6/18/2011 Food Vehicles

Food trucks, food carts, food trailers . . . it doesn't matter what you call them, they are very popular here in Austin and the ones we visited for lunch had delicious food. Yes, we left Franklin Barbecue without getting to test America's best BBQ. We met up with Joann, a Girl Scout buddy of mine, who is a native Austinite and a heck of a lot of fun. When we made the decision to leave Franklin, she called her brother who knows all the good food places in town. She told him we wanted something delicious and very Austin-ish. We had heard about the food trucks, but there are many of them all over town. He knew the best collection in the most fun part of town. Even though it was after 11:00 on a Saturday when we arrived, Austin folks must not get up early because few of the food trucks were open yet.

This particular location on South Congress is going to be a luxury hotel, but until they start construction, these trucks are set up here. There's even a parking lot (for which you have to pay $5 in order to utilize.)

This one fascinates me. What might look like an ice cream place is really a lunch place. They serve all their food in paper cones! How clever. It makes everything really portable. Check out the picnic tables, there are even holders to keep your cones upright so you can get more than one at a time. We learned from this vendor that Austin doesn't have fried food, it's only "highly sauteed."

We went shopping and then came back. By then, Fry Baby was open and I had fresh sweet potato fries that were delicious. But the proprietor's secret caramel sauce on top was amazing. I wonder if I'll ever enjoy naked sweet potato fries again.

The food at this one wasn't as great as the trailer, but it was still fun.

KMO got a pulled pork taco from this place featuring New Mexico Hatch green chiles. Yum!!!