Is Dante Gonzales an artist/event promoter who loves cooking or a chef who cooks up high-concept events? The self-styled “Mr. Fried Chicken” lets Los Angeles decide as he stuffs his entire underground art-and-grub mashup party into a food truck.

The Dante Fried Chicken truck (Twitter: @kfcrip) officially launched on Tuesday, August 3rd. The centerpiece of the menu is the Sock It To Me Fried Chicken — boneless pieces of “eco fresh” chicken brined overnight then battered in a bizarre combo of almost 30 ingredients (lemon juice, buttermilk, black tea, oats, nuts, dried fruits, etc.), before being fried.    Read the full L.A. Weekly article HERE

Dumpling Station Food Truck Launches

Helen Pan and Chris Aragon stand in front of their baby, the Dumpling Station food truck, which offers Taiwanese dumplings.

The truck’s menu begins in Taiwan and radiates outward to incorporate Korean and American comfort food. Based on recipes that Pan learned to cook from her parents, Dumpling Station (Twitter: @dumplingstation) serves five kinds of dumplings, either fried or steamed (your choice): traditional pork and leek, traditional chicken and green onion, veggie (made with carrots, bean sprouts, glass noodles, water chestnut, Napa cabbage, green onions and garlic), kimchi pork, and kimchi beef. Read full article here

Top Chef Contestant Brian Hill’s Comfort Truck Rolls Out

Chef Brian Hill poses in front of his Comfort Truck.

When Mary J. Blige dubs your homemade tortilla chips “crack chips,” (because they’re so addictive they’re like… well, you get it), you don’t think twice about putting them on the menu. Chef Brian Hill’s Comfort Truck (Twitter: @comforttruck) rolls out today, serving seven kinds of fried or sautéed sliders (barbecue, spicy and jerk), two kinds of wraps, jumbo chicken wings (another MJB favorite) and the aforementioned “crack chips.” Read full article here

Crepe Truck Wars: Crepe’n Around vs. La Galette Creperie

La Galette Creperie and Crepe'N Around will soon fight for dominance of L.A.'s mobile crepe market.

They say Paris is gorgeous in spring. But if you can’t make it all the way to France, two new crepe trucks are doing their best to bring a bit of Paris to Los Angeles. The real question: is this town big enough for two crepe trucks?

Crepe’n Around (Twitter: @crepenaround), launched by sisters Eileen and Joann DeLeoz, rolled out on March 20 offering basic crepes: three savories (chicken pesto; miso skirt steak; and roasted veggies – $6 or $10 with garlic fries and a drink) and three sweets (strawberries and cream; Nutella banana; and S’mores made with chocolate sauce, marshmallows, graham crackers and whipped cream – $4). Read full article

The Grilled Cheese Truck.

An American classic, the grilled cheese sandwich, gets taken up a notch at this popular new food truck. Catch it at various locations around Los Angeles…if the cheese hasn’t slowed you down. Click HERE for LXTV’s full coverage

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Nana Queen’s Pudding & Wings Truck Rolls Out Next Week; Grilled Cheese & Baby’s Badass Burgers Get 2nd Trucks

Janel (left) and Shanel Prator stand in front of the Nana Queen's truck.

Made with fresh bananas and real cream, the banana pudding from Nana Queen’s truck(Twitter: @nanaqueens) has all the virtues of home-cooking — plus a wallop of gourmet originality. “This is not like grandma’s pudding,” says owner and self-taught pudding queen Janel Prator, 30. “This is a totally different recipe. This is new school.” Read full article here

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More gourmet food trucks coming to O.C.

November 9th, 2009, 6:12 am