Food Trucks GALORE! Part II

Here are my thoughts on the following Southern California food trucks I visited at a Food Truck event I attended (For the record, I did not eat all of this by myself!):

Shrimp Pimp Truck



I visited this truck again after my first visit to this truck was a success the last time I was at a food truck event. Normally, I would try something new BUT I ended up craving the Shrimp Po Boy (below) for awhile after I had it, so I just decided that I could do whatever I want and I enjoyed the sandwich again!



This consisted of lovely greens, tomatoes, shrimp tempura, and a spicy kick from the remoulade sauce on top of a soft and toasty French roll. Craving satisfying.

I give the Shrimp Pimp Truck a thumbs up!

Sweets Truck



We now have a truck full of good ol sweets! There actually wasn't much of a variety here but did see a delightful looking red velvet cupcake (below) and it was calling my name! I apologize for the half eaten cupcake! I was riding my bike that day and the cupcake bounced around a little and wasn't picture perfect anyway. :)



Very moist, enjoyed the chocolatey taste, and I absolutely LOVED the frosting and that says something because I'm not much of a frosting kind of girl. I also would like to add I liked this cupcake way more than the cupcake I got to try at Sprinkles, the first known cupcake shop. Hands down.

I give the Sweets Truck a thumbs up!

Bool Truck



Bool is a Korean BBQ food truck offering anything from tacos to Korean BBQ with a Spanish and Brazilian mix. I chose the Bool Gogi Beef Taco (below).


Thoroughly enjoyed everything that was piled onto the soft and warm corn tortillas. The beef was tender, flavorful, and accompanied by kimchi. A little spicy at first but I was able to handle it.

I give the Bool Food Truck a thumbs up!

Vizzy's Coastal Cuisine Truck



Vizzy is a food truck that offers upscale cuisine for cheap. I was eyeing the venison burger with a maple-dijon sriracha aioli, charred sweet onion, queso panela, and bacon for $11 bucks, but then spotted something else that caught my eye just a little bit more and decided to go for it instead.



I ended up choosing the Truffle Popcorn with White Truffle, Sea Salt, Toasted Pepper, and found Sweet Dried Figs added into the mix. I will always jump for a chance to have anything with truffle in it! I quite enjoyed it but felt that the popcorn was a little too toasted aka some of it was burned. It wasn't too much of an issue but it was noticable. Putting that aside, the popcorn was tasty and I'd go for it again.

I give the Vizzy's Coastal Cuisine Food Truck a shaky thumb!

Nom Nom Truck



In the last food truck post, I mentioned that you should follow the Nom Nom Truck. Now I'm telling you to take me seriously and really listen to me... FOLLOW THEM! I can see why they went far on the Food Network. The banh mi's they serve are just bomb. The Lemongrass chicken is so tender and full of flavor. The toasty French roll is perfectly toasted and not soggy. Sometimes I feel like there will always be another place that does a certain dish better (mainly this concerns sushi!), but really, if this sandwich is almost perfect, is there really a need to dig even more? I say no.




I, of course, give the Nom Nom Truck a thumbs up!

Fish Lips Truck



Now I love sushi, but even I am skeptical of sushi food trucks. Just find it a little odd. So I decided to just suck it up and check it out. I ordered the Salmon Hand Roll (below). It was just okay to me. Nothing super spectacular but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I just prefer to eat my sushi in a sit down restaurant. It's your choice as to where you choose to eat your sushi.



I give the Fish Lips Truck an in the middle of the road thumb, but leaning towards down!

Del's Lemonade Truck



Always brings back memories. I will always love frozen lemonade with the bits and pieces of the sweet lemon peel mixed into this wonderful delight.

I give the Del's Lemonade Truck a thumbs up!

Tapa Boy LA Truck



The one thing that stood out to me the most when I was looking at their menu was the dessert. The turon. I don't know if you've had this, but everytime I've ever been offered this growing up, I NEVER turned it down. So simple but yet so satisfying. The Tapa Boy LA truck offers it in four ways, all at the price of only $2.50:

Turon Old School - Banana egg rolls with jack fruit, rolled, and fried
Turon New School - Same as above, but without the jack fruit, and with a hazelnut filling
Turon Flan B - Flan egg rolls, fried
Turon Tri-Star - If you can't make up your mind, get one of each!


I regret the decision I made. I ended up choosing the Turon Tri-Star because I wanted both Turon Old School and Turon Flan B. Not really a fan of fillings, so I ended up getting two Old Schools and one Flan B. Straight old school is the way to go! I don't need to change it up. Except when it concerns flan! You know it. My weakness. Yeah, I didn't share this one with anyone! :) And it was way too deliciously good.

