FOLLOW THE TRUCK IF YOU'RE STILL HUNGRY.


Trying a new type of food that you are not familiar with is a difficult task most of the time, especially if you are nit-picky. Don’t you agree? It’s either you will like the food or you will waste money on something you wish you had not ordered. Last weekend, my cousins and I went to Baccali’s Café and Rotisserie, which is located in Alhambra, for dinner to catch up with one another. It was my first time there and the menu had so many different selections. I was told that Baccali’s Café and Rotisserie was known for their rotisserie chicken, which seemed quite obvious because of the name. Although, I wanted to try something different and was not able to make a decision, so my cousin’s boyfriend suggested that I try a baked seafood pasta. I went along with his suggestion and it turned out that the baked seafood pasta was not what I had pictured it to be. It turned out as a soup porridge as opposed to noodles mixed with seafood all around. I decided to give it a try and eventually did not like it. My facial expression showed my cousin’s boyfriend that I was not satisfied and he felt terrible. In return, he paid for my baked seafood pasta.

As we headed back to his place, we saw a Kogi truck on the freeway that ended up becoming a chase since dinner did not satisfy me. Kogi was written on three sides of the truck and was founded by Mark Manguera, who thought about Korean BBQ on a taco one night as he was eating Mexican tacos and drinking a beer. Besides Manguera, chef Roy Choi was classically trained and made Kogi tacos tasty. The Kogi truck in particular is a Korean BBQ taco stand that ventures off to at least three different cities a day for about three hours at each location. Isn’t this amazing? Who knew that Korean BBQ taco trucks would head out to different areas and reach out to people about their tacos. Furthermore, these tacos trucks would twitter out to everyone the time and destination every hour and respond back to individuals quickly. I thought that this was really impressive. They had the best Korean tacos with a juicy sauce and other mouth-watering selections that captivated everyone. What made them so unique was the way it tasted, as if you were actually going to go eat at a Korean BBQ restaurant.

The tacos were honestly different from Del Taco and Taco Bell. What fascinated me was the way Kogi invented tacos with kimchi (spicy cabage with varied seasonings). Whoever knew that their would be kimchi tacos sold to the public. This was definitely a highlight! In addition, tacos were two dollars and burritos were a few dollars more. I say these tacos were far better than the 89 or 99 cent tacos from Del Taco and Taco Bell. I was quite familiar with Kogi due to the fact it made a big scene this past April in Cerritos. Police cars were surrounding the intersection and telling everyone to go home. Aside from that, the lines were tremendously long which surrounded the building and there was a certain limit you can only purchase. The moment the Kogi truck stopped, I rushed in line and was lucky enough to be the second customer. There I ordered four short-ribbed tacos and got it right away. The night became a long adventure that extremely satisfied my stomach and knew that Kogi would not disappoint me. Later on, I thought about what’s next to come? Filipino Tacos? Japanese Tacos? Indian Tacos? Someone might invent a new type of taco that will be the next big hit, roaming different cities.