Taco Trucks | Good Food Pilot (featuring Kogi BBQ and El Pique)

If Los Angeles had an official food, it would undoubtedly be the taco. And to feed LA's incessant need for 24/7 snack-sized meat-filled tortillas, there are seemingly thousands of mobile taco delivery vehicles (aka "taco trucks") across the megalopolis, each with its own interpretation of the classic dish. For those on a budget, taco trucks make for cheap, recession-friendly but delicious eats—usually not much more than a buck per item. And for food lovers everywhere, the lively online and offline discussion among aficionados shows that taco truck culture is about being part food critique and part political activist with just a little bit of hungry thrown in.

Highland Park, in the northeast part of the city near Eagle Rock and Mount Washington, is the city's proverbial taco capital, and that's where we start this episode of Good Food. Join our host, Evan Kleimain, to learn about the most common taco flavors—from the classic "al pastor," to the more adventurous cabeza (beef head and cheeks) and lengua (tongue). Then we head west to Venice Beach with Eddie Lin to sample the ultra-trendy Kogi truck where the Shin-Manguera family and chef Roy Choi bring gourmet Korean-inspired tacos to hipsters across LA, and still at only $2 a piece. Applauded for both their stellar menu as well as their high-tech savvy, you can get up-to-the-minute location data on the Kogi fleet at http://twitter.com/kogibbq/. Or go to http://www.kcrw.com/goodfood to learn more about this episode and taco truck culture in Los Angeles.

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[Renardlol]

this is why i love living in cali

[emceeL]

what a beautiful song. do anyone know who these two gentlemen are? are they always singing on the sidewalk infront of that amazing wall? I would go to LA just to watch them sing. Wonderful video

[1tontomato]

Taco trucks rule!!

[shubroto81]

@TheSurfinbird21 u were eating dog meat

[TheSurfinbird21]

I use to know this amazing taco truck in the HLP (highland park) been going there since I was little but one day they never came back

[juicethenatural1]

Taco bell sure is cheap. So is McDonald's, jack in the box, and del taco. The difference is the taco truck actually prep, marinade, and cook their products fresh daily. If you like meat and beans that come in powder form, than taco bell is fine for you.

[1004watermelon]

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[jiminirvana]

LA mexican Food Sucks San Diego rules all of Cali

[david37814]

@emceeL song name is "PASO DEL NORTE" ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ sings it W/ MARIACHI and LOS CADETES DE LINARES sing it norteno like this video.Every now and then we get the mariachi we ask them to start and end playing this song it means alot to our family and really to anyone whose lived or is living the pain of being far away from there love ones like inmigrants.in my eyes CALI IS MEXICO

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