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| Pork Bellies taco from Dos Chinos |
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| 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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| French toast from Barcelona |
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| Wine infused pear dipped in chocolate from Barcelona |
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| Huevos y papas from Barcelona |
Today started off as a nice day to go to the Farmers Market at the Great Park.
I had the French toast and wine infused chocolate pear from Barcelona onthego, and Martin had the Huevos y Papas y Chorizo (basically eggs over sausage and fries).
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| New Truck: Chomp Chomp Nation |
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| Chicken Satay w/ rice cubes, peanut sauce, and slaw from Chomp Chomp |
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| Chicken wings with medley of chips from Chomp Chomp |
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| Pork with creamed corn slider and Tri-tip with bleu cheese slaw slider from ShortStop BBQ |
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| Portabello mushroom slider from Shortstop BBQ |
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| Meat + 2 sides from Shortstop BBQ This is Tri-tip with creamed corn and fries |
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| Carrot cake and maple frosting from Mrs Blakes (Shortstop BBQ) |
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| Paella from Barcelona on thego |
A new farmers market popped up in Costa Mesa at a new mall nicknamed SoCo. Its a tiny market, but 7 trucks came to the inaugural day, including brand new Chompchomp Nation, a Singapore cuisine truck.
In addition, Crepes, Louks, Calbi bbq, Barcelona, Shortstop bbq, and Baja fresh were there.
Martin got 3 sliders and a carrot maple cup cake from Shortstop (made by Mrs. Blake). My friend Bonnie got wings from Chompchomp,and I got the chicken satay from Chompchomp, tri-tip with creamed corn and fries from Shortstopbbq, and Paella from Barcelona.
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| Bankok Night |
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| Ragin Cajun combo plate |
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| Mu5hroom Soup from Vizzi Truck |
The South Bay Din Din had 10 trucks out, but we only tackled 5.
New truck, Global Soul Truck had a dish called Bangkok Night, which was a ground pork, lettuce wrap type item. I split that and Lomo’s tofu spaghetti with Karen (not shown).
Martin went to Ragin Cajun and got the combo: half red beans & sausage, half jambalaya.
For dessert, we got the usual Tropical Shave Ice (not shown) and I took home Vizzi’s new fall menu, mu5hroom soup, which does not look appealing in photos.
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| garlic shrimp |
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| paella |
After a long day at Gourmet on the Go, I wanted to have something different than what was offered at lunch. Fortunately for me, Papas Tapas was a new truck that I have never tried before.
The menu was vast, but I decided on the garlic shrimp and the paella from this Spanish truck.
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| Lines were formed as soon as the trucks opened up for business |
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| Piaggio’s Milanesa al caballo (breaded chicken) with a fried egg over fries |
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| Asparagus/Mushroom quesadilla from Piaggio on Wheels |
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| Dos Chinos Carne Asada over Fries |
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| My friend Anna (left) getting ready for the Nutella Eating Contest, sponsored by Crepes Bonaparte |
After months of planning, my Gourmet On The Go event finally became a reality!
Piaggio on Wheels, Crepes Bonaparte, Dos Chinos, Tropical Shave Ice and Oh For Sweets Sake came to serve the people, and OC PARKS made it all possible by helping me with the local permits and venue.
Piaggio had his Milanesa Caballo and Egg over fries, and the Asparagus quesadilla as his main specials, and Dos Chinos wowed the crowd with the carne over garlic fries.
Oh for Sweets Sake sold out within an hour (didn’t even get a photo!), and Crepes had a line a mile long. Even Tropical Shave Ice ran out of cups and spoons at the end of the event.
Three people tried out for the Nutella eating contest, and it took about 15 minutes for the winner to finish the 20 oz jar. Great event… Thank you to the foodies and GFTS!
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| Potato Frittata |
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| Heirloom tomato soup w/ grilled cheese |
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| Chicken noodle soup w/ corn bread |
I don’t know what is wrong with me, but normally I don’t get sick. Hmm, maybe it’s just me getting old (er) but my tummy was acting up again.
This morning we went to the OC GREAT PARK for brunch. Martin and Karen went for crepes while on I got a potato & sun dried frittata from Barcelona onthego.
Later that evening, we went to Calvary church in Santa Ana. Martin went for sliders, Karen went for empenadas, and I went for The Lime Truck’s tomato heirloom soup and grilled cheese and I also got a second soup (chicken noodle) from Oh For Sweets Sake.
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| Pulled pork & asparagus over rice |
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| Grilled chicken & asparagus over rice |
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| Asparagus & mushroom quesadilla |
Blackmarket Bakery was having an open house from 2-5 today and invited Piaggio, Burnt Truck, and Dogzilla. I was not in the mood for sliders or hot dogs, so I stuck with Piaggio with my pulled pork and veggie over rice.
Martin had chicken version, and we shared Piaggio’s special, which was an asparagus, mushroom quesadilla in a spinach tortilla.
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| The Dirty Dawg |
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| The inside of a Dirty Dawg |
Normally I am not a hot dog kind of gal. Today, I was really craving Taco Dawg’s Dirty Dawg, an all beef dog topped with chili, cheese, crumbled potato chips and onion rings. It was worth driving to Garden Grove, despite me getting lost returning back to work.
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| Bun (noodles) from Mandoline Grill |
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| Banh Mi vietnamese sandwich from Madoline Grill |
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| Spaghetti noodles from Lomo Arigato |
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| Fried Rice from Lomo Arigato |
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| Coconut shrimp from The Shrimp Guys |
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| Takoyaki (octopus balls) from Takoyakitanota |
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| Upside down pineapple cake from Tropical Shave Ice |
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| The 808 Shave Ice: Melona, Vanilla and Tigers Blood (Coconut Strawberry) |
We have never been to the South Bay DindinaGoGo, and decided to try it out today. White Rabbit, Mambo juice, Mandolinegrill, KO Taco, Shrimp guys, Takoyakitanota, Lomo, and Tropical Shave Ice were there.
Kevin and Aluna were there, so we opted to grab a variety of food and just share.
We got the coconut shrimp, vietnamese bun (rice noodle), bahn mi pork sandwich, spaghetti noodles, fried rice, octopus, pineapple upside down cake, and the 808 shave ice.
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