Is it time to move on beyond food trucks when my Dad is curious enough to ask me about the food truck craze that he reads about in the Chinese newspaper?
Re: Yummy One
I had the taco before. It was pretty good since the sauce they used really made their taco stand out from some of the other tacos I’ve had. I decided to try their Bibimbap rice wrap. They described it as traditional Bibimbap that is just wrapped in a rice paper. The easiest way to describe rice paper would probably be the type of wrapping you would find if you order Vietnamese Spring Rolls.
Re: Schnitzel Wagon
So... who knows what a Schnitzel is? I certainly didn’t. But this truck was at the Westside Food Truck lot. Before writing this entry I Googled it and read the wiki entry on it. So now I know what it is! Internet is great!
Anyways, I ordered the Chicken Schnitzel plate. I thought the chicken was pretty good. The portion they gave was pretty large. The breading was very good. Every bite had a nice crunch to it. It reminded me of tempura. The chicken was pretty tender but I guess that’s what happens when it gets hammered flat? They said they included some special lemon sauce. But honestly I didn’t taste this special sauce. The bag was empty aside from napkins. I did see a lemon wedge which you can see at the top of the picture. Maybe that lemon was that the “sauce”? Because if it was the sauce, I must have missed the memo. Plus I don’t usually like to have lemon juice over fried food (fried fish sticks, fried shrimp, etc). The fries were boring. The cole slaw was boring.
Re: Mighty Boba Truck.
Did anyone notice the new cup designs? Its pretty awesome and fits in with their super hero theme.
Re: Meat and Potatoes
I’ve seen this truck around and the name is pretty intriguing. I’ve seen its menu and honestly it didn’t look like it would taste really good. But man was I wrong.
They suggested the Pastrami sandwich. I’m not a big fan of pastrami but I still went with it since its what the lady at the counter said was “the best.” Its one big sandwich with tomatoes, coleslaw, sliced deli meat, cheese and french fries. I think what made this sandwich really good was the coleslaw. They put something in that coleslaw that just made the sandwich taste really good. I got this double taste of the coleslaw with every bite. The first taste was the actual coleslaw. The second taste was from the french fries and the bread that soaked up the juices of the coleslaw. I think it was the soaked fries that made tied the sandwich together so well.
Re: Sloppy Gourmet
A new truck that’s only been around for two months. This is one of those American comfort foods similar to grilled cheese. But unlike grilled cheese, a sloppy Joe’s is a tough thing to eat. It gets real messy really fast.
This new truck was near work and I stopped by to check it out. They serve their sloppy joe’s out of a hollowed out loaf of bread. Its an interesting idea and though it may make holding it easier... it sure doesn’t make it any easier to eat. It still got very messy when I tried. I had gotten their “original” but added bacon and eggs into the mix. I had wondered how they were going to incorporate the bacon and eggs since normally sloppy joe’s have the meat and the sauce all pre-made in some cooking container. Apparently, they cook it on the side and stuff it into the sandwich and then put the sloppy joes in. Not the best in my opinion. At least... they should have chopped up the bacon and mixed it in. I also got their potato spud balls. It was breaded mashed potatoes with sloppy joe toppings. Honestly, it tasted more breaded than mashed potatoes. I would totally recommend against ordering that particular dish.
As I don’t like sloppy joes very much, I probably wouldn't specifically search out this truck just to go to it like I do with Grilled Cheese Truck or the other trucks on my twitter list.
Re: Ta Bom
I tried their special burger on the menu. And it was good. I think I was more surprised at the fact that there was sweet corn in the burger than anything else. I can see why the truck says this burger is a “top seller.” Its different enough from a regular burger that it doesn’t taste like one yet still has the familiarity of the meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and onions in it. I would recommend people to try it.
Re: Aunties Fry Bread
It’s billed as a “Native American” fusion. But since I’ve never had “native american” food. I really don’t know how authentic this food is. Anyways, I have always wanted to go to the Santa Monica Main Street food lot that occurs on Tuesdays. I went one Tuesday night after work and got fairly lucky with parking. The area South of 3rd Street Promenade was packed with people and cars.
From the looks of the food, it seemed that this truck mainly served some bread item with chili topped. I’m not sure which part of what i just described is considered native american. The bread was very fluffy but tasteless. It tasted somewhat different from normal bread that we get from the supermarket. It had a more “doughy” consistency similar to the puffballs that you find at Vik’s Chaat Corner in Berkeley. I think it was decent. The chili tasted pretty good.
Re: NachoTruck LA
After the fry bread, the chili made me crave the nachos next to the fry bread truck. This truck is marketing nachos as a gourmet affair. But I think nachos in the end are pretty much a food for the masses regardless of the ingredients used.
The nachos were pretty good. They used either home baked or gourmet style crunchy chips that I liked alot. On the bottom of the nachos was a tortilla. At first I thought it was kind of odd to have a tortilla layered on the bottom. But as I finished the nachos, I figured out what it was for... well maybe! I used it to eat it the rest of the smaller juiced soaked nachos as a taco. Genius!!
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