Christchurch’s earthquakes clearly shut down many restaurants. To address these vendors’ concerns and as a way to meet demands of workers in the red zone for refreshment, the city council has provided these businesses the opportunity to operate at certain access points. This seemed like an effective solution. While exploring revitalization efforts in Christchurch’s Central Business District on Thursday, I did notice food trucks and trailers near construction sites.
In New Zealand, food trucks and trailers are called mobile food vendors. Such operations in the red zone have to meet certain conditions in order to be granted a license, one of them being a requirement to relocate as reconstruction progress reshuffles access points.
All the walking around last Thursday whetted my appetite for lunch.
Lunch
Co-located with several other trailers in Re:Start’s Cashel Mall, French-style Coq au Vin Rotisserie caught my eye from the start. A rotisserie was actually revolving at the back of the truck. The menu includes chicken and beef with a choice of salad or fries.
My choice was a very good chicken (☆☆☆½), moist, tender, skin nicely crisped and not too salty. The chicken is available in one-quarter and one-half portions. I dropped my knife but it didn’t really matter very much, the fork easily able to pull the meat off the bone. The fries were an added bonus, thinly cut and perfectly cooked, a fine aioli drizzled over the whole works. I also asked for a squeeze of ketchup on the side.
zoomeboshi 
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