Amy’s Shore Lunch Food Truck is the perfect stop for fresh sushi bowls with seasonal ingredients within Lunenburg, Bridgewater, and Blockhouse (daily schedule). I had an amazing time learning about Amy’s business ventures, and what it takes to run and operate a food truck. Amy has been feeding Nova Scotian's fresh (and delicious) sushi for three years now and has perfected her sushi bowls to a tee. Our visit gave my coworker Andrew and I the perfect excuse to grab some yummy sushi from her truck on our tour, and our steak sushi bowls were exceptional. Let's dive into Amy’s story and learn more about what made this business come to life.
Why did you decide to operate a food truck business?
This was born out of the Pandemic! I was the Sous Chef of Lincon Street Food when I got pregnant in 2019 and then the pandemic happened two weeks after our daughter was born. I couldn't be at work for 11 hours a day and realized it was time to be a cook in another capacity. I focused on my maternity leave about what would be best for me. I did a business class program and learned that I wanted to put myself in a position with low overhead. I didn't want to take out a large loan for a storefront, and being a chef in Lunenburg means working the whole summer as thats when people are here. I was tired of being inside so this was my compromise! I work the whole summer but get to be outside. We built the trailer together in 2021 and have been working since.
Favorite and Least Favorite Part of working on the road
Least favorite is how labor intensive it is. Lots of reaching, cranking, and pushing goes on to set this all up. My favorite part is working for myself and calling my own shots for the first time in my life.
Where is the furthest place you have gone?
Petit reverie for a wedding. It was 45 km. I have also gone to oak island a couple of times but the people that stay at oak island do not like my food. It was really quite humorous actually, there were a lot of people from Texas that were like Sushi?!? That's crazy! They were not the right audience.
Where do you supply your food from?
Most of the veggies come from the farmers market Rumtopf Farm in Lunenburg. I also use Soil Mates Farm and source the rice from two Asian grocery stores in the City.
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