Category: Orange County

Costa mesa: Barcelona, Shortstop bbq

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Lentil & Serrano Ham soup
Smoked duck w/ creamed corn and fries
Pulled pork sliders with creamed corn
Tri tip with bleu cheese slaw & chicken with bbq slaw sliders

There’s one way to get the husband to the mall… Feed him first. Lucky for me there’s a food truck gathering at the SoCo in Costa Mesa. Today Chompchomp, Calbi, Barcelona, Morsels, & Shortstop bbq were there.

It was a sunny day, but just enough chill to order a lentil & ham soup from Barcelona.

I also got the limited Duck plate (sans sauce) plus 2 sides from Shortstop, leaving me too full to grab anything else… Well except a fresh baked cookie from Morsels.

Martin got his usual sliders from Shortstop: tri-tip, chicken & pork.

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Irvine: Piaggio, Ahn Joo, Dos Chinos, the Lime Truck

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Piaggio on wheels with new wrap
Argentine skirt steak with chimichurri sauce from Piaggio
Korean fried chicken over fries from Ahn Joo
Pork belly taco with dried cranberries from Dos chinos
Tortilla soup from the Lime Truck

It’s the day before Thanksgiving and also the Wednesday OC DIN DIN A GO GO in Irvine.

Tonight’s trucks were resident gfts Lomo, Piaggio, Tropical, Dos Chinos and Lime Truck. The guest trucks were Ahn-Joo korean snack truck, Chunk n Chip, and Chompchomp.

Piaggio arrived with some added color wrap, which made the truck look very nice.

For dinner I ordered the Ahn-Joo fried chicken, skirt steak taco from Piaggio, and the pork belly “bolsa” taco from Dos Chinos. On my way out, I picked up the Tortilla Soup from the Lime Truck so I’ll have something while I make the Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.

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Nov 26: Food trucks in Santa Ana + Costa Mesa on Black Friday!

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Los Alamitos: Eat Phamish, Morsels Bakery Truck

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Vietnamese noodle soup (pho ga)
Morsel’s cream puff
(one of my favorites)
Banana cream dessert shot
Fresh chocolate chip cookie
It was scalding hot!

Tonight the Los Al Din Din had a great line up with Lomo, Lime Truck, Vizzi Truck, and guest trucks: Takoyakitanota (the Octopus truck), Shrimp Guys, and Eat Phamish.

When we arrived not all the trucks were there. It was cold and rain was heading our way, a hot bowl of vietnamese noodle soup (pho) was ideal. The bowl was pretty large (surprisingly) I didn’t have room to eat other items from other trucks. Well, I did leave room for my cream puff, and Karen had room for a dessert shot & a hot, fresh chocolate chip cookie, also from Morsels.

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Nov 7-20, OC Food trucks acting as drop off points to "Drive Out Hunger"

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FOOD DRIVE ENDS NOVEMBER 20TH!
Don’t have time to stop at a food truck or the grocery store?
Shop virtually and donate money or food online!
Click here for the link
Prices are wholesale, so its even cheaper than the stores
You will get a receipt of your donation, which is tax deductible

Special food truck event Nov. 17, from 4:30 – 9:30 p.m at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

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Click here for the link info

update: the event raised 4000 lb of food + $5000 from the silent auction!

FOODIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING FOLDING CHAIRS & TABLES
(to dine in comfort)

In conjunction with 19 gourmet food trucks and other leading food bloggers, Saturday Night Foodies will host a special food truck event Wednesday, Nov. 17, from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m., in the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater parking lot (8808 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA).

This special Drive Out Hunger event will leverage OC DinDin-A-GoGo, a weekly gourmet food truck event managed by the Tropical Shave Ice Truck.  For those that have experienced a DinDin-A-GoGo event, think OC DinDin on steroids!  We really encourage everyone to bring folding tables, chairs and blankets.

Celebrities helping to bring awareness to the hunger crisis in Orange County will be on hand to take pictures and sign autographs for a donation of 10 non-perishable canned or dry good items, per person. There will also be a silent auction, and participants will have the opportunity to bid on Lakers and Lady Gaga tickets, vacations, and autographed art, to name just a few.

Event admission and parking are free.

