Taco trucks

[ten ocho recon scout]

http://www.company77.com

I thinks that a badass idea

[Stradling]

On Tuesday's in Irvine there are food trucks at the bowling alley there by Boomers. I drive past in on my way home from my office which is also in Irvine. Brandon's office sounds like it is up the street from my office. The one food truck I have been wanting to try is the Cousin's Maine Lobster truck and it is in Irvine every week, I just keep missing it. A couple kids that used to work for me have or had a food truck, then opened a restaurant, which was great, but couldn't keep enough business, called Short Stop BBQ. They had the single best sandwich I have ever had, it was a PBLT, pork belly, lettuce and tomato. It was pretty incredible.

[Hot Damn!]

Food trucks are a rip off. So expensive. But short stop was really good. Cousins Maine lobster is like a corporate chain of food trucks. They were on shark tank and now in a lot of cities.

Edited February 21, 2016 by Hot Damn!

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

How about the taco stand explosion around OC.  I can drive 3 miles in Tustin/Irvine and hit like 6 nightly taco stands, tamale guy, and a churro guy.  

[CaliAngel]

18 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

How about the taco stand explosion around OC.  I can drive 3 miles in Tustin/Irvine and hit like 6 nightly taco stands, tamale guy, and a churro guy.  

I wonder if they have a business license and/or pay taxes? 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Ohtani doesn’t, why should they. 

[Jay]

On 12/12/2023 at 7:01 PM, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

How about the taco stand explosion around OC.  I can drive 3 miles in Tustin/Irvine and hit like 6 nightly taco stands, tamale guy, and a churro guy.  

So basically OC has become Mexico.

Seriously though I miss the Mexican food in OC. There are a few good food trucks here but you have to drive a ways to get to them.

For those who know Costa Mesa there is carniceria named El Toro Bravo. Their arrachera preparada (marinated skirt steak) is the best that I know of.  Fortunately there is a carniceria here that comes close so we can have some good back yard tacos.

 

[Blarg]

Tacos Los Cholos in Anaheim and Fullerton serves arrachera that has been cooked over coals. So damn good. 

[Jay]

5 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Tacos Los Cholos in Anaheim and Fullerton serves arrachera that has been cooked over coals. So damn good. 

That would be al carbon. I agree that is the best.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

13 hours ago, Jay said:

So basically OC has become Mexico.

Seriously though I miss the Mexican food in OC. There are a few good food trucks here but you have to drive a ways to get to them.

For those who know Costa Mesa there is carniceria named El Toro Bravo. Their arrachera preparada (marinated skirt steak) is the best that I know of.  Fortunately there is a carniceria here that comes close so we can have some good back yard tacos.

 

Jay, arrachera has exploded here.  Next

time you’re back in OC, visit Tacos Los Cholos in Anaheim, not far from the stadium.  It’s brick and mortar, not a stand or truck but it’s pretty good. 
 

There are trompos of pastor everywhere now. 

[gotbeer]

Went to Smart and Final.  And there was a lady selling tamales out of the back of her SUV in the parking lot.  There is such a wide range on tamales, that I don't think I'd trust a rando person selling it.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

12 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Went to Smart and Final.  And there was a lady selling tamales out of the back of her SUV in the parking lot.  There is such a wide range on tamales, that I don't think I'd trust a rando person selling it.

There’s one at Walmart.   Rando is the best. 

[katie]

The best tamales in oceanside are sold out of a car in the parking lot of our stater brothers 

[Tank]

i don't get the appeal of tamales. just tastes like a bunch of wet tortilla to me.

i've tried them from the best tamale shop in east l.a., from moms and grandmas who've made them for forty years, etc. I don't like them. 

[katie]

They’re good with meat. 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, katie said:

They’re good with meat. 

i'll take your word for it.

most of the ones i've tried have been filled with cheese and chilis.

meh.

[gotbeer]

7 hours ago, Tank said:

i'll take your word for it.

most of the ones i've tried have been filled with cheese and chilis.

meh.

 

9 hours ago, katie said:

They’re good with meat. 

Although I will say even with meat, they just don't do it for me.  I get all weird, and put lettuce, cheese, avocado, sour cream, and hot sauce on my tamale.  So it becomes a franken tamale/tostada/taco. 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

On 12/17/2023 at 11:44 AM, Tank said:

i don't get the appeal of tamales. just tastes like a bunch of wet tortilla to me.

i've tried them from the best tamale shop in east l.a., from moms and grandmas who've made them for forty years, etc. I don't like them. 

Lilliana’s?  To be fair tank, you are a vegetarian. 

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

17 hours ago, Tank said:

i'll take your word for it.

most of the ones i've tried have been filled with cheese and chilis.

meh.

Those are rajas.  That’s crazy you don’t like.  

[Tank]

5 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Those are rajas.  That’s crazy you don’t like.  

yeah, it's weird. and i love mexican food, too.

[Tank]

5 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

Lilliana’s?  To be fair tank, you are a vegetarian. 

i don't know/remember the name of the place.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

yeah, it's weird. and i love mexican food, too.

But wait.. that is all loaded with lard.  Do you not worry about that stuff?  

[CaliAngel]

On 12/17/2023 at 12:44 PM, Tank said:

i don't get the appeal of tamales. just tastes like a bunch of wet tortilla to me.

i've tried them from the best tamale shop in east l.a., from moms and grandmas who've made them for forty years, etc. I don't like them. 

I kinda get the appeal for others, as it sounds good on paper, and I love pretty much all Mexican food (minus ceviche), but I don't care for tamales either. 

Something about the cornmeal or whatever is on the outside of the meat has never sat well with me. I must have tried dozens over the years, and I just don't seem to get why people rave about them. Rather have an enchilada or some tacos or a burrito.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

7 hours ago, CaliAngel said:

I kinda get the appeal for others, as it sounds good on paper, and I love pretty much all Mexican food (minus ceviche), but I don't care for tamales either. 

Something about the cornmeal or whatever is on the outside of the meat has never sat well with me. I must have tried dozens over the years, and I just don't seem to get why people rave about them. Rather have an enchilada or some tacos or a burrito.

You don’t like ceviche?

[Tank]

22 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

But wait.. that is all loaded with lard.  Do you not worry about that stuff?  

we usually check about that first. i try to avoid it as best i can.

there's a little hole in wall spot here in glendale that everyone raves about. went there once and found out they used lard. i figured i'd survive eating that burrito that day, but i haven't been back mostly because the burrito was ridiculously overloaded with beans.