Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Official Baton Rouge Twitter food truck rankings



Chicken caprese and banana Nutella crepes from the @Goyayas truck


First: @Goyayas Crepe Truck -  The chicken caprese was almost too messy to eat in a food truck context (which is actually a plus in its own way) but the whole experience was fast, substantial, delicious, fresh, unique and any friend of Nutella is a friend of mine. And they take credit cards.

Tied for second: @NinjaSnowballs and @LeMGelato - NinjaSnowballs gets the credit for getting the ball rolling and for giving the ubiquitous snowball a makeover; LeMGelato is the bomb and would pull ahead if they were out more and $1 less.

Third: @TacoDePaco - I'm pulling for y'all -  as Whitney Houston feels about children, I believe that taco trucks are the future -  but the chicken and steak tacos taste have the same honky taco flavor and there are some speed issues. Kick out the jamz, y'all; you aren't feeding a bunch of flavor-wary Midwesteners out here.    

Questions: Who else is there? C'mon, we are a city of easily led consumers. None of the 1,000 Greek/Lebanese restaurants in our fair city have access to decommissioned bread trucks?  Same for our Vietnamese brothers and sisters down Florida Blvd. Come ply my favor with a bánh mì cart. Where are those festival BBQ trucks when we need them? Is there a compelling reason for me to not be constantly confronted by a shrimp and catfish po-boy truck wherever I go? Has no one realized that the bulk of the landed eateries walking distance from campus kinda suck (Louie's and Koi are marked exceptions; the Chimes is losing some of its perennial luster)  and that people have their gastronomic hopes and dreams resting upon a chain called Pita Pit? Pita Pit?  I think not. Save us from ourselves, twitter food trucks.

10 comments:

  1. Yay! Our taste buds are in agreeance! Those crepes are so freaking good!! And Ninja Snow balls you are my first condensed milk and tiger blood experience. For that, you will always have a place in my heart!

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  2. Hey Alex, we're out here! Come check us out...@KickersBBQ, usually downtown. Hope to see ya soon.

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  3. agreed! KickersBBQ is awesome!!!

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  4. I had Kickers beef plate today, it was some of
    the best BBQ I have had in a long time. A lot of good food for the money. I'll be back.

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  5. TacoDePaco needs to do some work on his food. Not that good. LET US KNOW IF IT GETS BETTER.

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  6. Alex, there is one more that I know of (http://twitter.com/curbsidetruck). But, I hear there might be a Korean BBQ place in the works (like Kogi in LA). Kickers is okay. Let me know if you hear of any others, maybe we should investigate together.

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  7. CURBSIDE ROCKSSSSS

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  8. Banh Mi truck is in the works, wont be long now!!

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  9. We will be up and running soon! http://www.salivationstation.com

    We will be serving gourmet wraps and panini's with a definite Louisiana flair. Come visit us...start this week.

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  10. Alex, go try to the Cuban Connection food truck. Been out since mid 2011. Let us know what you think.

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