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LA Food Trucks



The latest LA cuisine that everyone is raving about is the Food Truck cuisine. Not only is food truck food good but it's cheap. Most items are only a couple of dollars which is very helpful in these hard economic times. Granted it's probably not the healthiest food for the citizens of LA (although there are the healthier trucks out there) but boy is it ever a tasty trend. Most trucks drive around in LA and with the help of TWITTER post where they are going to be on any giving morning, afternoon or evening. People flock to where they are going to be. Sometimes the trucks get together and you can find 2-3 trucks on a street. And more often we are finding Food Fests that feature several of the cities 20-30 trucks in one place for an event like atmosphere. Tonight the hubby I had set out to watch a movie at the AMERICANA AT BRAND (an outdoor mall in Glendale) but instead we ran into a Food Truck Festival. The Americana had invited 10 trucks to come out and sell food to their patrons.

We arrived at 6pm and the first line we found ourselves in was the COOLHAUS line. This truck is known for their gourmet ice cream sandwiches. The ice cream is made daily and comes in fun flavors such as Dirty Mint Chip or Brown Butter w/ Candied Bacon or Pistachio w/ Black Truffles. They usually have a special flavor that is featured too. Once you pick your flavor then you pick a type of cookie you want your ice cream to be in. There is everything from chocolate chip cookies to french brioche. The ice cream sandwich is then served in an edible wrapper. This particular week COOLHAUS was giving away free sandwiches so color us surprised when no money was handed over upon giving them our yummy request.

The next line we found ourselves in was the BUTTERMILK truck. I have been wanting to try this truck forever. It is one on the more popular trucks in LA. When we went to a food fest a few months ago in Downtown LA this line was like a 2-3 hour wait! That night they only had 5 items to choose from but boy where they ever good items to choose from. We settled on 2 items: The Red Velvet with chocolate Chip Pancake Bites with a dollop of cream cheese butter and the French Toast Sticks made from Hawaiian bread. Both were very tasty but the mouth watering winner was the Red Velvet Pancake Bites. I seriously will be watching for this truck to come to my neighborhood.

The last line we found ourselves in the the World Fare Bus Truck. LA's first double decker bus debuted this past March. The bus is a vintage English double decker and the chef used to be one of Gordon Ramsey's sous chefs. They serve up Bunny Chow. We got 2 short rib bunnies aka a hollowed out piece of bread filled with rib meat. We also tried the mac and cheese balls and homemade lemonade.

Boy, do I ever love my city for all of its great food!

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