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Drunk Trucking at Tacos El Gallito

July 2nd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A truck worth blogging about.

In my experience, most taco trucks aren’t worth blogging about. It’s not that I feel like I am too good for them or that they aren’t interesting, but in most cases I have found that they all taste pretty much the same. This is not true of Tacos El Gallito. I stopped by here one night with no plans to blog, but just hoping to get a decent taco. Instead, I had one of my most legendary LA nights and wound up befriending a couple of their Mexican patrons named Toast and Reuben. I also fell in love with the truck and vowed to return to give them a proper unvegan review.

Tags: beef, Los Angeles, Mexican, Mobile, taco trucks, tacos, tacos el gallito

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Not My Kind of Gogi at Lee’s Philly

May 26th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Fuse me!

Where the mac and cheese balls from World Fare were my appetizer at the Silver Lake Jubilee, I still needed to find myself a main course. After a long stroll around the trucks, I found myself at a truck that I had never seen before, called Lee’s Philly. Lee’s Philly is born of the same vein as many of the Kogi-style food trucks. Their specialty is gogi beef, but while they have fused it with tacos and burritos, they have also created a Philly cheese steak out of the stuff. Wording on their truck claims that they have “LA’s Best Gogi,” but I took it upon myself to be the true judge of that.

Tags: cheese, cheese steaks, food trucks, Los Angeles, meat, Mobile, silver lake, silver lake jubilee

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Having a Ball (or Three) at World Fare

May 25th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Quite a claim, World Fare.

So like any good food blogger, I headed to the Silver Lake Jubilee over the weekend. For an event that wasn’t solely for food, it was amazing how all I really heard about the event was that there would be 34 food trucks. I didn’t even know LA had 34 food trucks (not counting the old fashioned kind). This sounded all good and well, but these sort of events seem to attract a butt-load of people and I was a little worried there would be a hassle for parking, getting in and then food. When I got there, though, I found no hassle at all. It was five bucks to get in and right off the bat I was bombarded with foodery. A long row of food trucks lined the center of the jubilee, burning up tons of diesel and serving up some interesting food.

Tags: Los Angeles, mac and cheese, Mobile, silver lake, silver lake jubilee, world fare

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Too Much Green at the Green Truck

May 18th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

The "Money Truck" doesn't sound as good.

While trying to be environmentally conscious, my office invited environmentally-friendly Green Truck over for some lunch. At first I was frightened by this, since the term “green” has taken on a pretty anti-meat connotation. It’s a damn shame, too, since green is the second-best color in the world. The best, of course, being orange. But I digress, back to some truckery. Despite the frightening name, the Green Truck did have some unvegan choices, including hot dogs and hamburgers. Even before heading out to the truck, I checked out the menu and decided I wanted one of their hot dogs. What’s more environmentally friendly than hot dogs? Well I guess since they are Niman Beef, they are quite advantageous for the environment.

Tags: food trucks, Hot Dogs, Los Angeles, meat, Mobile, niman ranch, north hollywood, the green truck

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Domo Lomo Arigato

March 1st, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Not the fanciest of trucks...

Although it seems like I’ve reviewed just about every truck on the streets of LA, there are still a few waiting for an unvegan visit. Lomo Arigato is no longer one of these. This truck dishes out Peruvian food and although they don’t fuse this with any sort of Japanese food, they still threw the word “arigato” into their name. This confused me, but I couldn’t let the strange name distract me from food. There were only three dishes in their menu and although they all looked pretty good, I decided to order their namesake, the Lomo Saltado.

Tags: El Segundo, food trucks, lomo arigato, Los Angeles, Mobile, Peruvian

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

December 8th, 2009

Not too far off...

We’ve all heard about pitcher plants and Venus fly traps; carnivorous plants that trap insects and sometimes bigger animals to get their nutrients. Most vegetarians probably don’t concern themselves with these plants since they would never consider eating them. But what if they were to find out that some of their beloved vegetables were responsible for the deaths of animals?

Beer Me Some Bell’s Oberon

Look like summer to you?

It’s really not summer until you’ve had some Oberon. Sure, the weather may be warm, the grass may be green and the county may be forcing you to water your lawn only on odd-numbered days, but in truth, none of this matters until you get some Oberon in you. Now, you may be wondering, “What is Oberon?” If you turn to Wikipedia (the source of all knowledge), you will be lead to believe that Oberon is the king of the fairies. But this is just hogwash. In fact, Oberon is more likely to be a king of beers. No, not the king of beers…some brewery in St. Louis has that copyrighted.

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Drunk Trucking at Tacos El Gallito

Not My Kind of Gogi at Lee’s Philly

Having a Ball (or Three) at World Fare

Too Much Green at the Green Truck

Domo Lomo Arigato

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Beer Me Some Bell’s Oberon

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