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so /ck/, you've been given a food truck and some start up money
what do you make?

>> No.4271207

>implying I'm going to give you my food truck ideas so you can steal them
nice try

>> No.4271208

Basic pasta dishes
Burgers
Fries
Buffalo wings

Pleb-tier food, I know. But who goes to a food truck for fine dining?

>> No.4271216

vegetarian or asian stuff
it only really has to entice them once. Food truck customers don't strike twice.

>> No.4271217

>>4271208
true, but not just basic burgers and wings right?

>> No.4271219

Grill oriented. Burgers, ribs, chicken, stuff like that. Lots of sandwiches.
Maybe something green to serve on the side or on top.
Possibly a fryer? I'd be on the fence about that.
>>4271208
Exactly, I'd go to one for something easy, or for comfort food.

>> No.4271221

Korean polish fusion.

>> No.4271222

Banh Mi sandwiches. The best in the world, 4 dollars a pop.

>> No.4271224

>>4271216
Depends on the context, I know some construction workers had a truck they went to for lunch somewhat consistently.

>> No.4271228

>>4271224
Agreed, where I live the food trucks hang out in this little park in the middle of the business district, I'm sure lots of people just pop down during their lunch break and take their pick.

>> No.4271230

>>4271221

the horror

>> No.4271233

>>4271228
As I understand it's a fairly common thing in Portland in general, although I rarely go down there.

>> No.4271237

Drinks.

>> No.4271241

I'd make edgy burritos, like cricket and kangaroo

>> No.4271270

Louisiana soul food

>> No.4271273

>>4271208
adding more:
Sandwiches/burritos
Salads
Mac and Cheese
Cookies and othe sweets
Pancakes in the morning

>> No.4271283

catering to the stoned as fuck college kid/regular college kid
with dastardly unhealthy options and "conquer this" type items (ie, finish this giant thing in under and hour and i'll give you some shit"
also, some shitty rewards system that keeps people coming back

>> No.4271287

>>4271201
I sell the truck and keep the starter money? The job sucks and having the required permits are a bitch since some of them having waiting periods

>> No.4271288

>>4271287
who said you had to work there?
pay someone like $10 an hour

>> No.4271289

vegan burritos, burgers, and hot dogs

with lots of vegetables and interesting garnishes

for the vegan who misses grill food

>> No.4271295

>>4271288
Then what? Business is usually slow and the permits required to sell at hot ticket areas have long waiting periods. Not only that but the product also expires in a short period. Terrible

>> No.4271301

>>4271289
gotta love the 70% female customers.

>> No.4271303

Russian street food. wild mushroom crepes, preogies, big ass sausages and shit. And maybe beer as well.

>> No.4271310

>>4271295
it kind of sounds like you're talking about one specific area in the place you live
because none of that is true where I live
not trying to be a dick, just saying, its a truck, it moves

>> No.4271317

There was a little food cart in Flagstaff Arizona that hung out close to campus and served dirt cheap mexican food. A few bucks would get you an EPIC burrito filled with a little meat, lotsa beans and rice, nacho cheese sauce, shredded iceberg lettuce, jarred sliced jalapenos etc.

Dude was open till 4 in the morning, and he called his place Munchies. Parked it in the lot outside a popular bar as I recall.

Needless to say, he did quite well...

>> No.4271321

>>4271310
>it moves


You need permits to have the truck parked in the downtown or fined.

>it moves

Not when the vehicle gets 12mpg or less with the 4bt engine.

>> No.4271333
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4271333

pulled pork and smoked meat sandwiches, keep fries and variations (chili cheese, poutine, curly fries, onion rings) on the menu, throw pulled pork on fries with gravy, home made cole slaw and specialty mayo and other french fry dips.

maybe if that works out i'd try fancy hotdogs and other nice sausages with all the fixins

>> No.4271348

>>4271321
obviously you need permits regardless, but different districts have different permits, whose to say one place won't be easier than another? could be a matter of moving a couple blocks down
and my cherokee gets that anyways lol

>> No.4271355

If I didn't have to worry about money, I would do a little ramen push cart.

>> No.4271356

fajitas

>> No.4271373

In my area? Tea and steam buns. Elsewhere? Whatever niche needs to be filled.

>> No.4271387

Hire some Vietnamese to make grilled pork rolls, and some other types of roll just in case people aren't awesome.

>> No.4271394

>>4271333
whats the story with that picture
some sort of malted cheeseball?

>> No.4271396

>>4271387
duck

>> No.4271423

Some generic ethnic food. Hipsters love that shit.

