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Filipino food
goes Mobile:
The Food Truck Phenomenon
by Carmen Leilani De Jesus
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Filipinos are no strangers to "street food." In the Philippines,
vendors peddle an assortment of meats, fruits and other "blanks"-
on-a-stick, bring ing delicacies like f ish balls, binatog (boiled corn
kernels with salt), balut (boiled egg with a duck embryo inside)
and isaw (g rilled pork and chicken intestines on a stick) to hung ry
pedestrians all over the city.
In Los Angeles and San Francisco, the recently spaw ned "Food
Truck" phenomenon is a gourmet evolution of street food - except
since no one really walks in LA - food vendors need more mobility
than a street vendor cart would provide.
White Rabbit Truck - Adobo, Longonisa, Sisig, Tocino!
whiterabbittruck.com | twitter.com/whiterabbittruk
Enterprising Filipinos have taken to this trend, taking some of our
favorite dishes "mobile."
All it takes is a tricked-out ice-cream
truck-ty pe vehicle with a mobile kitchen, a Twit ter account and a
webpage, and a business is born. Think of them as mobile cafes
which the hung ry eater needs to track dow n in order to access their
particular cravings. If you're in the Southern California area, check
out these Filipino food trucks on their Twit ter pages to see where
they're serving next!
White Rabbit Truck - Adobo, Longonisa, Sisig, Tocino!
whiterabbittruck.com | twitter.com/whiterabbittruk
Manila Machine - Pan de sal sliders, Pork belly and pineapple Adobo!
Almoosal - Filipino breakfasts on the go!
Curbside Cravings - Tocino Burgers and Daing Fish Balls!
themanilamachine.com | twitter.com/manilamachine
twitter.com/Almoosal
neriscurbsidecravings.com | twitter.com/CurbsideCraving
23 SPRING 2011 / THEPHILIPPINESMAGAZINE.COM

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