Can I Get That Truck With a Side of DZANG BOY

Me thinks that looks like a food truck. Well me, you are correct. It is a food truck. One of many that I would experience along with friends at the Fort Lauderdale Food Truck Extravaganza last Wednesday night! The trucks! The food! The joy! Caitlin and I trucked our booties down to the plaza to meet up with some friends and get fat on goodness cooked in confined spaces of happiness.Mel was there, sans husband (but with her son...so we got a 2/3 family showing). She stands in front of The Good Stuff truck, which was mostly a fusion approach to Venezuelan Arepas.Kim and Bubba also made it, always psyched to get their grub on.The Fish Box had a truck. The Fish Box is apparently some extremely popular restaurant in Miami that serves seafood and has a truck for events such as this. It might have been the only official restaurant truck there. I think there were probably about 20 trucks in total with a surprisingly diverse food base.For example - Dr Pepper braised brisket??? Hola crabbits!Caitlin got fish tacos, which she was cravin' something FIERCE. They were extremely tasty and to her liking. One thing we didn't like was our very long wait times at these trucks. I can't entirely blame it on crowds, though it was a full house that night. I was just surprised how unready many of the trucks were for the lines that formed at their windows. If this were a lunch situation, I'd have been pissed.I went to Ms. Cheezious and had me a blue cheese, bacon and green onion grilled cheese sandwich on sour dough bread. MAMA CITA I LOVED IT! I basically almost started crying when I tasted the cheese, bacon and green onions all in one bite. Heaven would have trouble producing a better tasting sandwich.I also got an Indian Curry Arepa, which was pretty good but a poor choice on a 95 degree, 99% humidity evening. It was hot and hefty, and just not as appetizing given the circumstances. On a cold Chicago day I would have slurped that sucka up.Mel, on the other hand, was wise and made it to the shaved ice truck for a Tiger's Blood shaved ice before the crazy crowds appeared. Honestly, that was all anyone needed that day. Great event, and I love that the world of food trucking is blowing up across this great nation.

Taco Truck to Trump All Taco Trucks

If this looks like a food truck - that's cause it is dude. My boy Alex from Mexico purchased this bad boy for what is the most insanely cheap price I have ever heard. Then he worked his butt of and turned it into the most bad crazy mother of a taco truck that this world may ever see. Look inside this thing. Are you blown away by all the chrome like I was blown away? Walking in here was like walking in the kitchen of a five star restaurant. I began to imagine the things he'd be making in here, and I started to salivate so much I had to leave the truck so I wouldn't salivate all over the floor.Steaks are going to get their butts cooked on this thing. Its a mean, green, taco machine. I can't wait until this bad-boy hits the streets.But fortunately for me and a few other guests, we didn't have to wait to sample some of the goodness. Alex invited us over because he wanted some feedback on his veggies and fish tacos. There was no question that his asado, al pastor and other meat tacos would be off the hook, but he hadn't dabbled to much in veggies. He had prepared his delicious salsas that would be available at his truck. Its one of the many secrets to his skills. I LOVE his and Leslie's salsas.

Chef in action. He'll be cooking out of the truck soon, but for now he was just working on recipes. One thing that I loved about Alex's tacos were some of the seasoned taco shells he used. It blew my socks off.Caitlin waited anxiously. This was a night dedicated to veggie tacos - so in a way it was a night dedicated to her dreams.Alex not only has cooking chops - but also baby making chops. He just had a daughter who waited patiently as well for food along with her best buddy Colette.Here the master chef teaches us how to put together the best shrimp taco that man has ever tasted. I will tell you now - no shrimp taco is as good as Alex's. You know what else he does better than anyone else? White onions. I nearly ate a plain onion on its own.

I think Alex's taco truck is going to be mad successful. He's a smart dude with a great business plan and cooking chops to boot. Seriously - a force to be reckoned with in the food truck industry of South Florida - and possibly the world. Thanks for an amazing night dude!

More to come on his truck once it launches.