Dude I get l feel you. Mine comes and goes but that's often a trigger for me. I went gluten free for 3 years. It seems I have other triggers too so I'm all over the place.
I assume the truck was once famous for its quality but then due to covid the owner was forced to sell to a food truck franchise where they kept the branding and diluted the product.
Younger imgurians won't remember, but food trucks used to be awesome. You'd quickly get a large quantity of decent enough food for cheap.
Now? Food trucks mostly fucking suck. Too many are run by people who take out a large loan for a business they want to run as a hobby for a couple days a month. So they have to amortize that loan into their prices and you end up with high prices. And this sets a floor for other food trucks to jack their prices up too. Further, because they're usually run and
Don't get me started. Obscenely overpriced (by about 100%), takes forfuckingever, and the noise and stink from all those fucking generators makes for an extremely unpleasant experience. If I want to go because my friends will be there, I just pick up a rotisserie chicken and a six pack on the way--saves me about $50.
I'm 40 and I've never known a real, honest, good food truck. They've all been exactly as you describe. Small portions, way overpriced, okay quality, and slow af. The best food truck I've ever had was actually a local ice cream shop. Streamlined to just "pick a scoop, you get it in a cup, $X". Fast and delicious. And not overly expensive, either.
I loathe the current ones. I saw one at a recent event that had hot dogs for $8-12 and charged for all condiments ($0.50-2/each). A single hot dog on a white bread bun was $8! Mustard and relish brought it up to $9.
Yeah, unfortunately that's all too common. There was this "Gourmet Grilled Cheese" place that sounded good that I tried once. Took literally 30 minutes to get my food, cost like $12, and ended up being a half sandwich on plain white bread.
Not to toot my own horn, but I can make some killer grilled cheese that was way better for about .50¢ per sandwich, half of that cost being cheese.
"...and now for the tip. Your options are 50%, 100%, or 200%. Now please sign by dragging your finger across this tablet that I use to masturbate." – Peter Griffin
Where do you guys live? I live in LA and 2 fish tacos with a drink is about $8. And I've never been to a restaurant here that serves lukewarm drinks. Even the street taco stands have an icebox.
Oatmealman1
The most disappointing tacos I've seen since the one and only time I've ever been at qdoba
BARP
Those are sad looking tacos.
Spoonland
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MantisTobagganMD
I have been told there is lime, and that is the key to a good taco. I have searched and searched, but cannot seem to find the damn thing.
wienerdogsftw
that taco looks only a hair better than the taco inhabiting the whitehouse
Hollidayfunko
I think it is supposed to look like a gina
DrSchlepenstein
Where's the rest of it?
Columbus43219
Guys can't find the lime! Am I right ladies???
SpicyGoober
Hopefully it was super cheap at least.
StarshipSuperTrooper
Yeah. I will eat shitty. I will eat expensive. But the Venn Diagram of those concepts are two circles
Mikoshaman
Needs cress
wadatahmydamie
I feel like the person who made that has never, and will never be, invited to the cookout
elecvette
Those look terrible, I hope that plate was a buck.
dickdrizzle2
I'd take that back, it isn't finished
PrincessPuffyPants
Looks dry & not very appetizing...
Jdizzle34993
That's what she said.
walaishy
Where's the lime? I can't find the lime. It must be a myth.
davidseavey726
Sorry that would ho back they should be sorry
MagnumRadhard
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Razade
Those are some really skimpy tacos.
trythebleucheese
I hate limes. But I will eat everything else. Those corn tortillas? If flour, then nah.
ConfederacyOfDunces
Definitely corn
trythebleucheese
Good. I am intolerant of flour. Not a snob, just a lot of gastric issues
ConfederacyOfDunces
Dude I get l feel you. Mine comes and goes but that's often a trigger for me. I went gluten free for 3 years. It seems I have other triggers too so I'm all over the place.
trythebleucheese
I found out mine is called Complex Carbohydrates Intolerance. That, plus lactose intolerance. My diet is pretty sad and lame
ConfederacyOfDunces
Oh no! I'm not sure I would wanna know!
JackingMeHoff
Fish stick taco?
pompoikpoik
everything reminds me of her
Boatsntoes
You probably caught several STDs from her. Just fyi.
