This past weekend was my first time checking out First Fridays at Venice off of Abbot Kinney Boulevard. My friend was telling me about how on the first Fridays of every month, there would be food trucks lining the streets, people selling various trinkets, music, and beer. I was pretty much sold at food trucks. Along with food, there are various stores, art galleries, bars, and restaurants that are all open late.

Some of the food trucks I saw were the classic Calbi BBQ, which sold Korean style BBQ in tacos and burritos, the Dim Sum Truck, the Grilled Cheese Truck, the Flying Pig Truck, and a many more. It was a tough decision picking out what to food truck to order from. Food prices kind of range from $5 ~ $8 and up with sodas around a buck or two. Eventually I had decided to start with a traditional Mexican food truck (it was called Danny’s Tacos I believe) and ordered a Sope which is kind of like an open faced taco with a thicker tortilla, topped with meat of your choice (I ordered pastor), lettuce, tomatoes, cotija cheese, and hot chili sauce. It was pretty deliciously awesome. It’s messy to eat and actually I’m not sure if there’s another way to eat it other than just folding it carefully and stuffing your face.

At this point it was around 11:30pm. I have to admit my first choice was kind of boring since there’s a taco truck right outside of my apartment. But you know the taco truck will be delicious most of the time. After devouring this little dish, I decided to stop being indecisive and just get whatever the hell  I want. I headed to a Cogi Truck and was craving a Bibim Bap Burrito with Bulgogi. I went to order and discovered that they were sold out! Thats when I started to notice that a lot of the trucks were starting to sell out of stuff by 11:30 to midnight.

The Grilled Cheese truck had some tasty sounding items on the menu but the line was never ending. Dim sum was nearby and I saw they had Pork Belly Buns, Peking Duck Tacoes, and Cheeseburger Dumplings. Gross? Or does it sound interesting? I was going to order all three, but again I was disappointed to learn that they were sold out of all three of those. So I ordered a Kung Pao Chicken Taco. It was so so. Ma ma hu hu. Will not get this ever again.

After that I kept staring at the Grilled Cheese Truck so my friend told me to just stand in line. I had my eye on the Cheesy Mac and Rib Sandwich. Its a grilled cheese sandwich with mac and cheese, sharp cheddar, pulled bbq pork, and carmelized onions. Drooool! Hen Hao as my chinese people would say! Not too long after getting in line ready to order my cheese bbq pork sandwich, we noticed a girl ahead of us holding some mysterious sign. When we saw the sign, it basically said she was going to be the last person to order! So upset I was.

So I learned my lesson. Get here sooner and get ordering sooner! I will be back maybe next month and hopefully I’ll get my hands on some Grilled Cheese!