>> No.4271431

Amazing, juicy chicken breasts.
>burger-style sandwiches
>on salads for the healthy options
>with grilled vegetables and rice pilaf for variety/'homecooked meal' style

>> No.4271444

>>4271431
its ridiculous how hard it is to find good juicy chicken breasts
always so dry
do it bro

>> No.4271454

>>4271444

Sure thing, just give me a food truck and startup money. Also, where would one get bulk, fresh, cheap chicken breasts? This shit is more complicated than I thought.

>> No.4271465

>>4271431
Call your food truck "Titties".

>> No.4271470

>>4271394
dunno i think i found it during super bowl time.

>> No.4271472

>>4271454
You might have more luck if you switched to thigh and drumstick rather than breast.

>> No.4271473

>>4271465
Bodacious Chicken Tatas

>> No.4271475

>>4271454
the butcher

>> No.4271478

>>4271472
just do the whole chicken but specialize in breasts. I could go for half of a juicy bbq chicken and some red beans and rice now.

>> No.4271483

clam burgers
i don't know how yet
or what kind of cheese or bun
but i imagine it would be a meatier version of clam fritters in patty form
also salmon burgers, i keep buying them at the seafood place and they are delicious

>> No.4271486

>>4271483
also the artwork on the truck would be highly suggestive

>> No.4271487
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>>4271454
you could make friends with a farmer and learn how to butcher your own meat, that way when guy fierri comes to visit your truck he'll be all like "THATS SUPER LEGIT BRO, LEMME POUND IT SON YOU'RE DOIN IT RIGHT"

>> No.4271492

>>4271483
"Clam Diggers' shell shack":

>> No.4271497

chicago style hot dogs
brats
sausage of the week
samples of next week's sausage of the week with every purchase
cocaine

>> No.4271506
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4271506

I'd sell baked goods out of it.

artisan breads, cupcakes, cookies, other pastries.

>> No.4271523

burgers, but just as a front. id be slinging dope in the background

>> No.4271541

>>4271228
Sounds like a place in ft worth, TX sometimes have live music and the trucks changed weekly I belive.

>> No.4271548

I would make steaks, but for vegans. The ones that miss steak.

>> No.4271551

Pretzels, Donuts, Funnel Cake, Cotton Candy, Water Ice, Caramel Apples, and Hot Dogs.

Just Carnival type things.

>> No.4271561

Gumbo as well as red beans & rice, motherfuckers. Throw in some boudain, too, why not.

Make some cornbread and maybe offer some potato salad.

Fuck yeah.

>>4271221
Jesus, how does that even work

>> No.4271585

Gourmet bread, hot/cold sandwiches (awesome sandwiches of many varieties on that gourmet bread), and soup. Make the truck look like a loaf of bread/sandwich.

>> No.4271593

>>4271561
kimchi bigos

wow actually someone make that

>> No.4271598
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4271598

Onigiri

>> No.4271605

Chinese boiled dumplings.

My city lacks this food item period. So this would be my way of getting to the masses.

>> No.4271645
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4271645

Chinese Onion Pancake. It's like hustling drugs.
And it's unbelievably cheap.
Alternatively Okonomiyaki or Langosh.

>> No.4271650

>>4271598
You mean donuts?

>> No.4271661

>hey guiz imma gonna food truck and b riches!
In the late 90's I knew 7 people that started a business of pressure washer sales, 3 of them sold off their current business (hobby store, teriyaki, hotdog cart).
In the last 5 years or so, 4 of them moved into the food truck business. All 7 of them are in the financial shithole, one can't run a legitimate business due to massive debt and a tax evasion charge.
Since the late 90's I've been making furniture and custom cabinets in my garage, never got into the business of fad businesses, and am financially safe with almost $100K in my retirement fund.
Go ahead and join the food truck fad, kids.

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>>4271598
>makes onigiri for MC
>おいしい!
>mfw it's just fucking rice and rice tastes like air

>> No.4271687

Oh man, what about a Breakfast truck? Pancakes, eggs n bacon, pastries all that good shit only ALL DAY

>> No.4271706

>>4271687
I could really go for some scrambled eggs on sourdough with butter at 2AM on the way home from the pubs.

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4271717

OKay, I just bought a food truck. What should I serve from it?

>> No.4271739

>>4271201
mellon bread, there is a thread for it somewhere around here

>> No.4271741
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4271741

sell the food truck and invest the return and start up money elsewhere

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4271775

Id consider adopting various south american cuisines and presenting them in a new hybrid variety.

One - it's catching on to the trend in Mexican cooking.
Two - ingredients are becoming cheaper as places like Brazil are growing economically.

>inb4southamerican food is just barbequed meats
It is generally considered to be just bbq'd meat, hence the hybrid requirement.

