SactoMofo 3

We set out this past Saturday to attend SactoMofo 3 – another SactoMofo sponsored food truck event in Sacramento.  The December 3rd event was a winter food drive for the Sacramento Food Bank and toy drive for the U.S.M.C. Reserve’s Toys for Tots.

Besides local trucks, San Francisco’s An The Go, Bacon Bacon, Chairman Bao, El Porteño, Hapa SF, JapaCurry and Seoul on Wheels food trucks joined in the event. The event was held from 11-6 at the downtown Sac weekend farmer’s market location at 8th & W Streets, under the freeway. The weather was crisp, but the sun was out and so were the crowds. This event was much better than the first SactoMofo – the lines were more manageable and trucks put limits on how much people could purchase at one time.

Our first stop after cruising through the two areas was Hapa SF. Some Sisig tacos and the Lumpia “Shanghai”  needed to get in mah belly. Hapa SF had a welcome sign that said, “Hello Sacramento! Welcome to Hapa SF!! We serve local, sustainable and organic street food so you can feel good about what you eat!! Enjoy! … and that we did.

Dan and Aaron holding strong in line while I wandered around taking pictures.

We’re up next…

Lumpia “Shanghai” – Beeler Ranch ground pork, water chestnut, carrot and sweet and sour sauce.

Sisig Tacos – Lime and soy sauce braised pork, avocado salsa verde, radishes, cabbage salad and corn tortillas.  These tacos were incredible. Definitely my favorite “eat” of the day. I must try to recreate them at home.

While I was wandering around taking photos, I ran into Kristen – who had just come from VolksWaffle.

Is the VolksWaffle truck not the coolest thing ever? Their sign says… Authentic Belgian Waffles – it’s not a pretzel, it’s not a cookie… it’s better than both! I would have to agree.

Kristen saved some bites for our crew. She went with simple… cinnamon and powdered sugar – some regulars in line suggested not masking the flavor of the waffle with loads of toppings. Perfect suggestion, they were phenomenal. I wish I had a VolksWaffle parked in my driveway at all times. Waffles rock!

Next up was waiting in line at El Porteño. They got a late start due to a break down on the way into Sacramento from San Francisco and they were down two guys. The Seoul on Wheels Korean BBQ truck was towed into the event while we waited in line. They also broke down on the way to the event. Bummer – but very cool that they still rocked it out.

Hey… I know that person. It’s Kimberly from Poor Girl Eats Well. She pitched in to help the El Porteño guys get ready for the health inspector and with service.

I left Kristen in line to say a quick hello to Kimberly.

Kimberly was setting out the Alfajores de Dulce de Leche – Argentine cookies joined together with dulce de leche.

The other dessert was Banana y Dulce de Leche – homemade dulce de leche with bananas… they looked amazing.

The cookie/dulce de leche combination just melted in my mouth. Thanks for the bite Kristen. Having friends to share food with was a great plan!

I ordered a Champiñones Empanada (fresh seasoned local organic mushrooms by Far West Fungi, shallots, Parmesan cheese and crème fraiche) and a Carne Empanada (Prather Ranch organic dry-aged grass fed beef, pimiento stuffed olives and raisins) – both were worth the 45 minute wait, but Aaron and I both liked the mushroom one the best – we split both of them.

While I was waiting in line for the empanadas, Dan and Aaron made their way to the JapaCurry Truck.

This is how much my friends love me and my blogging hobby – they wait to eat their food until I get a photograph 🙂 – thanks Aaron. “Tori-Kara” – Japanese fried chicken… tasty!

Veggie Croquettes – One was potato, the other was curry. The curry croquette was my second favorite item of the day. At first I took a small bite… then I went in for a giant bite. Super glad Aaron ordered them.

Kristen picked up a piece of corn cake from It’s Corn Cake.

She took it home and reported on Monday that it was great. She made a Cajun fish dish with dirty rice and said it was the perfect side. I need to get Kristen to do a guest post – she is quite the foodie and has mad skills in the kitchen.

We stopped at Smoothie Patrol so Aaron could get an Orange Twister smoothie.  Orange, peaches, pineapple and vanilla. It pretty much tasted like an orange creamsicle in a cup. He was happy with his purchase.

I wanted to try An the Go’s family garlic noodles – but the line was really long and I was running out of room in my stomach.

Mini Burger Truck had a huge line the entire time we were there. They are still Dan’s favorite.

Bacon Bacon did a booming business…

They were out of most of their menu items by the time we cruised by.

Heavenly Dog of Elk Grove unveiled their newly wrapped truck and lots of people supported them.

I wanted to try Cajun Wagon’s jambalaya, but never made it into their line.

Chairman Bao was the longest line – I got to taste their food at the 1st SactoMofo, so I skipped them this go-around.

Our local Wicked Wich had long lines too. It was so nice to see that all of the local trucks were just as crowded as the out of town truck lines. The Sacramento Bee reported that Mini Burger Truck set a sales record at the event – cranking  out more than 500 orders.

Beast Brew Coffee – Best name ever!

Big Joe’s BBQ – authentic wood smoked, slow cooked barbecue food.

Dan has heard good things about Chando’s tacos… has anyone local tried them?

Just started following them on twitter so we can give them a try.

Kaboom! These signs made me giggle.

Another successful SactoMofo event. Like I mentioned in the beginning of this post. The venue was perfect – the trucks were spread out, the lines weren’t crazy – the sun wasn’t beating down… everyone seemed to be in good spirits. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Good food and friends, bring it!

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2 comments

    • Cheryl on December 7, 2011 at 10:36 am

    HI K!! It looked so much fun!

    What did the bacon truck consist of? I love bacon! 🙂

  1. That corn bread got me all hungry! I haven’t tried many food trucks… looks like these were good ones!

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