Taco Trucks

The flight of anxiety is now past.  As a way to celebrate I went to lunch.  This is a bit of an event in that I work in an industrial park 50 miles south of San Francisco.  I am surrounded by options such as Chili's, Denny's, Friday's and Teriakyi Bowls.  There are a few places that I have discovered--that surprisingly no one here at work has ventured to. Today's celebration was to a recently discovered Taco Truck.  I was so thrilled when I came back from lunch.  Everyone, huddled over cold pizza leftover from the senior staff meetings, wanted to know how it was that I could eat food off a truck. 

What most people don't know is that trucks must follow the same food safety and sanitation requirements as restaurants.  It is after all a restaurant on wheels. 

Today, I had a guava juice, a birria and two carne asadas tacos on fresh corn tortillas splashed with spicy fresh cilantro and onions.  All for $5.25.  The carne asada was remarkable.  Simple pleasures after a few stressful days.

Photos:  JB (with the new Sony Cybershot--the Canon 70 has biten the dust)

   

Comments

[Dr. Biggles]

Hi,

YAY !!! Taco trucks are great. We had one that would stop out in front here at work for years (gone somewheres now) and they had the best tacos ever. I'd get 4 with grilled onions on top and a cool refreshing jalapeno. There's one, I ain't been yet, that hangs out at the new Target in Berkeley that I hear is worth the travel time. They got brains & lengua, all the good stuff
Don't bother me eating off the trucks, been doing it for over 20 years. Years ago, when I didn't have money that day, they'd feed me anyways and ask me to pay tomorrow. Always did. Thank you Taco Trucks!

[jen]

A taco truck can brighten any dull day ... that's my motto. And I am especially glad that you found something worth eating near work. That's happy making.

The people who won't eat off taco trucks make me laugh ... and those are the same people who think nothing of eating at Taco Bell drive-through. I guess I shouldn't always assume that people know that a taco truck has the same health standards as a restaurant ...