>> No.4271782

>>4271775
At least your hybrid will be better than the "Israeli-style pork chops" I had last weekend.

>> No.4271781

>>4271775
And who the flying fuck thought chilli chicken at Nando's would catch on?

>> No.4271786

>>4271706

Exactly! Have a big glass of non-vokda'd OJ as well and it'd help if you get hangovers.

>> No.4271842

>>4271201

burgers and hotdogs

it never fails, and fuck originality

>> No.4271884

Wasn't there a guy that was going to start up a /ck/ food truck? I wonder what happened to that.

>> No.4271918

Chicken, steak and carnitas tacos and breakfast tacos (bacon and egg, chorizo and egg, etc.). I can buy the cheapest possible meats and veggies, but I'll make my own tortillas (won't taste any better than store bought, but they'll be a different shape, people love that) and people won't notice or care because taco trucks are hip and trendy. They'll talk about how great it is compared to Chipotle and I'll laugh to myself knowing how much profit I make selling meat that I bought on sale because it was close to the best by date. I'll also lie tell people all of my produce is organic, they'll just eat it up.

>> No.4271946

>>4271918

> I'll also lie tell people all of my produce is organic, they'll just eat it up.

Government'll slap your shit for that.

>> No.4271953

I'd serve crab legs.

>> No.4271955

>>4271946
I'll just mention it in passing and when people ask. All of my produce is grown at my very own home! It would be fine.

>> No.4271959

>>4271884
CK's Burritos or something. I hope he did it. I would be really happy.

>> No.4271974

Piroshki. Easy to eat on the fly, and oh so delicious.

>> No.4271980

Shawarma, or as my friend calls them, Arabic Burritos

>> No.4271989

My truck would be called simply "STICK"
and guess what it would serve? Yeah, things on sticks.
meat and/or veggie kabobs
fried alligator
corn dogs of various kinds
sausages
fried corn on the cob

you get the idea....

>> No.4272025

>>4271221
This
Anything Asian fusion. When I was in L.A. I saw a fuck ton of asian fusion food trucks.

>> No.4272031

>>4271317
That is one smart business owner.
>Drunk people walk out of bar craving fattening shit
>Oh, how convenient, a mexican food truck.

>> No.4272033

I'd just make all the snack type foods I know how to make

chicken kebab with garlic lemon sauce
full medames wrap
minced lamb kebab with yogurt sauce
cochinita pibil tacos
serranitos and camperos
asian style beef in lettuce wraps
cheeseburgers

I'm sure there's more I knwo how to make

>> No.4272036

>>4271989
Isn't that from a cartoon or TV show? I want to say Weekenders

>> No.4272043

>>4272036
Not that I'm aware of. Unless my subconscious is dredging something up, but I don't think so.

>> No.4272044

go to CO become edibles truck

>> No.4272047

>>4271661
I feel bad for people whos spring businesses up based on food fads. About 4 years ago frozen yogurt got super popular. Five sprung up in my town. Only one survived because it is near a high school. I am seeing the same thing happen down town with cupcakes and food trucks.

>> No.4272069

food trucks are about small menus. they are about doing a few dishes very well.
In my case I would make fresh pasta and do like 6 different kinds of sauce you can order. Marinana, Pesto-creme, Alfredo, Meat wine sauce, tomato peso, carbonara
Sundays will have a different 7th sauce each week.
also you can add toppings like musrooms fresh basli shrimp scallops cheese ect.

>> No.4272095

>>4271561
>red beans and rice
>cornbread
fuck, I'm sold on just that

>> No.4272097

>>4271661
this is a hypothetical thing, I doubt anyone here is seriously considering a food truck as a legitimate source of income

>> No.4272099

What do I make? Breakfast burritos motherfucker... Saw a business that only ran for 2 hours a day on North Fort Lewis start up from a table, cash box and hot plate outright buy a deluxe (as in super nice) food truck within a year, paid in cash. The fuckers really can sell, especially in areas where everyone's in a rush every morning.

Past that, I'd probably get a liquor license and look into starting a mobile bar in the evenings.

>> No.4272169

I'd focus mainly on very thick and hearty soups. My main staples would be Texas style chili (no fucking beans, cubed fucking chuck roast), gumbo and red beans and rice. I would also have other "soups" that I would rotate and only have on certain days like beef stew, ten bean soup, etoufee, etc.

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>>4272169
This. Especially in winter. I'd want to have the best soups around.

>> No.4272415

>>4272095
me to god damn that sounds so good

>> No.4272419

Various types of quesadillas

Naturally, I'd call it "Quesa-Do-Ya?"

