OINK - OINKSTER

What exactly does "slow fast food" mean? 'Sloooow-roasted pork&nbsp sandwich' as quoted on the Oinkster's website (which is the only slow-roasted dish on the menu)? Or is the 'slow' a reference to the Slow Food movement? In this case the description would be misleading, since the Slow Food movement stands for locally grown and organic ingredients, and there are no locally grown organic ingredients used at the Eagle Rock fast food joint. At least, that's what I have been told by the waiter.

When I went there for lunch today, I was surprised to find a couple of severely obese customers eating out - it was scary. Hmm, I thought, if they like it here, the food must be, to say it politely, very satisfying. We had the BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich with Carolina BBQ sauce, the Veggie Burger and Belgian fries with garlic aioli and chipotle ketchup. The sauces were really very yummy and the Belgian fries crisp and nice, but not the best I ever had. I liked the pork sandwich, the meat was juicy and flavorful and the shredded blue cabbage was a nice crunchy and colorful addition, but the bread was too soggy. The whole thing could be a little more modest – it was way too big of a portion, I would have been happy with only  half the meat. The Veggie Burger was ok, I couldn't tell the difference between a meat patty and this veggie patty, which is actually strange, but the veggies were so minced and mashed that together with  with the Thousand Island sauce it didn't really make a difference. Which can be a good or a bad thing, depending on what you're after. I didn't like the bun at all, it was soaked with fat, too soft and mushy, and made of highly processed flour.

All in all it was ok, but the Oinkster is a fast food place, not matter how much you're told that they are 'slow'.