A Burger and some Samosas

I have two food trucks to blog about today. 

Yesterday I enjoyed a delicious burger from the Fatburger truck (www.fatburger).  They are known for their restaurants in LA (and now other locations around the world….primarily in the Middle East for some reason).   They are pretty basic:  they only offer burgers (beef, turkey or veggie), and you can have it with everything or plain, cheese and bacon.  Yesterday they also offer a fried egg as a topping, but I declined (bleck!)

I hadn’t had a Fatburger in a long, long time, but I remember them as being very juicy and tasty, and this burger was not a disappointment.  I ordered mine plain, just meat, cheese and bun, and I added bacon (because I haven’t met my cholesterol quota this week!  HA!).  It was definitely juicy and they tend to season their patties a little heavier on the pepper side – and I like that! 

Because all they do is burgers, they do not offer fries on the truck.  The combo offered for $7 (plus an add’l $1 for the bacon) is a burger, potato chips and a soda.  The truck for In-N-Out does the same thing, or at least they have when I had them in the past.  I get it; it’s easier and makes the process move more quickly and smoothly.  I had my burger in just a few minutes.  Overall, I’d rate it as a very good truck experience and the food was high quality.

Today I got to try the No Tomatoes truck (http://notomatoes.com) which provides fresh Indian cuisine on a limited menu.  They offer up rolls, entrees and finger food.  I decided to try a combo and had the chicken tikka masala with basmati rice.  It also comes with a drink and an appetizer for $9.  The samosas spoke to me (the potato and pea version).  It was a lot of food for $9!  The tikka was spiced well without being overpowering (I believe they toned it down for “white people”).  They had large chunks of chicken steeping in that delicious masala sauce over a bed of rice.  It was just enough to satisfy my Indian craving.

The samosas were well cooked (not over-fried, nor greasy) and the potato/pea filling again was spiced well and melted in your mouth.  I got three of them but could only finish two as I was getting full.  I hope to try them again – they’re supposed to be back in Century City for lunch on the 20^th!