>> No.4272434

Jian bing, doner kebab, and falafel.

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4272453

I sell it and buy guns and ammo because I'm smart.

>> No.4272458

>>4272453
back to /k/ with you

>> No.4272460

so been wanting to do this!
would add an open wood grill, do bbq brisket sands, do some chicken and (maybe) salmon, up on fridays, deep fryer inside, fries, rings, burgers, sausages, red wine coleslaw, pilaf, menu would evolve of course

>> No.4272473

>>4272419
oh god no. i would throw eggs at your truck.

>> No.4272475

bomb pops, fireworks, and weed

>> No.4272482

the banh mi idea is the best. if you make it relatively inexpensive and dank as fuck people will eat there every single day. throw in some items with hot meats in the sandwich just so that its not all cold. maybe a hot side (not sure what)

>> No.4272484
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4272484

Please no asians for and by whites. It's gross and shameful.

>> No.4272495

>>4271201
I'd make a food truck that serves:
> Shawarma
> Hummus
> Pizza
> Filipino Tapa and Sisig

>> No.4272519

Weed, Moonshine, Porn and Cigarettes. Are the rest of you even trying to make money?

>> No.4272523

Breakfast foods. Every time I'm drunk I can go for some breakfast food like you wouldn't believe. Eggs, hash brown, biscuits and gravy, that sort of shit.

>> No.4272537

Korean food, or even just making other foods Korean

like kimchichigae, galbi sandwiches, kimchi fried rice, bibimbap, Korean wings

>> No.4272544

>>4271201
pierogi and bratwurst.

>> No.4272590

Just Cuban sandwiches. Maybe the medianoche version late night.

>Roasted pig
>Baked ham (not the water ham variety)
>Swiss
>Pickle
>Mojo

>> No.4272596

>>4272537
>Korean wings

That's like saying saltwater cheeseburgers

>> No.4272625
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>>4271201

Lángos, all day every day.

>> No.4272635

>>4272596
for every sense this post made, I'd have a penny

>> No.4272640

>>4272635
You're a billionaire.

>> No.4272817

>>4272590
>>Mojo
What? That doesn't go on a cuban sandwich. It's a meat marinade. Mojo criollo is a vinegar/sour orange juice, cumin garlic marinade. Table mojito is garlic, lime, olive oil sprinkle for mariquitas, or yuca. On a sandwich? Yea, it tastes great, but it's wet, and it's hardly a chimmichurri.

>> No.4272831

id have a rice +meat themed food truck with a main menu and alternating rice of the month dish i just learned how to make. basically, anything that sells well and people like can make it onto the main menu. shit not selling gets booted off.

1. chicken adobo and rice
2. teriyaki chicken and rice
3. ??? mysterious nigerian green leaf and chicken and rice dish my roommates relative made all the time
4. curry and rice
5. spanish rice and ??? some kind of meat
6. dirty rice and ground beef+ maybe some brisket

>> No.4272864

Soup truck is the only way to go

>> No.4272869

>>4271454
Costco or Restaurant Depot

>> No.4272870

1.) move to small town (not too small though)
2.) not-too-crazy southeast asian cuisine (peanut sauce, fried rice, butter chicken, etc)
3.) ?????
4.) profit.

>> No.4272892

Traditional ukrainian food

i wanna puke whenever i have cabbage rolls at a mall and there filled with meat

fucking swine

>> No.4272897

>>4272475
>>4272519

Come to Texas please. You will become rich.

>> No.4272899

>>4272484
theres 6 chinese restaurants in my town

5 of them are owned by first generation chinese, they literally came off the boat, most of their shit has 90% cabbage as filler so that they dont have to pay for actual ingredients

the other chinese place is owned by white people who shop at the local chinese town market place

its shameful

>> No.4272902

>>4272899
it is only shameful if you are white

>> No.4273663

>>4271348
Popular hangouts are cash cows? Since the downtown area is filled with high paying individuals wanting a quick bite without the sickness. So yeah you have to wait for a long line of people having the right to sell in front of these places.

>> No.4273666

>>4272899
>90% cabbage as filler so that they dont have to pay for actual ingredients

Uhm, that's normal for traditional Chinese food....or did you think that a poor Chinese peasant could afford loads of meat for every meal......

>> No.4273711

>>4271201
I suppose, I'd make...

the random truck.

We head over to purveyors every opportunity we get and get kosher or halal meat, weekly buy produce from whatever local farmers are around and then we make semi gourmet food.

Likely just BBQ, Fried chicken, naturally we gotta put some burritos and falafel in there.

Aside from that, we also sell ultra cheap food.