Now, why did I regret my decision? Well because it was ridiculously cheap! I should have got TWO orders! One order of Turon Old School and one order of Turon Flan B! The Tri-star just wasn't craving satisfying. It was making my craving worse! I wanted to go back but a friend of mine had told me they sold out fast and she wasn't able to enjoy it at all. My heart sank. And I told her I didn't even know why I was sad; I can make it on my own whenever I want! So eventually I got over it and now have lumpia wrappers sitting in my freezer, waiting to be used. :)

I give the Tapa Boy LA Truck a thumbs up!

If there is one tip I could give to anyone concerning food trucks, events or just seen on the street, I would say: As soon as you know there will be a food truck around, jump on it because there is no guarantee you'll get what you want. Food trucks don't have an endless supply of food. They sell out eventually.

So Kong Dong Korean BBQ

I checked out So Kong Dong Korean BBQ yesterday with my friend Alexis and what an experience I had! Let me just tell you...

We first started off with the condiments.



Clockwise from top left we have: Cucumbers soaked in Rice Vinegar, Glass noodles with Sesame Oil and Pepper, Kimchi, Mondu, Broccoli with Sweet and Sour, and Mashed Potato Salad. We loved every condiment and its different flavor that each offered.

We then started with Hot Jasmine Tea. Calming and soothing on a beautiful cold and rainy day.



I ordered the Mixed Green Salad with Watermelon Sesame Vinaigrette (added Tofu to it) and Pan Fried Squid with Spicy (SPICY SPICY) Sauce.


Mixed Green Salad with Watermelon Sesame Vinaigrette and topped off with chopped peanuts. I was able to get some tofu into the salad. I enjoyed this light salad. Very flavorful with that lovely Watermelon Sesame Vinaigrette. Not too sweet and well-balanced. The tofu was flavorless, so I just soaked them in the Vinaigrette.



Pan Fried Squid with Spicy Sauce. Sauce was made up of red pepper flakes and oil. Really, I did enjoy the flavors of this dish and loved the squid together with the rice. With that said, how spicy this dish was, was out of control! Not even kidding. The waitress said that this dish is very hot and that she would kick the heat down a notch for me. How much did she kick it down? Went from 10 T. of red pepper flakes to 9 T.? I am not a wimp and I do enjoy some heat but this was crazy! My mouth -inside and out, was numb! Literally. It did help having the dish with the rice because the rice did help to block some of the heat, but wow it was too much! I did take this home and had my sister try it (she loves heat), in which I was shocked when she said that it was mild! I don't know. But I plan on removing the spiciness before I finish the rest of this! I'm not putting this dish down because it was cooked to perfection and would get this again--minus the 9 T. of red pepper flakes! For fear of a numb mouth, Alexis passed at the offering of trying this out. And good thing because I really wasn't feeling well after this! But she said she respects me more for one, ordering a daring dish and two, eating this, even when I couldn't take it anymore! That is why I love my Alexis!

2/16/10 *Apparently I am a wimp after talking to one of my friends at work the other day after talking to her about this. :) It is "normal" for your mouth to go numb. Koreans rely on heat and don't really care much for salt. All I've got to say is...How is your esophagus? :) Love you Sandy!

Alexis ordered the Rice topped with BBQ Chicken and Vegetables.

I tried it and enjoyed it. She loved it too but wished that there was more to it, like the chicken or more flavor in it.

Overall, prices were somewhat reasonable and flavors were pretty darn good. I give So Kong Dong Korean BBQ 3 1/2 stars: ♥♥♥1/2. Only because there wasn't too many options to choose from off the menu, Alexis wished there had been more flavors/seasonings in her bowl of goodness, and me, for the simple fact that my dish shouldn't have been so ridiculously hot! I don't know if I would go back. I'd like to check out a new Korean restaurant to compare with. But at the same time, I take this as a challenge and maybe would go back and get the same dish again and see if they could make it with less heat. I'm not giving up yet.

Oh and I have one more quick thing to say: I just want to say I think it is genius that they have those self serving frozen yogurt shops! Not genius of me to eat it though, since I can't eat dairy anymore :( . But I had to. Alexis and I stopped for some frozen yogurt after our not lunch but not dinner meal.



Yes I KNOW! You can make fun of me for the ridiculous amount of marshmallows I put in my bowl! Sorry, marshmallows have ALWAYS been my weakness since the youngin years and I refuse to pass them up today! The only reason why I got frozen yogurt was because they FINALLY brought back my new favorite frozen yogurt flavor--Taro Root! Yes, I know what you are thinking, but oh goodness it is soo good! The end of the night, I wasn't feeling too good but everything was worth it! The things I do for some good food.

Next up is my own recipe for Pumpkin Bean Soup, Moroccan, and Greek. Maybe an update on my triathlon training as well. I'm currently in the process of looking for a new bike and they are so expensive, especially since I'm planning an out of the country adventure in April and saving for that as well!