Top Five Urban Food Carts

ByJanelle Nanos
March 16, 2010
2 min read

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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