Celebrities* participating in the special Drive Out Hunger OC DinDin-A-GoGo event at press time are:

  • Ashley Argota (Nickelodeon’s True Jackson VP)
  • Rachael Bell (Disney’s Suite Life on Deck)
  • Doug Brochu (Sonny with a Chance)
  • Taylor Dayne (Singer)
  • John and Steven French (Disney’s Suite Life: 2 for the Road)
  • Shar Jackson (Moesha, Celebrity Fit Club)
  • Savannah Jayde (Big Time Rush)
  • Ashley Jones (True Blood, Bold and Beautiful)
  • James Kyson Lee (Heroes)
  • Corey Miller (LA Ink)
  • Bronson Pelletier (Twilight Saga)
  • Raini Rodriguez (Paul Blart Mall Cop, Disney’s Prom)
  • Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family)
  • Gretchen Christine Rossi (Real Housewives of Orange County)
  • BooBoo Stewart (Twilight Saga)
  • Fivel Stewart (Guardians of Luna)
  • Kaycee Stroh (High School Musical 1, 2 & 3)
  • Jessica Sutta (Pussycat Dolls)

*Celebrities subject to change without notice. Visit http://www.saturdaynightfoodies.com for latest lineup.

The donations that are needed most

Non-perishable canned goods or dry food**:

  • Canned meats, fish, soup, fruits, vegetables
  • Pasta
  • Hot and cold cereal
  • Macaroni and cheese
  • Rice
  • Beans
  • Peanut butter

Personal care items:

  • Diapers
  • Toothpaste and toothbrushes
  • Toilet paper
  • Soap

** Please no glass containers or expired items.

Los Alamitos: Yalla truck, Barcelona onthego

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Yalla classic
 
Baba Ghanoush (see description above)
Coffee Creme Brulee
Fries w/ sea salt
Spanish chilaquiles

This week a truck “new” to the OC came to Los Al, the Yalla truck. They are a vegetarian truck specializing in falafel, which is made of chickpeas.

Martin had one of their pitas and Karen had their appetizers, which I took a rare photo of the menu description.

I had fries and Chef Jennifer’s coffee creme brulee from Barcelona onthego, while my nephew had the Chilaquiles, also from Barcelona onthego.

Not pictured: our traditional Tropical Shave Ice

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Huntington Beach: Piaggio, Chunk n Chip

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Pulled pork over chimi rice from Piaggio
Chunk n chips BooYah

Piaggio, Chunk n Chip, Kona Ice and Dos Chinos (arrived late) were at Jack’s Surf in Huntington Beach. I forgot how much cooler it was by the beach as I ate my pulled pork over chimi rice. Martin had 2 chicken tacos from Piaggio (not pictured) and a mint booyah from Chunk n Chip.

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Irvine: Piaggio, Crepes Bonaparte, Tropical Shave Ice, Kidbeanz

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Filet Mignon over Chimi Rice & Asparagus
Banana, Strawberry & Nutella crepe
Hawaiian Shave ice!
Getting a shot.. of espresso from Kidbeanz

My apologies for this delayed post. Having an extra 2 days off messed up my schedule. Ok, not true, but that is my weak excuse.

It’s nice we can have a place to go on Sundays. The line up at this week’s OC GREAT PARK was Louks, Piaggio, Barcelona, Chompchomp, Crepes, Dogzilla, Tropical Shave Ice, and coffee truck Kidbeanz.

Piaggio had a filet mignon sandwich that I had converted into a rice & asparagus plate. Karen got her favorite: a banana, strawberry & nutella crepe from Crepe Bonaparte, and we also picked up a tofu satay at Chompchomp (not pictured).

For dessert, we always save room for Shave Ice (shocking, I know), and on our way out we picked up a macchiato and a mocha from Kidbeanz. I didn’t post a photo of the coffees… apologies.

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Anaheim: Dos Chinos, Piaggio on wheels

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Pork Bellies taco from Dos Chinos
Caprese empenadas from Piaggio on Wheels

After our brunch at the Great Park, Karen and I went canned food shopping to help “Drive out hunger” food drive.

We made a quick stop to Angels Stadium to visit Dos Chinos and Piaggio, who was helping a charity walk. I had a light snack of the pork bellies taco and the caprese empenadas.

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