Monday, February 8, 2010

Don Chow Tacos

I heard about Don Chow Tacos early in my chase. My friend and fellow chaser, Donut, is friends with Lawrence, who is one of the guys who started Don Chow. She had been marketing them to me for months. After unsuccessfully wishing them to downtown for lunch, I decided to give them a try at the Food Trucks for Haiti event.


Their menu is Chinese Mexican Fusion, also known as me! My background is Chinese & Mexican...two cultures you would rarely put together in a person, let alone in food. Turns out my parents were brave enough, and so was Don Chow.


The line at the event was about 5 people deep. They had one person taking orders outside the truck, a la In N Out, and another person in the truck taking the money. Efficiency at it's finest.

I ordered 1 Kung Pao Chicken Taco & 1 Chinese BBQ Pork Taco.

Chinese BBQ Pork Taco (foreground); Kung Pao Chicken Taco (background)

Kung Pao Chicken Taco: Eh. Not good. It was way too sweet and not really that spicy at all.

Chinese BBQ Pork Taco: Off.the.hizooook! This taco is just incredible. It was like all the goodness of a char siu bao scooped out into a tortilla with some extra crunch & added texture. Woooot!

A few weeks after the Haiti event, they surprised the heck out of me and made their way to my favorite street corner in Downtown! Weeee! Off I went to try the Chinese BBQ Pork Taco again just so I could be sure it was as good as I remembered. You know...so that I'm giving you guys accurate information. Yeah.

Not only was it still good, I think it was better. Something about making mass quantities of tacos at the Haiti event really affected all the trucks I visited that day. The difference with this taco was slight, but it was definitely better the second time around.

Being the unique mix that I am, I rarely find other people of the same pedigree. But now, thanks to Don Chow, I can take comfort in the fact that I am, in fact, a delicious blend of culture, flavor & soul. Yes!

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Chased by Kelley at 9:45 PM
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8 comments:

  1. I love that you found a truck that totally embodies your being! :D
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  2. friggin hilarious. I supported don chow from the git-go, possibly the first/second blog write up on Dom/Lawrence. K, email me, I have a lil message re: DCT for ya. It might make you excited!
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  3. The BBQ pork taco is my favorite too! I was at Food Trucks for Haiti too - it was insane. Are you going to be at the Street Food Fest this wkend? We should meet! :)
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  4. Hi Kate! I'd love to meet but I won't be at the Food Fest, unfortunately. Have fun! :) We definitely need to meet though.
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  5. Mmmmm... Asian fusion is the bomb, but I've never heard of it fused with Mexican. I'm a huge fan of taco trucks, though, so I'll probably keep an eye out for this one. Getting hungry right now...
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  6. Cool site. Check out LA Street Food. A new iPhone app that covers it all, from Vietnamese pho houses to Mexican taco stands to Grilled Cheese food trucks. It will def make life & eating easier... http://sutromedia.com/apps/LA_St_Food
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  7. Having tried DCT twice now, I love love love the BBQ pork taco, but I've been cheating on it with the asada taco *topped with bacon*.

    Hot damn, that's some good stuff.

    I got so excited by the bacon-topped asada tacos, I completely forgot that I wanted to try a torta.

    There's always next time.
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  8. For those of us that live in but specs on the global map, please post the recipe! Thank you kindly, Jan
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