Support small business! Eat from a food truck
Month: November 2012
Happy thanksgiving
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m thankful to have met so many great people from the food truck community, and hope the enthusiasm for good food is shared by everyone.
Cheers!
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at OC Fair
Kala Truck at the OC Wine Mart
The OC Wine Mart hosted a food truck event, where Kala truck presented their menu. The participants gave their feedback regarding food, presentation, etc.
Good luck to Kala Truck, and thank you to OC Wine Mart for being such a wonderful host.
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| Thank you OC Wine Mart for hosting Kala! |
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| Patron Taco |
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| Cochinito Slider |
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| Not on the menu: Citrus Chicken taco |
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| Cajun Shrimp Taco |
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| Citrus Quinoa |
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| Shrimp sandwich |
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| Piggy Taco |
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| Habanero with Corn |
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| Enchilada (1/2 of the actual order) |
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| Queso Fundido |
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| Quesadilla |
GFTS at Black Friday, Macy’s South Coast Plaza!
Black Friday 2012 Count down has begun…
Macy’s South Coast Plaza is hosting a Black Friday Food Truck Event for everyone waiting in line to shop at midnight!
The Food Truck Event includes gourmet food trucks: Dogzilla, The Lime Truck and DosChinos
Trucks will be starting at 10:30pm on Thursday night until 1:30am
Stop by to get a bite to eat after your busy shopping night… See you there 😉
New GFT: Kala Truck hits the streets of OC
My sister Becky is my guest blogger, offering her report on food trucks from the Teller & Michelson lunch lot in Irvine, CA. This is probably the last report from the Teller Lot, as SeabirdsTruck reported that the lot is being converted to a car rental place.
Kala Truck made their Teller Lot debut on Wednesday in a very big and memorable way. They describe their style of cooking as “Artful Mexican Cuisine.” and represented just that. At the front window, they artfully display each of their tacos (beef, pork, chicken, shrimp) over a bed of colorful tortilla chips (apologies for the plastic wrap over it). Each taco order has 2 items.
Their Patron taco is the most popular of the four choices. After ordering it, I can understand why – tender, flavorful steak served with pico de gallo, creamy guacamole and queso fresco.
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| Patron taco |
The Sweet Piggy taco is also just how it sounded – slow cooked pulled pork that just melt-in-your-mouth with each bite. There is an added note of sweetness that is just enough to excite, but not overwhelm your palate. The jicama slaw on top added a nice crunchy texture.
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| Sweet Piggy |
The creamy roasted poblanos with organic corn is also topped with queso fresco accompanied with a handful of their house made tortilla chips. There is a noticeable theme in that great attention was paid to not only how the food tasted, but also how it looked / presented.
Artful Mexican Cuisine, indeed!
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| Problanos with corn |
To celebrate their debut, a mariachi band came out to perform in front of their truck. For a moment, I thought I was on vacation as I sipped on their refreshing watermelon juice (with a hint of habanero and a twist of lime) and took a moment to enjoy the show.
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| Watermelon juice w/ habanero |
Additional items on their menu (not pictured) were
Cochinita sliders (pulled pork sliders),
Cajun shrimp tacos,
Citrus chicken tacos,
Piggy fries (fries served with pulled pork, guacamole, crema),
Kala quesadilla (stuffed with cremini and button mushrooms, caramelized onions, epazote, mozzarella, pepper and jack cheeses),
Queso fundido (similar to a classic chili, but with chorizo, mixed with cheeses and served with chips)
Citrus quinoa and
Epazote black beans
Follow Kala Truck on twitter at @KalaTruck
www.kalatruck.com
An evening with Chef Roy
Nov 17: Farm to Food Truck Challenge 4
Event was postponed to November 17 due to the possible inclement weather.
On Saturday, November 10th we are hosting a farmers’ market feast for you, our friends and fans. 20 local farmers and vendors, 15 gourmet food trucks, 5 challengers and an estimated 2,000 attendees will all come together to celebrate our second birthday and compete in our Farm to Food Truck Challenge IV! You’ll be able to taste the market from our challengers and celebrate our two years at SoCo Collection!
Fifteen gourmet food trucks will serve food during the market, with five of our gourmet food truck chefs competing in an epic challenge. Chefs will source farm fresh ingredients from our certified farmers.
A $30.00 donation to our non-profit gets you a sampling plate from each of our five competition trucks! Friends, fans, and previous Top Chop Judges will join together to feast at our long communal tables in the middle of the market to vote with their forks and choose the next Top Chop Truck.