Nutella and (reeses) peanut butter sandwiches.
We'd sell soup for pretty cheap so that way we don't waste any veggies or meat, everything gets used. and we'd have lunch hour specials: buy two full meals get one free, bring in a new customer get half off your meal, stuff like that.

Should be pretty good, I'd expect some nice returns if we run 16 hour days.

7AM-2:30AM, that way we can catch bar crowds on weekends.

>> No.4273723

tacos

standard mexican tacos with carnitas, chicken, or beef
korean tacos: slow cooked shredded beef with kimchi fried rice and scallions
bahn mi tacos: self explanitory, just in a tortilla instead of bread
pulled pork taco: with carmalized onions, cheddar/jack cheese and black bean salsa
hot wing taco: shredded chicken in frank's + butter, topped with shredded lettuce, cheddar/jack cheese, a drizzle of ranch dressing (yes I know it's normally bleu cheese) and avocado

>> No.4273727

I'd make Puerto Rican food.
Pernil, Rice and Beans, Rice and Gandules, Rice and Chicken, Tostones, Chicken Stew, Empanadas, Beef stuffed Potatoes and some other stuff like that. My city needs a place like this.

>> No.4273737

>>4273727

I love puerto rican food. When I was a kid I had a friend who's mother was from puerto rico and would cook for us. On the other hand my parents pretty much tested meat by seeing if it bounced off the floor. Those were good days.

>> No.4273759

>"frito pie"
chili con carne layered with hand-cut, freshly fried corn tortilla chips and grated pepperjack cheese, with a dollop of sour cream and guac on top

>spicy mac n' cheese with cornbread
elbow macaroni tossed in a four cheese sauce with red serrano, baked with crumbled cornbread

>my own 'mexican salad'
black beans, chopped chilis/peppers of all kinds, roast corn, red onions, and freshly diced tomato topped with lettuce, tortilla strips, bacon bits, and sour cream

>burritos
refried beans, rice, cheese
your choice of pulled chicken, jerk chicken, pulled pork, or jerk beef
peppers, lettuce, and/or tomato
sour cream and/or guacamole
on a huge flour tortilla

>cinnamon sugar tortillas
flour tortillas pan-fried with cinnamon and sugar
perhaps rolled with some strawberry jam inside or something

>smoothies
whole fat greek yogurt
agave, honey, or sugar
a dash of cream or milk
any combo of strawberry, banana, mango, pineapple, kiwi, avocado

>stuff you can buy as a side
guacamole (with chips)
spicy pico de gallo (with chips)
mild pico de gallo (with chips)
half an avocado with some pico in the hole
salted mango on a stick

i would stop here when high
and i actually know how to cook all this so yeah

>> No.4273771

Traditional gujarati food. Thalis, bhajias and the like.

>> No.4274076

>>4272097
idk it seems like a good way to funnel illicit money through
>cash business
>i sold...500 burgers today

>> No.4274083

>>4273663
you realize there are plenty of places like that in the world that don't have a food truck in front of them right?

>> No.4274120

>>4274076

Any service business is. Hairdressers, bars, nightclubs, restaurants, car washes, nail salons...

>> No.4274166

All things chicken.
>orange
>fried
>grilled
>bacon wrapped
>tacos
>gumbo
>noodle soup
>club sandwich
>et cetera, et cetera,

Also you can get a whole fucking chicken to split between people.

The non-chicken side dish would be grilled corn on the cob with mayonnaise and paprika, mexican style.

This would be very expensive to maintain and run, though. Factoring in all the shit needed for the unpopular dishes. But hey, it's fantasy.

>> No.4274201

>>4274120
yeah, the difference here is the relatively low overhead

>> No.4274233

>>4274166
>mayonnaise on corn
wat

>> No.4276148

>>4271465
That's actually a really good idea. Be sure to hire hot college girls who are willing to wear skimpy outfits.

There's a place near me that sells some truly awesome dumplings. I would try to get their recipe and sell boatloads of those, along with other Asian foods.

>> No.4276188

French-Roussillon. Staffed by girls in bikinis.

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>>4271989
liek deis?

>> No.4276224

>>4271201
Here in LA you have to have some gimmick. I'd find the most obscure Asian sauces and pickles and put them on burgers and bratwurst. I guarantee in six months ever hip restaurant will be using these items.

>> No.4276513

Turn it into a dungeon.

>> No.4276526

"Jonesy's World Famous Luther Burgers"

I'd make it a gourmet burger outlet, specializing in that fatty gift from the Gods, the Luther.

>> No.4276533

tea and kebab

>> No.4276547

condoms, cigarettes and Pokemon cards.

>> No.4276594

Indian food by day
Mobile S&M dungeon by night