Annabella’s Hot Tacos Food Cart/Truck in Phnom Penh
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Annabella’s Hot Tacos Food Cart/Truck in Phnom Penh
Coolio! Who has tried it? A taco cart is always a good addition to Cambodia! ! The more Mexican food choices in Phnom Penh the better!
The owner of Annabella’s Hot Tacos is upping the ante with high quality Mexican street food dished out from a converted Korean ambulance.
The wheels of a Phnom Penh “gourmet food truck revolution” are turning, according to the owner of an upmarket Mexican venture which hit the roads this month.
Justin Landis, the 36-year-old owner of Annabella’s Hot Tacos, hopes to usher in a new era of street food with his New Mexico-style eats and frozen margaritas.
“We’re doing a gourmet food product; it’s homemade, slow-roasted chicken and pork, and everyday fresh-from-the-market vegetables – with a street food price,” he said.
The tacos have been well-received so far. Parked in Street 282 near Wat Lanka around lunchtime on Tuesday this week the truck sold out within a couple of hours as a crowds of hungry workers devoured the corn-tortilla wrapped treats that cost $3.50 for two or $5 for three.
Gourmet food trucks became popular in the US after the economic crash of the late 2000s. Traditional greasy-burger and sandwich food trucks were snapped up by out-of-work chefs who turned them into mobile bistros – a cheaper alternative to setting up bricks-and-mortar restaurants. The advent of social media allowed customers to keep track of their locations.
Landis, who originally hails from Long Beach, California, and has a day job as a construction project manager, said his favourite variety of tacos came from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he lived when he was a student.
It was the memory of those corn-tortilla tacos – with their simple but complimentary ingredients – and his frustration at not being able to find similar in Phnom Penh that led him to set up his food truck, Annabella’s.
“In search of what I believe is the ultimate taco experience, I just decided to do it myself,” he said. “I wanted to do them the way I know they should be done, my way, in hopes that it’s well received.”
For maximum authenticity, Landis gets his chillies from Albuquerque.
“It’s a big cost for us,” he said. “But it’s important to me to bring that very regional flavour and to get it right.”
The truck is a former ambulance imported from South Korea and modified to include a three-burner grill, toaster oven, LED disco lights, a sound system and a frozen-margarita machine.
After the mechanics were done, Landis gave it to street artists Peap Tarr and Lisa Mam who spent around 20 hours painting it with intricate designs in primarily black, white and red.
“We tried to do something that was traditional Khmer design with a Mexican-American flavour,” said Tarr.
The result was a funky kitchen on wheels that will serve hungry workers during the day and become something more like a mobile party when parked around Phnom Penh’s nightlife districts.
“We want to make it a good experience,” Landis said. “Taco trucks are supposed to be a fun, and nighttime is really fun for us with the disco lights and margaritas. For $3 a pop, they’re the best value in town.”
The truck will do a range of dishes – from seasoned shredded pork tacos with fresh avocado, pickled red onion, cilantro, chipotle and lime to quesadilla tortilla toasties with shredded cheese, meat, onion and jalepenos – with the menu changing each day.
A constant will be the big 12-inch scrambled egg and hash brown burritos served with optional bacon, chorizo mash and New Mexico chilli sauce, which cost $5 for one with the lot.
“They’re called breakfast burritos, but they’re really good at any time of day,” Landis said. “There’s nothing better than stuffing your face with an eggy burrito with chorizo after stumbling out of a bar at 1 or 2am.”
Landis said the obvious advantage of food trucks over traditional restaurants is that they don’t have to pay rent, but he found getting permission from local authorities and business owners to set up shop was proving a challenge.
He said he suspected a permit to set up shop in Street 51 at night fell through because of pressure from other street food vendors.
“We have genuine permission from.....
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The owner of Annabella’s Hot Tacos is upping the ante with high quality Mexican street food dished out from a converted Korean ambulance.
The wheels of a Phnom Penh “gourmet food truck revolution” are turning, according to the owner of an upmarket Mexican venture which hit the roads this month.
Justin Landis, the 36-year-old owner of Annabella’s Hot Tacos, hopes to usher in a new era of street food with his New Mexico-style eats and frozen margaritas.
“We’re doing a gourmet food product; it’s homemade, slow-roasted chicken and pork, and everyday fresh-from-the-market vegetables – with a street food price,” he said.
