Price: $1.50
Chang Foods is in the zeitgeist: This is the second snack in a row from it, by sheer coincidence. The cart, a lunchtime staple in Kendall Square, serves a variety of simple Chinese entrees over rice or noodles, but also a handful of Korean-style or Thai-style dishes. The food has a familiar, homey taste, made not with the intention of an elevated or necessarily authentic experience but to satisfy workers looking for respite from the typical chain food options. I tried one of its small sides, the soy sauce egg, a simple hard-boiled egg marinated in soy sauce. It tasted exactly as its name would suggest, a standard hard-boiled egg with a light hint of soy sauce. The flavor lacked depth, and the egg was boiled a little too long, but at the same time, this is exactly what I wanted – a simple homemade snack your parents might pack for a school lunch.
Chang Foods, roughly 600 Main St., Kendall Square, Cambridge
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