Click here for tickets
SCHEDULE
Tasting begins at 12:00pm
Judging begins at 1:00-1:30
Announcing winner at 1:30-2:00
INGREDIENTS
The five mandatory farmers market ingredients are:
- Butternut squash- Bautista Creek Local Produce or Pedros Farms
- Walnuts- Bautista Creek Local Produce
- Pomegranate- Nicholas Family Farms or Atkins Farms
- Kale- Menos Farms or Gaytan Farms
- Mushrooms- Kanes Family Farm
DISHES
Five Challengers will create five competition dishes using SoCo Farmers Market ingredients and Savory Spice salts and spices.
TICKETS
Purchase a $30 Tasting Ticket to eat one of each of the Challengers competition dishes via PayPal. Only 100 Tasting Tickets sold!
LINE UP
- Taco Maria (competition)
- Seabirds*** (competition)
- Tamarindo*** (competition)
- A Bite Truck*** (competition)
- Chomp Chomp Truck*** (competition)
- Also in attendance
- Dos Chinos
- Front Porch Pops
- Garlicscapes
- Piaggio On Wheels
- Pulp Fusion
- Rancho A Go Go
- Tailgate Truck
- Tasting Spoon
- The Flip Truck
- Tornado Potato
- Waffles De Liege
Nov 16: Torrance, St. Catherine Laboure School
St. Catherine Laboure’ School
Friday, November 16th from 6pm to 9pm
St. Catherine Laboure’ School is hosting this free event as a fun activity for the local community, but the main goal is to raise money to help cover tuition for underprivileged families. The trucks attending are donating a percentage of their sales to St. Catherine Laboure’ School.
Food trucks scheduled (subject to change without notice)
Rancho a GoGo Barbeque Truck
BBQ pork grilled cheese sandwich with mac and cheese stacked into the sandwich, Moink balls
Ragin Cajun On Wheels
Po’ boy, gumbolaya and chicken, sausage & corn bisque
Don Chow Tacos
Chinese BBQ pork, Kung Pao Chicken and Soy Ginger Tofu
Dogtown Dogs
Tater tots, bacon wrapped dog with fried egg on top
Address: 3846 West Redondo Beach Blvd, Torrance, Ca 90504.
For more information about St. Catherine Laboure’ School visit
www.stcat.org or contact Kathleen Gorze at 310-324-8732.
Am I your favorite GFT blogger?
Lookingforfoodtrucks was nominated and I hope you’ll give me your vote. Thanks!!
Who is Your Favorite Local Food Truck Blog?
While Mobile Cuisine is blog/ezine that covers the mobile food industry, there are numerous blogs across the country that cover specific areas that food trucks roam. From New York to Miami and Toronto to Dallas there are bloggers that cover the gamut of mobile food businesses. This poll has been set up to find out which local mobile food blog is the favorite in North America.
This poll will run through Friday, November 9th (11:59 PM Central Time). Once the votes have been tabulated, the winner will be announced. The winner will be able to claim the title of Favorite Local Mobile Food Blog as well as have the chance to be part of a feature story here at Mobile Cuisine that delves into the individuals who run these blogs and why they write what they do.
So help us spread the word for your favorites.
Click here and vote for me please! (remember, you can only vote once).
Here is the full list of blogs as well as links to their sites:
Atlanta Street Food Coalition – Atlanta, GA
Burger Beast – Miami, FL
DFW Food Truck Foodie – Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Food Carts Portland – Portland, OR
Food Trailers Austin – Austin, TX
Food Truck Fiesta – Washington DC
Food Truck Freak – Chicago, IL
Food Truck Nerd – Silicone Valley, CA
Hub Food Trucks – Boston, MA
Looking for Food Trucks – Los Angeles/Orange County, CA
New York Street Food – New York, NY
Orlando’s Food Trucks – Orlando, FL
San Diego Food Trucks – San Diego, CA
Saturday Night Foodies – Los Angeles/Orange County, CA
Seattle Food Truck – Seattle, WA
Stitches ‘n Dishes – Bay Area, CA
Street Grindz – Hawaii
Toronto Food Trucks – Toronto, Canada
We apologize to those bloggers we may have missed. There are many mobile food blogs that didn’t meet our criteria for this contest as many bloggers cover other topics than mobile food, have not posted in the last month, or have their blog solely set up as a Facebook page.
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