The tacos have been well-received so far. Parked in Street 282 near Wat Lanka around lunchtime on Tuesday this week the truck sold out within a couple of hours as a crowds of hungry workers devoured the corn-tortilla wrapped treats that cost $3.50 for two or $5 for three.
Gourmet food trucks became popular in the US after the economic crash of the late 2000s. Traditional greasy-burger and sandwich food trucks were snapped up by out-of-work chefs who turned them into mobile bistros – a cheaper alternative to setting up bricks-and-mortar restaurants. The advent of social media allowed customers to keep track of their locations.
Landis, who originally hails from Long Beach, California, and has a day job as a construction project manager, said his favourite variety of tacos came from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he lived when he was a student.
It was the memory of those corn-tortilla tacos – with their simple but complimentary ingredients – and his frustration at not being able to find similar in Phnom Penh that led him to set up his food truck, Annabella’s.
“In search of what I believe is the ultimate taco experience, I just decided to do it myself,” he said. “I wanted to do them the way I know they should be done, my way, in hopes that it’s well received.”
For maximum authenticity, Landis gets his chillies from Albuquerque.
“It’s a big cost for us,” he said. “But it’s important to me to bring that very regional flavour and to get it right.”
The truck is a former ambulance imported from South Korea and modified to include a three-burner grill, toaster oven, LED disco lights, a sound system and a frozen-margarita machine.
After the mechanics were done, Landis gave it to street artists Peap Tarr and Lisa Mam who spent around 20 hours painting it with intricate designs in primarily black, white and red.
“We tried to do something that was traditional Khmer design with a Mexican-American flavour,” said Tarr.
The result was a funky kitchen on wheels that will serve hungry workers during the day and become something more like a mobile party when parked around Phnom Penh’s nightlife districts.
“We want to make it a good experience,” Landis said. “Taco trucks are supposed to be a fun, and nighttime is really fun for us with the disco lights and margaritas. For $3 a pop, they’re the best value in town.”
The truck will do a range of dishes – from seasoned shredded pork tacos with fresh avocado, pickled red onion, cilantro, chipotle and lime to quesadilla tortilla toasties with shredded cheese, meat, onion and jalepenos – with the menu changing each day.
A constant will be the big 12-inch scrambled egg and hash brown burritos served with optional bacon, chorizo mash and New Mexico chilli sauce, which cost $5 for one with the lot.
“They’re called breakfast burritos, but they’re really good at any time of day,” Landis said. “There’s nothing better than stuffing your face with an eggy burrito with chorizo after stumbling out of a bar at 1 or 2am.”
Landis said the obvious advantage of food trucks over traditional restaurants is that they don’t have to pay rent, but he found getting permission from local authorities and business owners to set up shop was proving a challenge.
He said he suspected a permit to set up shop in Street 51 at night fell through because of pressure from other street food vendors.
“We have genuine permission from.....
...click link to continue reading...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weeke ... phnom-penh
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Re: Annabella’s Hot Tacos Food Cart/Truck in Phnom Penh
Awesome. I wish him the best. I hope he doesn't get stiffled too much by the local competition. I like his last part about wanting to cooperate with other local carts/vendors.
St. 51 should be afraid of him.. I haven't even tried his food but just reading the story, if he parked outside GSM he'd wipe the floor with everything else around.
I want and update and/or pics if anyone sees him. I will look too.
St. 51 should be afraid of him.. I haven't even tried his food but just reading the story, if he parked outside GSM he'd wipe the floor with everything else around.
I want and update and/or pics if anyone sees him. I will look too.
I'll give ya 500 Riel for it...
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Re: Annabella’s Hot Tacos Food Cart/Truck in Phnom Penh
i have noticed a lot of new zoomy mobile food vendors just in the past 6 months in PP.
certainly want to try this one out next time i come to town.
certainly want to try this one out next time i come to town.
Re: Annabella’s Hot Tacos Food Cart/Truck in Phnom Penh
Reads better than any street food on offer here in Pattaya. Hope he expands. There is a strong demand for Mexican and very limited supply in both Pattaya and Bangkok.
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Re: Annabella’s Hot Tacos Food Cart/Truck in Phnom Penh
popular in the whole region
i want to play in this market.
interested parties PM me.
i want to play in this market.
interested parties PM me.
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