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Borderline Okay at the Border Grill Truck

February 2nd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Sweet design.

Finally, I feel like I’ve been to just about all of the food trucks in LA that I have any desire to visit.  Yes, I know I haven’t been to all of them, but I think I’ve been to enough to justify paying a visit to the Border Grill Truck, despite the fact that the Border Grill is already a restaurant I have been to.  I guess I just wanted to see how an upscale Mexican restaurant could translate into a truck.  People  seemed to be enjoying their food outside of the truck, so I went to see if I could partake in their enjoyment.

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Fighting for Frankies at India Jones

February 1st, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Hello Frankie.

I visited the India Jones truck at good old First Fridays evening on Abbot Kinney.  The area was pretty packed, but I had been following India Jones on Twitter and was eager to try them out.  When I got there, Mr. Jones himself was dealing with a horrible skater punk who had decided to steal a can of Pellegrino.  It was an uncomfortable situation, because the skater guy was obviously a terrible person, and luckily someone stepped in and grabbed the can to return to Jones.  One of his idiot friends decided to hit the truck with his skateboard and ran away, because he was like a child, and although Jones chased after him, it was to no avail, the buffoon had gotten away.  After seeing this, my hunger for some food from this truck grew even more.  Jones was willing to defend his truck and fight against dumb hooligans, so I was happy to support.  And by support I mean order food.

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Getting Fried at Asian Soul Kitchen

January 29th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

It's a sooouuuul truck.

Combining Asian Food and Soul Food is kind of an interesting concept, and in doing so the Asian Soul Kitchen truck was born in LA.  I decided to follow them on Twitter because their twitter name of “itsbentobaby” sounded pretty awesome to me.  I found them on Abbot Kinney and took a look at their menu.  Although some of their specific Asian foods like yakisoba looked good, I needed something with a lot more meat to it.  To get that fix, I turned to their Lollipop Chicken.

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Dogs on a Truck from Dogtown Dogs

December 9th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
A prefectly unveganized hot dog.

A prefectly unveganized hot dog.

No, this isn’t LA’s new mobile petshop, although that is a genius idea that someone should really get on.  Instead, it is another one of LA’s constantly expanding collection of mobile food trucks.  Dogtown Dogs specializes in hot dogs, which isn’t entirely creative considering the existence of Let’s Be Frank.  Despite this, I tracked them down one night after hearing some pretty good things about their dogs.  As with most mobile eateries, I ended up finding them parked near the Brig on Abbot Kinney.

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More First Fridays with the Flying Pig

November 12th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Who wouldn't eat from a bright pink truck?

Who wouldn't eat from a bright pink truck?

For my second course on First Fridays in Abbot Kinney, I headed out to one of LA’s newest food trucks, the Flying Pig.  When I first read about this Mexican-French fusion truck, I wasn’t too amazed by what I read.  Fusing Mexican food with Asian is one thing, but to try to fuse it with French as well seemed like a strange niche that I didn’t need to explore.  Lo and behold, my opinion changed when I saw the truck and the happy customers outside of it.

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A Biblical Valentine

Let's get biblical.

This year I got biblical for Valentine’s Day.  No, not like that you sicko.  Instead of having a boring, fancy meal with my girlfriend, we decided to get cooking.  And not just any kind of cooking, we decided to use Lobel’s Meat Bible, which was sent to me by Chronicle Books a few months ago for free.  I knew this book would be incredible just based on the cover, but the back cover really sealed the deal for me because it says, “Armed with Lobel’s Meat Bible, carnivores will find themselves with more delectable meaty choices than ever before.”  Mmmm meaty choices.

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