Mobile food has long been chic in L.A with countless trucks cruising about the city serving up anything from Korean BBQ to sushi to grass-fed hotdogs.
Food trucks have skyrocketed in popularity even beyond LA recently and are on their way to becoming a huge culinary trend. Even cable has gotten on the bandwagon, with The Food Network launching “The Great Food Truck Race,” featuring culinary sensation Tyler Florence.
Not to be upstaged, DC has started a mobile food truck craze of its own.
Curbside Cupcake was one of the first mobile treats in DC. Fans follow the truck’s whereabouts via Twitter (how most of the food trucks attract their customers), stopping at select locations around the city to peddle a variety of cupcake flavors. What a treat (no pun intended, I promise) it would be to have the truck stop by your next party!
yummy cupcakes from Curbside Cupcakes (photo via Curbside Cupcakes)
One truck I am salivating over is Takorean, a truck selling Korean-inspired tacos. Tell me how good a Bulgogi taco with a side of Spicy Kimchi Slaw would be right about now?! Dee-lish!
Takorean's three signature tacos; photo by Alexandra Boule-Buckley
One word. Lobster. If the Red Hook Lobster Pound Truck, which recently expanded to DC from NYC, doesn’t knock our seafood-loving socks off, I am not sure what can.
A beauteous lobster roll! (photo via Red Hook Lobster Pound website)
So hit the streets to pick up lobsters or cupcakes for your next party or take an out-of-town guest on a hunt to find the trucks and share a taco or two… Enjoy!
I LOVE the food truck concept. I dreamed of starting a donut truck years ago, before the recent fad. I should have jumped on it when I had the chance!
I can never catch the cupcake truck and I didn’t even know about the taco truck! But don’t forget the pizza truck and the indian food truck!