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A Bite of The Ludo Truck

May 8th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

We're just doing the Ludo Shuffle.

From the casual diner to the most ardent foodie, everyone who enjoys eating out in LA has heard of Chef Ludo Lefebvre and his LudoBites pop-up restaurants that appear from time to time. Yet, while the LudoBites are impossible to get reservations for (and even when you get reservations, you don’t even pick the times), there is a Ludo Truck that roams around town dishing out Chef Ludo’s fried chicken with no reservations (thinly veiled Anthony Bourdain reference) necessary. During a time in which I was eating a lot of fried chicken, the truck came around my office. Continue Reading»

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Pickled by The Greasy Wiener

April 2nd, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Hot dogs lurk in this Brisk truck.

On the way to basketball one night, I stumbled upon what appeared to be a food truck festival in a high school parking lot. I am nothing if not a man who takes advantage of such opportunities, so I pulled up and saw what they had to offer. A few of the trucks I had seen and eaten before, but some were new to me. One of these, freakishly painted as a Brisk iced tea ad, had just what I was looking for. Called The Greasy Wiener, this trucked dished out…well…hot dogs, with a side of sexual innuendo. Continue Reading»

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Holy Donut Buns at Da Burger Boss

February 17th, 2012 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Oh my God the bun is on backwards!

Da Burger Boss is part of the newer wave of food trucks and while they aren’t brand new, they’re still plenty new to me. Their schtick is naming burgers after mob terms like The Strongarm, The Collector and so on. It’s an interesting schtick that has produced some interesting-looking combinations, but the sole reason I found myself waiting for Da Boss was to partake in The Patrolman.

You see, The Patrolman is no ordinary burger. Sure, it’s filled with a half-pound patty, bacon and blue cheese dressing, but after that the burger goes in a frightening and exciting direction. First is the cran-apple reduction, which is not crazy on its own, but when you throw in the grilled glazed donut bun, things get goddamn nuts. Yes, I said a grilled glazed donut bun. I was unsure of how any degree of this would be pulled off and figure it was worth the 9 bucks to find out. Continue Reading»

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Whining About The Wien

October 31st, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Wien me a river.

Hot dogs: the edible version of man’s best friend.  Genius in conception and pretty easy to do well.  But to do a hot dog great takes some skill and some food trucks have taken this easily portable meal to the streets to some success.  Up in North Hollywood, The Wien brought its truck over to my office one day and I thought I should give it a try and see if it could compete. Continue Reading»

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Unexpected Fruitiness at TnB BBQ

August 17th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

What the what sauce?

On a one-night bender, I found myself facing down three strange taco trucks on Main Street in Santa Monica.  None looked familiar and none looked particularly amazing.  But it was 2 am in Los Angeles, when food options are usually limited to subpar diners and…well…taco trucks.  The trucks here seemed to be some sort of missing link between gourmet and roach coaches and so after much circling we wound up at TnB BBQ. Continue Reading»

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Keeping Crunchy at The Nacho Truck

August 16th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Looks classy...

In the grand explosion of gourmet food trucks, tacos have found themselves mixed with all sorts of craziness, from Korean BBQ to fish and grapes to kung pao chicken.  Yet, in all this food truck excitement, the bastard cousin/side dish of the taco has been left behind.  Yeah, I’m talking ’bout Shaft…err…nachos.  But along came The Nacho Truck to remedy this sad predicament.  Before this truck arrived at my office, I knew nothing of it, so my expectations were pretty low.  Yet, as someone who doesn’t keep nearly enough track of food happenings in LA anymore, it is certainly possible that The Nacho Truck had simply flown/driven under my radar. Continue Reading»

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No Veggies at No Tomatoes!

August 1st, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

No tomatoes in here.

By name and color, No Tomatoes! has the makings of an amazing food truck.  The name implies an amazing lack of the vegetable known as the tomato (I don’t care if it’s anatomically a fruit, so is a cucumber and you don’t see anyone calling that a fruit) and the orange coloration that enshrouds the truck makes it look beautiful.  Oh and if the name doesn’t give it away, it serves up Indian food.  But hidden in this supposed gem of a truck is deception.  For there is one dish at No Tomatoes! that actually contains tomatoes: Tikka Masala.  So while they were serving up lies with Tikka Masala, I looked to other options. Continue Reading»

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Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls on Tires

June 27th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

One if by sea, two if by truck.

When Great Balls on Tires first debuted last year, I was concerned that such a name for a meatball truck was a bit of a gimmick.  Yet, now that GBOT has lasted through the middle of this year, I felt it was time I tried them out.  When I walked up to the truck to see what they had to offer, I found there were only a few sets of balls to choose from.  Yet, more than one of these balls looked attractive to me.  Unfortunately, all balls came in sets of two, so I had to limit myself to only one ball type. Continue Reading»

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Getting Whizzed at Bera’s Custom Cheese Steaks

March 9th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Love the maize and blue colors.

One day outside of my work, a new truck appeared.  It was called Bera’s Custom Cheese Steaks and since the best cheese steak I’ve ever eaten came from a food truck, I thought Bera’s was definitely worth a try.  They have a surprisingly robust menu for a cheese steak truck, ranging from Thai Chicken Steak to Stromboli Steak.  But as good as some of these looked, I was thinking more about the “Custom” in their truck name. Continue Reading»

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Grill ‘Em All Makes a Behemoth

December 9th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

You are a Behemoth.

It seems like just yesterday that I was totally caught up in the craze of Gourmet Food Trucks.  Within a few months of the launch of Kogi, it seemed like there was a new truck to try every week, serving everything you could imagine.  I did my best to try all that I could, but although I predicted the fad would die out quickly, my desire to try every one of them died out even quicker.  Some trucks failed, but new trucks kept coming out.  And sadly, in the time that I was burned out on trucks, some pretty cool ones began to emerge.  These were no longer trucks with one little idea out to make a quick buck to capitalize on the success of Kogi.  No, instead, these were carefully crafted culinary machines.  One of these was the Grill ‘Em All burger truck. Continue Reading»

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