Traveling with the Food Trucks
Food trucks are becoming more and more popular. They are a different kind of street food because they combine the mobility of the ice cream truck with the amazing taste of the street vendor. Some cities are more blessed with these mobile food wagons than others. The best part is that some of these trucks are incredibly unique. Instead of serving the hotdog or the corndog, these trucks serve specialty foods in unique combinations.
New York is home to several well-known yet creative food trucks. The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck serves caramelized bacon with chocolate ice cream. The Mud Truck serves coffee blended with cherry and cocoa. Schnitzel & Things of course serves schnitzel. And the Van Leeuwen Ice Cream truck serves mountains of ice cream sundaes with gourmet toppings.
Nearby in Cambridge, Massachusetts the Clover Food Lab prepares lavender lemonade and chickpea fritters. Washington, DC is home to several trucks of its own. Sâuçá combines foods from Vietamn, Europe, India, and Latin America. Curbside Cupcakes sells over one thousand cupcakes per day in a variety of flavors. And the Taco Truck drives through Hoboken, New Jersey selling authentic pork tacos.
Now the East Coast is not the only section of the country to enjoy the luxury of the food truck. Boulder, Colorado houses the Comida truck with sweet potato, short rib tacos. Portland, Oregon is home to the Nong’s Khao Man Gai truck where real Thai food is prepared. And Seattle, Washington houses Skillet, a traveling trailer of prime beef burgers with a decadent flare.
California possibly has the most food trucks in any one area, especially the Los Angeles area. Many include the Fox Pizza Bus with wood-fired pizza; Great Balls on Tires of mobile meatballs; the Green Truck with vegan burgers; the Grilled Cheese Truck of gourmet grilled cheese; India Jones with chutney and various meats; and the Lake Street Creamery full of old-style floats.