PBJtotheZ – named after one of Egg Slut’s loyal customers, @JtotheZ (that’s me). It has peanut butter cream cheese icing, Bonne Maman fig preserves, hickory smoked bacon, fried egg in a brioche bun. This, to me and the kiddies, is THE ONE. It has the perfect combination of sweet, salty and savory. This one is a MUST TRY.
- via foodtruckadventure.com (thanks for the heads up @DigLounge)
(Source: jasonz)
Ask any real Venice Beach denizen, and he or she has likely never set foot on Muscle Beach. But a certain taco truck on Rose Ave.? Oh, yes, they know what the truck you’re talking about. It’s called La Isla Bonita, but nobody knows that. What’s better known is the two-dollar ceviche tostada — a thin, flat, crisp of corn tortilla covered with a half-inch layer of chopped onion, tomato, cilantro and appealing fish, plus, two slices of bright green California avocado (don’t forget to take advantage of the slice of lime). Sure, the tacos are fine, but it’s the ceviche that forms the crowd — an odd mix of surfers, old hippies, entire Mexican families, the Venice bums, and a pack of slender women clad in yoga pants. If it’s lunchtime and not Thursday, rest assured that one of the coveted parking spaces on Rose Ave. between Third and Fourth St. will be occupied with this “Mariscos” truck, which boasts an ocean mural on its rear. The man inside answers to “Antonio” or “Tony.” You answer to “Ceviche!” when Tony calls the orders out. Do like any local would, and wash it down with a Mexican Coke.- by Lien Ta for trazzler.com
- photos from greattacohunt & erinakamura
TruxMap.com is an up-to-the-tweet food truck tracker and information source. Browse locations, times, menus, directions, live traffic, Twitter feeds, Yelp! reviews, and more — all on the same map! TruxMap is currently covering Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
From Dig Lounge:
“Lake Street Creamery was started by Beth and her boyfriend Tim at the suggestion of their friends. They loved making ice cream, why not start a business. And that they did. With flavors like Holiday Chocolate, Ghiradelli chocolate with hints of the Holiday season: cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and and just a little ginger, or Donut, which was like having a Krispy Kreme melt over your tongue. Try their Aztec Sacrifice, a Ghiradelli chocolate ice cream which slowly develops into a slightly spicy confection as it lingers in your mouth…
…It’s a small operation for now, and the Artwalk was only their second event. But they hope to be up and fully running soon, with hopefully a truck of their own someday. Their web site still says coming soon, but you can follow them on twitter or become a fan on Facebook.”
* Owner Beth Colla proudly dishes up unique and delicious ice cream.
All the L.A. Food Truck Twitter posts in one place.
Say hello to Find LA Food Trucks, the new meta home for all your food truck obsessions.
The site is genius in its simplicity: one Web page made up of rows and rows of food trucks’ Twitter feeds, indicating vitals like address, cross streets and ETAs. And when you look it up on your phone, all the information coalesces into one vertical row of Twitter feeds for easy reading.
Councilman sides with restaurants in food fight.
By FRANCISCO VARA-ORTA - Los Angeles Business Journal Staff
…L.A. City Councilman Tom LaBonge, saying the new food trucks that have popped up on the Westside are “unfair” to established restaurants, acknowledged that he has forwarded restaurants’ complaints to the Police Department.Ground zero for the trucks’ lunchtime hotspot is Miracle Mile’s Museum Row, where thousands of office tower workers have a choice of only a handful of nearby eateries. Some days, almost a dozen trucks dot the surrounding four-block radius.
Restaurant owners on Miracle Mile said they usually pay about $18,000 a month for rent plus fees for various health and safety permits, and contend the trucks’ costs are one-tenth what they incur. The area mainly bustles only during business hours, so lunchtime crowds are vital for the restaurants to survive but have shrunk with layoffs and patrons tightening their wallets.
“It’s almost like a vulture mentality,” said Alan Watts, senior vice president of operations for Koo Koo Roo, which has a location where food trucks frequent. Watts denies calling police. “We understand that more choices would be good for the people working there. But we don’t think it’s right to just park right in front and steal business we’ve cultivated.”
But Adam Summers, a policy analyst with the free-market Reason Foundation in Los Angeles, said that the opposition to the food trucks is a waste of time for city officials, police and restaurant owners.
“I would hope that the city would have bigger policy issues to deal with, and police should be told to focus on more serious crime,” Summers said.
“The restaurant owners should instead be trying to win customers through better food, prices and service, and embrace the competition because the free market is what we are supposed to believe in this country.”…
For FULL ARTICLE click HERE
http://twitter.com/ButtermilkTruck
Mobile diner bringing homemade breakfast favorites. Coming soon to LA!
We’re working fast to hit the streets of LA and tempt you with our signature creations: Cheesy Mac and Rib: our grilled sammy with southern macaroni and cheese, house-smoked BBQ pork and caramelized onions; or our Brie with brown butter apples and fresh herbs; plus many more. Customize your sammy with items such as bacon or crusted with parmesan cheese! And what’s grilled cheese without our homemade tomato soup, fresh bread and butter pickles (yes, pun intended!) and tater tots?!
