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| Red Velvet Cupcake by Oh For Sweets Sake |
OC Foodie Fest: Oh For Sweet Sakes
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| Red Velvet Cupcake by Oh For Sweets Sake |
OC Foodie Fest: Komodo
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| MEATBALLS w ROMESCO SAUCE
Pork Meatballs topped with Spanish Red Bell Pepper Sauce |
OC Foodie Fest: The Lime Truck
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| Seafood Ceviche and Pleu Limeaid by the Lime Truck Ceviche was delish, Limeaid a bit too tart for my taste |
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| The Lime Truck |
OC Foodie Fest: The Dumpling Station
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| Chicken and Leak, Beef and Leak dumplings The chicken was much better and juicier. |
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| The Dumpling Station |
OC Foodie Fest: The Shrimp Guys
On August 28 the Orange County Register sponsored a huge gourmet truck event at the Honda Center. 49 trucks were parked, 8500+ people attended. The sun was blazing, food was being served, and people were waiting as long as an hour for truck food!
I was lucky and got the VIP package, so for the first 1/2 hour I had only 500 people to compete for 49 trucks. In addition, VIP’s had samples to taste (I am sure the food was also on the normal truck menu), free water and snacks like PopChips and Kind Bars.
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| The Shrimp Guys |
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| The Garlic Shrimp Plate is.. garlickY! |
Summer 2010: Piaggio, SeaBird, Dos Chinos, Tropical Shave Ice
During the summer my friends and I would dine at the trucks around Orange County, particularly eating Piaggio on Wheels and Crepes Bonaparte.
In August 2010 new trucks started popping up.
Here we are at the Blackmarket Bakery with a few trucks…
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| Piaggio on Wheels |
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| Pulled pork with chimichurri rice from Piaggio |
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| My friend Anna getting food at the Seabird Truck |
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| New truck Dos Chinos: Rib Eye over Garlic Fries The fries are very garlicy, the meat was tasty |
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| Tropical Shave Ice LOVED the condensed milk they pour on it. |
Crepes Bonaparte
Since Piaggio, our other favorite gourmet truck has been Crepes Bonaparte.
They were always at the Anaheim Farmer’s Market every Thursday before launching their truck “Gaston”. I don’t recall when the truck was launched but here is the picture of a crepe being made in front of you
March 2010: Piaggio on Wheels menu
Here is Piaggio’s revised menu in March 2010
January 8, 2010: Piaggio On Wheels
Months have passed, and trucks in Orange County were rare to find. The OC Register posted a article saying 3 trucks were launching exclusively for the OC: Piaggio on Wheels, Louks, and Brooklyn Boys.
Piaggio was an Argentine truck, and were trying to find their niche in Fullerton. One night they were parked off Commonwealth and Harbor, and it was so sad to see no one ordering any food. My husband and I did, and we were hooked on their empenadas and the chimmichurri sauce!
May 2009 = Kogi Bbq: the one that started it all
In May, 2009, I was watching the news and this new “truck” called KogiBBQ was using a new social network called “Twitter” to reach out to his customers about the location on where his trucks “verde” and “roja” will be on various nights. People were flocking from all over town for a bite, and lines were as long as 2 or 3 hours!
These trucks were only available in LA, and I live in Orange County, a good 45-minutes away from downtown Los Angeles. In addition, Kogi was getting chased by the police, getting cited for parking illegally, and business were complaining their customers were not able to find parking due to Kogi’s truck customers.
Eventually I did taste Kogi and found the food to be delicious. I got my husband into eating truck food, then my friends and even my sister. For the same price, I would rather eat at a Gourmet lunch truck before stepping foot in a fast food place. Not only is the cost the same, eating at a Gourmet truck is healthier and better quality!
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| The menu from May 2009 |
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