Sweet & Salty Island Grindz

Sweet and Salty Island Grindz is an Orlando based food truck that recently ventured the 2 hour drive to Jacksonville over the weekend. Why you asked? Well, the owner of the food truck (Will) is a Jacksonville'n. He wanted to go home and give his home town Jax peeps a lil sumthin sumthin of what they have to offer, Hawaiian and Filipino food. So on their first trial, they set camp just right outside the Orange Park Mall parking lot....and it was a hit.The smell and aroma alone coming out of their roof vents was enough to attract you to the truck like Zombies to noises. Their menu is pretty simple. The top sellers here are their Signature Plates: Huli Huli Chicken, Teriyaki Beef and Kalua Pork. I ordered the Huli Huli Chicken (5/5), Kalua Pork (5/5), Spicy Spam Musubi (5/5) and Regular Spam Musubi (4/5)...all fantastic in their own rights.All in all, I foresee big things happening for this truck. Great tasting, delicious, yummy tummy food. You can follow them on Instagram for more info and on site locations.Additionally, future plans include opening up 3-4 more food trucks in the future.Until we meet again S&S...

Local grindz .. kamaaina's from Hawaii know what that is. This truck has plate lunches which are composed of two scoops of white rice, macaroni salad and a protein. They also offer sandwiches and spam musubi's. As an East Coast local joy from Kaimuki on Oahu I was psyched when I saw that I was going to be in Orlando and Chef Willi would be at a local micro-brew. So I ordered a Spam Musubi, the Huli-Huli Chicken plate lunch and the Kal-Bi Rib plate lunch. The proteins had a good char on them which is important. The Kal Bi ribs were very tasty just like I remembers them and the boneless Huli-Huli chicken had a nice sweet taste to it. The rice was made in a rice cooker so of course perfect and the Mac salad was good - a bit too creamy for my taste but the best I've had on the mainland. Mahalo Chef Willi for bringing some of the island to the east coast!

Amazing!! Tastes just like I'm back in Hawaii! My daughter wanted to celebrate her birthday and Sweet and Salty Island Grindz did not disappoint. Came to the Lake Nona Farmer's Market location. I forgot to take a picture and it was so good that by the time I realized my plate was almost empty! Great food and great service.