Santa Anita Park Food Truck Festival - January 2011

I attended the Santa Anita Park Food Truck Festival in Arcadia, CA last weekend. Santa Anita Park was normally known for its horse racing, so the guests in attendance of the food truck festival got a chance to watch and make bets on the horse racing.

The participating food trucks were:
* The Grilled Cheese Truck
* Don Chow Tacos
* Border Grill
* Canter's Truck
* Chunk'n Chip
* Baby's Bad*ss Burgers
* South Philly Experience
* Dosa
* Yatta Truck
* The Sweets Truck
* Dante Fried Chicken
* Dogtown Dogs
* Barbies Q
* No Reservations
* Knockout Tacos
* Chef Brian's Comfort Truck
* Ragin' Cajun
* Crepe'n Around
* Lobsta Truck
* Fresh Fries LA
* Lardon Truck
* Tapa Boy LA
* NaanStop
* Coolhaus
* Lake St. Creamery

While the concept of gathering several food trucks together in one place was great, it was amazing how many people were there. Perhaps the event was over-advertised because the lines to order food at most trucks were outrageously long (2+ hours) and the wait (45 minutes) to pick up the food after ordering was also ridiculous.
 Chocolate Brownie from Sweets Truck

 Kiwi Cupcake Shooter from Sweets Truck

 Slumdog from Dosa Truck
The best way to describe Dosa is like a French Crepe meets a Mexican Quesadilla meets Indian ingredients. The Dosa (dough) is fluffy and w/holy. The first bite is enlightening with a great balance of tangy Paneer (cheese), acidic Tomato, mushy Yellow Curry Potato, and green "Indian" Pesto. It's got just the right amount of grease to warm your insides, and enough crispy edges to keep your figure in check. There were other dosas on the menu, but I decided to try a slumdog (a dosa with potatoes and spiniach) which sounded, looked and tasted very good, light, fluffy and not greasy.


 Two "Big" Scoops from Coolhaus; one chocolate and one Thai Iced Tea. Coolhaus ran out of cookies before I ordered my ice cream.