Top Five Urban Food Carts
Use Twitter to find out exactly where these roving restaurants are right now. What’s your favorite urban foot cart?
1. Fusion Food
Los Angeles (Kogi)
Korean-fusion barbecue has a cult following and a mini-fleet of four trucks to satiate demand for its signature short rib tacos with sesame-chili salsa roja and specials like
Korean chicken mole and kimchi. @kogibbq
2. Dessert a la Cart
San Francisco (The Creme Brulee Man)
Typical of the city’s underground street food scene, this single-specialty pushcart is a small-scale affair. Flavors run from classic vanilla bean to lavender, dark chocolate Grand Marnier, and s’mores, caramelized before your eyes. @cremebruleecart
3. Comfort Food To Go
Seattle (Skillet Street Food)
Chef-designed, modern American comfort food is locally sourced and made to order out of this converted Airstream. Seasonal menu items may include grass-fed beef burgers with bacon jam and arugula, mac and cheese with cauliflower and duck prosciutto, and golden beet risotto. @skilletstfood
4. Chinese Takeout
New York (Rickshaw Dumpling Truck)
“Who’s your dumpling?” riddles the slogan emblazoned across the menu, which offers a half dozen dumpling selections like savory Peking duck, wild American shrimp, and chicken and Thai basil. Each flavor is matched with a dipping sauce. The roving extension of the Flatiron restaurant also dishes up hot and cold sides like miso soup or chilled edamame, depending on weather. @rickshawtruck
5. Currying Flavors
Washington, D.C. (Fojol Bros., pictured, above)
A fake-mustachioed, beturbaned band of Indian food sellers proffers vegetarian and meat entrées over rice, such as cauliflower and potatoes, pumpkin, and chicken curry, plus sweet mango lassipops, served up from a decorated purple truck. @fojolbros
—Linda Burbank, from the April 2010 issue of National Geographic Traveler
Photo: brmurray via Flickr. Want more street food photos? Visit our Street Food gallery at NationalGeographic.com
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