Category: Savory food truck

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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Irvine: Piaggio, Shortstop bbq, The Lime Truck, Morsels Bakery Truck

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Piaggio on wheel’s Osso Buco
Shortstop BBQ’s turkey with cranberry bbq sauce
Dos Chino’s pork belly taco
Morsel’s bakery cream puff
The Lime Truck’s steak taco w/ mango salsa
The Lime Truck’s japanese chilies

Tonight (thanks to Saturday Night Foodies) there were 20 trucks at the Verizonwireless Amphitheater raising money and food for the Second Harvest Food Bank.

I wanted to try all the trucks but narrowed it to Piaggio’s osso bucco, Shortstop bbq’s turkey sandwich in a cranberry bbq sauce, Dos Chinos’ pork bellies taco, and dessert from Morsels Bakery truck.

Martin went to Lime Truck and got the steak taco with mango salsa and an order of the japanese chilies.

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

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

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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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Carson/Torrance: Dumpling station, the Greasy Weiner, Mighty Boba Truck

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Dumpling Station
Pork & leek dumplings and Pork & veg dumplings
Chili dog from The Greasy Wieners
The Mighty Boba Truck

The Veterans Day continued at the Carson kmart, and then a new truck gathering at the Torrance kmart.

The Carson location had resident trucks Tropical Shave Ice & Lomo Arigato with Dumpling Station, Taco Surfer, White Rabbit, Mambo, Buttermilk, Ludo and the octopus one.

Buttermilk took too long to open, and Rabbit’s menu was half missing. Karen & I split an order of stream pork & leek, pork & veg dumplings, before taking off to Torrance.

Torrance had famous Nom Nom truck, Ragin Cajun, Greasy Weiner, Calbi, Morsels Bakery, Mighty Boba, Chunk n Chip, and Baja.

Martin got the combo from Ragin Cajun (not pictured), and I got a chili dog from the Greasy Weiner and a boba drink (not pictured).

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Costa mesa: Chompchomp, Barcelona, Morsels

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Chicken satay from ChompChomp
Tofu satay
My tank top!
Sausage sandwich from Barcelona onthego
Original cream puff from Morsel’s Bakery Truck

Today is Veterans Day, a day to remember our fallen military soldiers, and commemorate our current soldiers and past veterans.

Karen and I went to the OC Fair for lunch. She went to Crepes while I got the chicken and tofu satay from Chompchomp Nation. I was also awarded a tank top for bring “fan of the week”

I also had a sausage sandwich from Barcelona onthego, cream puff from Morsels and a Tropical Shave Ice (not pictured).

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Los Alamitos: the Lime Truck, Louks

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Tri tip chili from Lime Truck
Reuben sandwich from The Lime Truck
Shrimp skewer & beef skewer from Louks

Today at lunch I went to a brick & mortar korean restaurant for tofu and bulgogi beef. The lunch was so filling, I wasn’t that hungry for dinner.

From the Lime Truck, I got the tri-tip chili over sweet potato fries, and Martin got the special Reuben sandwich. From Louks, I got a shrimp skewer and a beef skewer.

I did end the evening with a shave ice…and yes, it was cold!

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