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.

Food Trucks GALORE!

Highlights from the Food Fest - Truck Style event I attended a month ago.

More importantly, I FINALLY GOT TO TRY A BANH MI FROM THE NOM NOM TRUCK!

That was my main reason for going to the Food Fest, held here in my area of Southern California. For those who don't know, the Nom Nom truck was on the Food Network show 'The Great Food Truck Race', basically 'The Amazing Race' + Food Trucks within the US. The Nom Nom truck kicked booty in EVERY race they had that season, except sadly, they went down the last episode, the finale. :( Come on, they should have just gave it to them! Anyway, ever since then, I, as well as many others, have been DYING to see what they are all about.

They mentioned that you can follow them on their twitter: Nomnomtruck. That's where you'll be able to track them down for a darn good meal. Now me, I don't have a twitter nor I really don't have the need for one, so that's where my sister comes in. She follows them for me! :)

Here is what I had to do to get what I wanted and the result:


The start of something good..

FOUND THE NOM NOM TRUCK! The picture doesn't do the line justice. The line was much longer than it looks below. I think I waited between 30-50 mins in that line. I lost track of time.

Patience is a virtue.

I nom you too!

The moment you and I have been waiting for...I grabbed the Lemongrass Chicken Banh Mi.



You really want to know what I thought? Here goes...

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!

Yes, it WAS that good. The baguette was just perfectly crisp, not soggy at all. Couldn't have asked for a better sandwich. Lemongrass Chicken. The chicken was so tender and full of that WONDERFUL lemongrass flavor that you know I love. Cilantro. Marinated carrots and daikon radish. Cucumbers. Jalapenos (Which I actually took out. Docs orders.) And mayo.

Seriously, I really enjoyed it and was 100% pleased with it. My sister also tried her luck later that day and was extremely lucky because the food truck sold out 3 people after her! And she agreed with me. Waaay better than she thought it would be. Please follow them and try them out. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!

Now, I didn't just leave with just a Banh mi! There were quite a few food trucks with pretty much every cuisine around I wanted to visit but I was short on cash and time due to a cake I had to make that evening for a surprise bday party, so I decided to just settle with two more food trucks and hope that something like this would happen again very soon!!

The next food truck I visited was Sugar Babies. They are a cupcake place located somewhere in LA. I've been hearing about them a lot lately so I wanted to check them out.

I ended up getting two cupcakes because they were small and well because I just did! I scored a Strawberries N Cream cupcake and Red Rose aka a red velvet cupcake.


Yeah, pretty miniature cupcakes. My thoughts: Both cupcakes were dry. Probably should have taken them out of the oven sooner because they were smaller than the normal size cupcakes. I did enjoy the chocolate flavor from the red velvet though. Will give props for that.

And lastly, I couldn't resist checking out this truck:

The Shrimp Pimp Truck! Yeah, I had to. Besides that I was just craving shrimp. The usual. The favorite. You know. I ended up getting a Shrimp Po Boy.

The Shrimp Po Boy consisted of an awesomely perfectly toasted French Roll, oh so good Shrimp - tempura style-, Greens, Tomatoes, and a spicy kick from the Remoulade Sauce. It came together wonderfully, deliciously, and beautifully.

***I craved the Banh mi and the Po Boy for quite awhile after that weekend.***

It was a wonderful and filling day at the park with all these food trucks. Go chase after all the food trucks on the streets now! YUM!