Afterward, try one of our our Sweet Sammys—King’s Hawaiian bread with roasted banana puree and Neutella—or goat cheese with vanilla poached apricots, pistachios and an almond crust.
http://thegrilledcheesetruck.com/
*i wonder if this is any relation to the now defunct Meltdown cafe?
Nom Nom Truck serves Vietnamese Sandwiches
This just in—there are these things called food trucks. And they’re mobile. (We know.)
And though you might’ve thought you didn’t need another lunch spot that can speed away just as you reach for your wallet (and make traffic even worse), there are times when an exception is called for.
And that exception just may be the Nom Nom Truck, now doing secret stops around the city.
The reason to get excited about this one—it’s slinging banh mi, a Vietnamese sandwich that’s having its own resurgence of late. (So it’s two trends in one.) All under five bucks, the sandwiches come in salty-sweet BBQ Pork or Vegetarian Tofu incarnations, and they’ve also got non-banh-mi options like Lemongrass Chicken Tacos and, to polish it off, a Vietnamese Iced Coffee.
After a kickoff party for friends last weekend, the truck is quietly rumbling around town this week, doing unannounced stops to work out the kinks. (Stay vigilant in your watch.) But come next week, you know the drill—follow them on Twitter to stay apprised of their whereabouts, and if you have to sprint out from the middle of your meeting to catch them…so be it.
Nom Nom Truck - Website | Twitter
from UrbanDaddy
Brace yourselves, more food on trucks….
The Frysmith truck serves fries that eat as a meal. How does that work, you ask? The scientific answer is: we throw stuff on top. Stuff like all-beef chili flavored with chocolate and beer or kimchi and heirloom pork under gooey cheddar cheese. It all gets piled on hand-cut Kennebec potatoes cooked in canola oil (the only oil good enough to be named after Canada).
Frysmith’s number one goal is to bring the fine folks of Los Angeles really good, really affordable food made with a modern twist and top-notch ingredients.
http://www.eatfrysmith.com/
Where Mexican and Chinese food get together. Wow, Mexican and Chinese; how’d they ever think of that? Oh wait, Kogi is Mexican and Korean. Nevermind, totally different.
Oh, I’ll still try it. But somebody, please, stop with the fucking trucks already.
Baby’s Badass Burger Truck
Dear LA, stop the food truck madness. I get an email once a week with another version of food on wheels. Food on Trucks is becoming as rampant as reality tv and tart yogurt joints. Now i see we’re combining softcore porn with our truck food.
Baby’s Badass Burgers - http://www.babysbadassburgers.com/
Started by one of the founders of the upscale-restaurant-owning One Group (STK, OneSunset, etc), BBB’s a new, bright pink food truck dedicated solely to the mission of delivering “amazing burgers served by hot chicks” — no, seriously that’s their mission. All sandwiches are served as side-by-side sliders on Hawaiian sweetbread buns; high qual Angus beef burger options include the “Original Beauty” (Swiss/grilled onions/sauteed mushrooms/special sauce), the “Mamacita” (pepperjack/guac/ tomato/grilled onions) and the aged beef/St Andre cheese/black truffle “Cougar”. As far as the girls, the multi-ethnic actress/student/etc crew ranges from blondes to brunettes to redheads, all dressed semi-provocatively in tight shirts and jeans that they describe as “flirty”, but in reality it’s a little more like slutty.
In addition to the slider-style burgers, BBB’s also got chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, and Philly-style cheesesteaks, as well as one full-sized half-pound burger called the “Man Eater”. Spoken like a true slut, I mean, flirt.
Angelenos love two things—burgers and street food—so it was only a matter of time before someone combined the two. Enter Marked 5 and its rice-bun burgers.
This is no In-N-Out: Inspired by Japanese fast-food chains, the Marked 5 burger puts a new twist on the all-American staple, and it starts with the bun. The thin, square patties are hand-formed out of sticky long-grain rice (think: sushi rice without the vinegary sweetness) and crisped on a flat-top grill. They make a surprisingly sturdy vehicle for fried or grilled meats and fresh vegetables.
The tangy house special sauce called torraku, or “truck” sauce—what tastes like a mixture of teriyaki, barbecue and sriracha sauces—smothers almost all of the sandwiches. It adds a flavorful zing to the panko-fried katsu pork ($5), and makes a delicious umami marinade for the juicy Angus beef burger ($5) and the grilled tofu steak ($5). Only the katsu chicken ($5) is different; it comes doused in a mild yellow curry sauce.
You’ll find Marked 5, with its sizable supply of Pocky and brightly colored Japanese sodas, anywhere a lunch or late-night crowd congregates, from Abbot Kinney to Eagle Rock (follow along on Twitter, of course).
http://www.marked5.com/
Marked 5 Menu: http://www.marked5.com/menu.html
