Long Beach Street Food Festival @ Rainbow Lagoon Park

October 9, 2010September 18, 2015Leave a comment

There was a big gourmet truck gathering at the Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach. Over 20 trucks were there, with admission $6 for pre-sale, $8 cash at the door. The proceeds were going to Long Beach City schools.

Nom Nom truck had one of the longest line!

Click here to see if you cannot see the video above
(courtesy of @mreynoso)

Jennifer and Misa from Nom Nom

Pork Banh Mi sandwich from Nom Nom

A chili w/ grilled onion hot dog from Greasy Wieners

Korean meatball from Great Balls on Tire

Bollywood from Great Balls on Tires

The “All American” from Yatti Truck
Grilled beef with cheese wrapped in tempura

BBQ wings from Nana Queens

Mild wings from Nana Queens

Tacos from Kabob Express

OC Foodies: New hot lunch spot on Thursdays!

September 23, 2010September 18, 2015Leave a comment

If you work or live in Costa Mesa/ Newport/ or near the Orange County Fair Grounds, there is a new food gathering on Thursdays.

Piaggio on wheels, Bakery Truck, Calbi and Louk’s to go are there serving up some good grub!

The Fast Food Maven mentioned it in the article I posted earlier, but I thought I’d post the flyer.

I didn’t get a chance to chase a truck today, so I’ll share something very ironic, and humorous…

Tonight, the winner of the Great Food Truck Race, Grill em all, was at the Bootlegger Brewery in Fullerton. As a food truck chaser, that should have been a no brainer for me to go try them. Instead my long time girlfriend (or my “bff” as girls call it) wanted to to go Island Burgers for dinner.

How ironic that I give up a chance to eat a “bohemeth” burger from @Grillemalltruck for an ordinary brick n mortar restaurant burger. Sigh…. she must be a good friend, eh?!

Then again, after checking twitter, maybe it was good I didn’t go. Look at the line!!!

Photo of @bootleggersbrew and @grillemalltruck. Insanely crowded.
photo taken by @threefrenchs

OMG, Food Trucks have gone mainstream!

September 23, 2010September 18, 20152 Comments

Wow, food trucks have indeed gone main stream!! I received a tweet from the Auto Club of So cal who wanted to share a write up on LA food trucks being featured in this month’s Auto Club News.

Click this link to read the article on the “newer” trucks you can find in the greater LA area. Too bad they didn’t interview Orange County Foodies to represent the OC!

Auto club also interviewed the one who started it all

The @KogiBBQ owner, Roy Choi.

Click here for the interview with Papa!

ha ha ha… my 15 seconds of fame by the Fast Food Maven!

September 22, 2010September 18, 2015Leave a comment

Like many foodies in Orange County, I follow Nancy Luna, dubbed the “Fast Food Maven” from the Orange County Register newspaper. She blogs and tweets about the food industry in the OC, and the trends such as gourmet trucks.

I first met her in May 2010, when Oh For Sweets Sakes first launched at the REI in Santa Ana, and Brooklyn Boys decided to call it quits. She interviewed me while ordering food at Piaggio’s, and featured me (again) today! She had me give my two cents on food trucks in Orange County, and how I felt that trucks were learning to work as a team, not flying solo.

I hope you’ll get a chuckle out of the write up… it totally made my day!
You can also click here to read the article.