West Bridge (Kendall Square, Cambridge) to deliver a 4 course Vietnamese-French fusion mid-scale picnic style meal!

Tickets cost $15 when purchased ahead of time, and were $18 at the event.

The Bon Me truck is best known for their amazing banh mi sandwiches, spicy deviled tea eggs and spicy ginger lemonade!

Not quite the 'event' I was expecting as the crowd remained pretty thin throughout the night.

I found the food to be a bit lackluster, with the highlights being the tenderness of the braised beef tongue on the sandwich and the dessert. The service however, was great...as usual!

Pork butter crostini topped with a minced ginger? and microgreens.  I did enjoy the pork butter...I mean, who wouldn't!?!

The bok choy slaw was pretty bland. The best part of this dish was the sparse crackled pork skin pieces.  I couldn't used a bit more of those to make the dish more interesting and add a bit more flavor.

The braised beef toungue banh mi topped with kimchi

Coconut amaranth pudding topped with pineapple. 
This was pretty good...and different!

At the end of the day, I expected much more of the fusion of two powerhouses.  I think keeping them separate on their own turfs will suffice.