Nov 26: Food trucks in Santa Ana + Costa Mesa on Black Friday!
Category: Sweet – dessert truck
Los Alamitos: Eat Phamish, Morsels Bakery Truck
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| Vietnamese noodle soup (pho ga) |
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| Morsel’s cream puff (one of my favorites) |
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| Banana cream dessert shot |
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| 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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Irvine: Piaggio, Shortstop bbq, The Lime Truck, Morsels Bakery Truck
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| Piaggio on wheel’s Osso Buco |
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| Shortstop BBQ’s turkey with cranberry bbq sauce |
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| Dos Chino’s pork belly taco |
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| Morsel’s bakery cream puff |
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| The Lime Truck’s steak taco w/ mango salsa |
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| 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
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.
Huntington Beach: Piaggio, Chunk n Chip
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| Pulled pork over chimi rice from Piaggio |
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| 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 |
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| Banana, Strawberry & Nutella crepe |
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| Hawaiian Shave ice! |
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| 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 |
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| Pork & leek dumplings and Pork & veg dumplings |
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| Chili dog from The Greasy Wieners |
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| 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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Irvine: Barcelona onthego
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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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Costa mesa: Chompchomp nation, Shortstopbbq, Barcelona onthego
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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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OC Weekly’s coverage of the Nutella Eating Contest
The OC Weekly covered Crepe Bonaparte’s Nutella Eating Contest.
Note: A 20 oz jar of nutella is 4000 calories, not 6000 as quoted by OC Weekly.
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