Downtown Los Angeles Artwalk

Finally, I got to go eat at Nom Nom food truck after being in LA for a month. Nom Nom food truck is the famous Food Network winner of the Food Network Food Truck Race. They were at the Downtown LA Artwalk Festival. When i went to the festival I was surprised that there were so many food trucks. I was just assuming Nom Nom truck. So, I decided to try various food trucks.

Nom Nom truck

Grilled pork Bahn Mi

Nom Nom was my first stop. They serve various versions of bahn mi and tacos. I ordered a grilled pork bahn mi. This is a Vietnamese sandwich that consisting of grilled pork, pickled dikon and carrots, watercress in a french baguette. One sandwich was split 3 ways. The pork was tasty but I do not see how it was worth 6 dollars and was able to win the food truck race. I have had better Vietnamese sandwiches in chinatown area. At least I got to say I ate at the Food Network winner of the Food Network Food Truck Race.

Filipino Pork Sisig Taco

White Rabbit food truck

Next place I went to try was White Rabbit--Filipino food. I saw on the menu they had pork sisig and my filipino friend told me that sisig is great and tasty so I ordered 3 sisig tacos. This is my favorite of all the food trucks I tasted, the pork sisig was very flavorful and tasty, not bland and had a nice aroma. I would eat here again. The logo of the chef was cute and kind of stereotyping with the chinese eyes but drawn in an illustrative way that made it work for the food truck.

Bim Bim Bop

Bolgoggi Taco

The next place I went to was Bool. This is a Korean food truck. I ordered bim bim bop and a bolgogi beef taco with kimchi. The bim im bop did not come on the traditional stone pot but it was tasty and spicy. A good effort for a food truck. The taco was nice and juicy with a spicy kick from the kimchi. It was all in a soft taco wrap. I would go and try this truck again.

Dulce de leche infused Churro tots

For dessert, I saw dulce de leche infused churros. Since my weakness is any type of donut, I had to try them. I also love dulce de leche (I make it myself at home). It was 4 churro balls with whipped cream. The churros were coated in a cinammon sugar mix. Very tasty but not much of a dulche de leche flavor. Maybe next time they can figure out how to put a small amount of dulce de leche into the churro tots--maybe after it is cooked, like how jelly donut holes are made.

I wanted to try Indian food since I got a sample of the tandoori chicken. It was very flavorful and I do like Indian spices--very aromatic. But, when I went around 9pm, the owner said they had to close because the festival owner did not get right permit for all the food trucks to stay. The health department came. I was like what?? I came back to get your good food. I want to know who has an event with food trucks and does not get proper permits? That is crazy. Were there too many food trucks, cost too much to get, or just trying to see if they would get away without getting a permit? Think of all the food truck owners who lost a lot of money due to this stupidity---probably at least $1,000 the last 3 hours the event is open. I guess I will have to find the truck and see if it is close to me.

The event also had Sobe drink and Illy coffee there. They had bottle samples we could take. I took a few Sobe flavors and Illy coffee. I tried the apricot and strawberry Sobe drink. It was Ok. I still like the pomegrante cherry flavor better. The citrus blend was good. The illy espresso coffee can with no sugar was nasty. It was too strong and bitter--needs sugar. I drank a can of the version with sugar and added a bit of milk, made it less bitter--I liked that better. Got the mochacinno flavor and will try. That should be tastier.



Saw some art that was very interesting. one was a sculpture tower with words written in chinese. each side talked about a subject---workers, business, farmers, and educators. This was showing how the world comes together with all these 4 types of people. This was very interesting and I think the best art I saw all night. One exhibit was all with black umbrellas---made into scultpures. To me I thought the artist was just able to find a wholesale company for black umbrellas and decided to make art..lol..

Overall this was a fun event. Walked for 3 hours. Would do this again.