Lines Lines Lines for Fabulous Food!

Sorry for the significant delay in posts, my computer has mostly died and I am getting a new one on Tuesday so be prepared for an influx of posts at that time.  In the mean time I wanted to update you on the events of the last week or so.

So Valentines day weekend my family came to Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Street Food Fest.  OMG.  There were SOOOOOO many people there.  So first of all we got the VIP ticket which was well worth the $30 price tag.  Got there at 10:30, our line was 20-30 people long.  Walked around ahead of time, staked out where each truck was and designated each member of our group to a truck to bee line to as soon as we got in.  The grilled cheese truck bless their hearts, were not prepared for the craziness that was about to ensue, but I don't think any of the trucks really were.  The way we accomplished getting as much food from as many places as possible was this:  We would go to a truck, order our food, when someone got their food they would find the others in their respective lines and give them their portion of the food, then get back in line at another truck.  We also ordered as much food as possible from each truck we went to.

YOU HAD TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.

VIP:  You got a goodie bag, meh nothing really cool in there.  But you also go a patio to sit on that over looked the entire event and free mini donuts that tasted like funnel cake and free dim sum.  The free bar was nice, would have been nice if the free beer was also in the VIP area.

People that are really upset need to realize that it was the first time this event was held and no one realized how popular was actually going to turn out to be.  Plus if you didn't make it in...twitter the trucks!  Funny story this wasn't the one time these trucks are going to be selling food around the city, in fact they sell food EVERYDAY somewhere.

Also for those of you who didn't get to eat at Ludos fried chicken don't worry it wasn't worth the wait.  It was tasty.  But the Qzilla truck with ribs and pulled pork was totally better.

Here are the trucks we got so you can go find them in the city and try them for yourself

Qzilla:  Ribs, pulled pork and brisket - Amazing.  Really good brown sugar and ketchup style BBQ sauce that was super thick and really tasty (My favorite of the day).
Piaggio Gourmet truck:  Chorizo Sandwich, bacon wrapped hot dog, Chicken empanada - The hot dog had chimichuri and some white sauces that was out of this world (my moms favorite dish of the day), the chorizo sandwich was okay,  lots of bread.  The empanada was disappointing because I love empanadas but it was full of red peppers which I really really hate.  But my uncle really liked it, so I assume it was good if red peppers don't bother you
Flying Pigs: Sausage Sliders, Spicy Pork Taco - Really really good, best slider Ive ever had.  According to their website its: Braised pork belly red onion escabeche, sesame cucumber
Grilled Cheese Truck: Harvest Sandwich, Cheese and Mac and rib - The harvest was soooooooooooo good one of my favorite of the day, butternut squash, caramelized onions smokey cheese really good.  The other one was mac and cheese with BBQ rib meat.  Kinda weird, but we all seemed to enjoy it.
Fry Truck: Sweet potato fries with pork and chili fries:  Husband claims these were the best chili fries hes ever had.  The sweet potato fries with the bbq pulled pork was awesome and totally unique.
Fry Girl: Deep fried mini donuts.  I think we went through like 6 bags of this little amazing treats.  They were more like funnel cake than donuts, super light, super crispy, covered with loose powdered sugar like a funnel cake.
Ludo:  Easily the most disappointing.  Line was an hour long to order then 15 minutes before you got your food.  Rumor has it later in the day the hour was 1-2 hours long then another HOUR before you got your food.  They were this meatball size balls of what appeared to be whole pieces of thigh meat.  Which was really juicy and the breading had a bunch of herbs and spices in it and the dipping sauce for it was nice too.  But for the wait, it really wasn't worth it.  Not considering the wait, it still was definitely NOT my favorite thing of the day.  So if you didn't get to try it, don't be too disappointed. 

The vendor side was also pretty cool.  I bought a Tshirt for 5 bucks, and they had some really neat jewelry.

FOR MORE PICTURES OF THE EVENT AND ALL OUR SCRUMPTIOUS FOOD PLEASE SEE THE WEB ALBUM!  LA Street Food Fest


All in all I give the event 4 points knowing that my experience was not replicated by the majority of participants in this event.  C'est la vie for them.

I get my new computer on Tuesday so be prepared for some tasty updates of the Malibu Seafood and Fish Market and the always amazing Bossa Nova!  Cheers!