Absolutely Love a truck, a caravan, a bicycle, anything on wheels that can dispense something delicious. I’ve been obsessed with the Heartschallenger van in New York for some time and have been looking for any excuse to get it to London. It’s so clever, so cutely designed and just so novel.
Wandering around Venice in LA over the holidays I spied a beautifully designed truck serving hot dogs. The “Dogtown” truck. Powder blue with red graphics it reminded me of the Heartschallenger in all it’s utilitarian kitschness.
I got more than a little excited when a local friend calmly told me that there were hundreds of these magnificent creatures and that they all came together in foodie truck gatherings throughout LA. A kind of Roll up Pop up of sorts. Of course I had to attend one of these gatherings. First Friday at Venice literally blew my mind. Legions of wonderfully designed pimped up trucks serving the most randomly exquisite food (orange chocolate cointreau ice cream sandwich anyone? Or perhaps a Bacon Kimchi tofu with sesame salsa verde hot dog?)
I was in meals on wheels heaven…for a moment. Please London can we have some of these? Mr Whippy and Mr Chippy are just not doing it for me any more.
Get your Lard on!
Pin up truck
The Truck that started the Movement with 79,891 followers on twitter. Kogi @kogibbq
The grilled cheese truck has been named the third most influential twitterer in LA with 29,233 followers to date @grlldcheesetruk
The Dessert Melt. How could I not know this existed??
Even the food trucks name drop in Los Angeles
The mirrored Ceiling, the lights. Disco truck
Truffle popcorn? Yes please.
Now this is really something
Yes Really
An ice cream sandwich. Cones are so last decade…..
A Cake Pop Truck
Vegan. Red. Velvet. Of course.
Enough said.
A “food truck” in England. Not quite the same somehow.
More about the LA food trucks here…
http://www.foodtrucktalk.com/category/california
