GIMME A TACO! - Street food or trucks roaming neighborhoods with great food has become a trend up in San Francisco. Unfortunately I haven't heard of any in the South Bay to get excited about. But the desire to eat from them is there. I've even made mental notes of food trucks to look for if I happen to be up in the City. So imagine my surprise while driving on 280 towards SF the other day, when I saw the Kung Fu Taco Truck. My heart leaped. A taco truck in my area!!? Have they moved South? Will we have a Kung Fu Taco truck in San Jose?! My first thought was to get out my camera and take a photo, but since I was driving 280 speeds I figured fumbling for the camera in my purse wasn't the best idea. Neither was trying to flag the truck down just to see if they would sell me a taco. I was afraid they would think I was some sort of stalker instead of an insane foodie who just wanted to try one of their tacos. Alas, on their twitter feed I found out that they had a private event in Cupertino and that's why they were in my neighborhood. I guess I just need to find out how to get invited to these private events!
OPENING DAY - There was a time where I waited anxiously for baseball opening day. Since I became a Sharks fan, I admit, Opening Day usually means "hockey playoffs are coming soon". I do still follow the SF Giants now and then (especially since I have some die hard Giants fans as friends :) The start of baseball always makes me think that it's time for hot dog season. There is just something about summer that makes me want to fire up the grill and cook some hot dogs. But why is it that hot dogs always taste better when you eat them at an actual ballpark? I can't ever go to a baseball game without getting at least one dog. And you can find hot dogs at games topped with a gazillion different toppings be it plain mustard, chili and cheese or topped with cole slaw. I actually prefer mine fairly simple with (I know I'm gonna get crap for this one) mayonnaise. Yes, Mayo. And no ketchup. Maybe topped with dill pickles, none of that sweet relish. Maybe a bit of mustard and if I'm really daring, some jalapenos. Now that I've admitted this, I'll probably be banned from any local ballparks.
MOST DOGS - They estimate that over 21 million hot dogs will be sold at ballparks this year. That's not even including all those hot dogs cooked in grills by folks outside the parks tailgating. Expected to serve the most dogs this year? Fenway Park (home of the Boston Red Sox for you non baseball fans) with approximately 1.6 million hot dogs. Alas, I can't find anywhere which tells me which ballpark sells the least hot dogs during the season. If you want to find out more about what kind of hot dogs are sold at each stadium, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council has a great write up here.
FROZEN FOOD NIGHT - Since today is National Frozen Food Day I say take the night off and cook some frozen food (for you purists, please feel free to pull out that Pan Roasted Breast of Squab with Swiss Chard, Seared Foie Gras, and Oven-Dried Black Figs you froze on Sunday that took you 12 hours to make and cook that).
I wonder if Kung Fu tacos are at all close to LA's Kogi tacos? Oh, man, if they are, dreams do come true! ;)
Posted by: Carolyn Jung | April 06, 2010 at 05:55 PM