five on friday:: food truck fest

last weekend we did something that we have been wanting to do for a while. sunday afternoon after church we had to go home to pick up our movie passes.  on the way we saw a crowd of people standing in line for the granada hills food truck fest.  we had noticed over the past few months that the food trucks were parking on the major street by our house and had wanted to try them but it never worked out.  today in an instant bobby grabbed some cash from the atm, parked and led us to the madness.  here's what we loved.

1.  it was literally down the street from where we live.  on any given friday, saturday or in this case sunday afternoon we can walk a few yards and get some grub off a food truck.  we had no idea that there was a festival going on.  a whole bunch of trucks with a whole lot of food.

2.  you have to love the names, like slap yo mama serving soul food, papas tapas serving spanish cuisine, and great balls on wheels dishing up gourmet meatballs.  enough said.

3.  everyone gets to choose what they want and stand in line.  in our case we chose two trucks and the two adults did the standing in line.  sliders for the kids from the patty wagon truck.  mini hamburgers on mini buns with mini tomato and mini lettuce.  a side of fries so thin they were more like chips and hansen's natural soda.  then a chickwich for us adults from the tastymeat truck.  chicken shawarma topped with lettuce, tahini, tzaziki and feta sauces all rolled into a warm flatbread. add a side of sweet potato fries from the fresh fries truck with a little chipotle mayo. perfection.

4.  so much more to try.  we didn't want to stand in line for cool haus, a build your own ice cream sandwich truck.  and it's probably better because with flavors like ginger cookies and chocolate bacon ice cream i'm not sure the kids would have been fans.  and i left yearning for the nutella and banana crepes from crepe'n around.  next time i might choose that as my meal.

5.  the crowd of tattooed, pierced and bearded hipsters mixed with families and older couples that all want to enjoy some good food.  and who doesn't want to eat on the sidewalk next to a mannequin?  what an experience for the kids.

who knew our little town would become the cool gathering place?

we did take the kids to menchie's for dessert.  mainstream has it's place.

try taking a walk in your neighborhood this weekend.  you never know what you might run into.