PineappleLoopsBroether
Yeah, I did not see an actual purchase of food here, I saw …. A pink taco
Hollidayfunko
No idea what to do with what looks like an avocado
OnFridaysWeWearBeskar
Lime slice probably.
ToSisPoS
I assume the truck was once famous for its quality but then due to covid the owner was forced to sell to a food truck franchise where they kept the branding and diluted the product.
MissIWasntItching
Awfully specific for an assumption, but... I'll grant you the odds aren't bad.
080080
it's happened pretty often.
BellsTheorem
I could eat 20 of these. They look good but a bit skimpy. Is that egg?
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BellsTheorem
If so it looks sad. Probably good but I'd need a couple dozen to be satisfied.
StNickCage
Methinks there's a single strip of chicken per taco.
Akurei00
Pretty sure it's a fish taco
StNickCage
Could it be a chicken-fish egg taco?
HumanCats
Would have been better with a slice of lime.
walnutbreath
Younger imgurians won't remember, but food trucks used to be awesome. You'd quickly get a large quantity of decent enough food for cheap.
Now? Food trucks mostly fucking suck. Too many are run by people who take out a large loan for a business they want to run as a hobby for a couple days a month. So they have to amortize that loan into their prices and you end up with high prices. And this sets a floor for other food trucks to jack their prices up too. Further, because they're usually run and
080080
taco trucks run by mexicans are still good, fast and cheap.
walnutbreath
staffed by hobbyists, they're exceptionally slow and consistency isn't there.
Don't get me wrong, there's still some good ones out there, but the pricing is just too high across the industry nowadays.
FightingRevengeOfYourMom
Don't get me started. Obscenely overpriced (by about 100%), takes forfuckingever, and the noise and stink from all those fucking generators makes for an extremely unpleasant experience. If I want to go because my friends will be there, I just pick up a rotisserie chicken and a six pack on the way--saves me about $50.
Akurei00
I'm 40 and I've never known a real, honest, good food truck. They've all been exactly as you describe. Small portions, way overpriced, okay quality, and slow af. The best food truck I've ever had was actually a local ice cream shop. Streamlined to just "pick a scoop, you get it in a cup, $X". Fast and delicious. And not overly expensive, either.
walnutbreath
I loathe the current ones. I saw one at a recent event that had hot dogs for $8-12 and charged for all condiments ($0.50-2/each). A single hot dog on a white bread bun was $8! Mustard and relish brought it up to $9.
I didn't order anything from them.
Akurei00
Yeah, unfortunately that's all too common. There was this "Gourmet Grilled Cheese" place that sounded good that I tried once. Took literally 30 minutes to get my food, cost like $12, and ended up being a half sandwich on plain white bread.
Not to toot my own horn, but I can make some killer grilled cheese that was way better for about .50¢ per sandwich, half of that cost being cheese.
walnutbreath
I don't understand how a grilled cheese place can possibly take 30 minutes if they're using presliced bread and cheese and they have a flat top.
boobafette
ohhh.. it looks so very sad
GoodEarthBetweenMyToes
Sad would be good, because sad suggests tears, which implies moisture, which these tacos do not have.
080080
do these work for you?
LeroyMaddox
Taco lady at work comes everyday and sells homemade food out the back of her van. Always great, tacos are $3 a pop
080080
those are the best. i love when it's tamale season too and they sell them by the dozen.
MisterLemons
The HAPPY meal
DeadnCold
Only $28!
Vergenbuurg
"...and now for the tip. Your options are 50%, 100%, or 200%. Now please sign by dragging your finger across this tablet that I use to masturbate." – Peter Griffin
floobynooby
On a styrofoam box? $19. $23 if you got a lukewarm 8oz can of soda.
iamspaghetto
Where do you guys live? I live in LA and 2 fish tacos with a drink is about $8. And I've never been to a restaurant here that serves lukewarm drinks. Even the street taco stands have an icebox.
floobynooby
We're joking about the whitebread trustfunder-run "taco" stands, not the good, real-deal ones.
iamspaghetto
Ohhhh. Whoopsie. Went right over my head