A couple Fridays back I actually got to leave work early on a Friday. Due to our staffing levels, that has been a pretty rare phenomenon. Frequently if I take off early when working from home, I will celebrate by driving over to Jefferson and hitting A&W. I enjoy the simple things in life. Don’t judge. Or do. I’ll sleep the same either way.

Since I’ve been working exclusively from the Computer Mine the last several weeks, Jefferson felt a touch too far. Instead, I decided to celebrate getting set free early by hitting a food truck. As luck would have it, the food truck On the Hook was selling their whares in the North Grand Mall parking lot.

As the whistle blew, setting me free from my wage slave shackles for a few days, I bid a fond adieu to my fellow miners and headed up north.

On the Hook is a food truck that specializes in fish and chips. From their website (onthehookfishanchips.com):

On the Hook specializes in line-caught wild Alaskan cod fish and chips. We begin with the highest quality cod sourced from the cold clean waters of Alaska. This, however, is not just any Alaskan cod. Our cod is caught using hook and line, brought aboard individually, and immediately headed, gutted, and flash-frozen. This ensures a perfectly preserved fresh-caught quality and tenderness. We hand-coat our cod with our home-made beer batter, created by our founders over months of experimenting. To top it off, our founders also created signature dipping sauces for each meal to create the perfect dish.

It isn’t a local food truck (so Logan would be proud of me). It is a franchise of some sort. They have food trucks in about 15 states. They do come to Boone every once in awhile, so it isn’t exactly a new food adventure. However, it had been a minute since I’ve eaten there, so it felt worthy of documenting.

To cut to the chase, they sell a pretty good fish and chips.

Here are some pictures:

You could be next fish in the Ada Haydn pond!

$15.00 feels pretty steep for fish and chips, but I can’t deny that this meal did fill me up.

It was a tasty meal, although it did taste like they were a touch past the time where they should have changed out their oil.

I would definitely get food from On the Hook again, but if I was in Ames and was feeling the need for fish and chips, I would go to the Mucky Duck.

Next food adventure will also involve a food truck.