Bros' Guide to Food Truckin' Chow

Sometimes, trying new things doesn't always have to be painful. Sometimes, it's rather enjoyable, especially when it comes to great food. Within the past year, catering trucks have become the new craze. Long gone are the days when food trucks would come to serve early morning breakfasts to construction sites and the such. Fortunately, Granada Hills has been blessed with a multitude of catering trucks.
Every Wednesday and Friday afternoon and night, trucks line up to serve customers along nearly a mile of Chatsworth street between Zelzah and White Oak.

Having to choose between french cooking, native american flatbread, and numerous other fusion cuisines can be a chore in itself. However, after sampling and cruising our way back and forth through Chatsworth, we found ourself coming back to the "New York Galbi". Aside from the free samples, we were intrigued by the unique blend of mexican and korean bbq cuisine. As frequents of both styles, it was nearly impossible to skip on this fusion dish.

Our dish of choice was the spicy pork burrito. A grilled flour tortilla stuffed with korean bbq style pork, kimchi, scrambled egg, and a unique spicy sauce, this was something special. Along with the great food, was a great host. John our server and possible owner of the truck, was very welcoming and very interested in his customers. He was never shying away from potential guests, complementing passers by, offering them a taste of bbq beef and kimchi/crab quesodilla.  

BillyC about to dig into his Spicy Beef Burrito

The New York Galbi food truck with John workin'

 Well, that's a quick little update about Friday nights on Chatsworth. Hope you all can make it out once and give one of these trucks your business. It's a great place to meet locals in your neighborhood and make acquaintances with local shop owners.

See Ya'll Out There!

JoshW

Summer Longboard Build-off!

Well, as some of you may or may of not heard, Summer is just about here. With a new season should come new goals. I want to keep up this idea of challenging one another to try something new, learn a skill.
This month-or even week- my own personal goal is to build an entire long board out of scratch. Well aside from building the trucks, it will be entirely handcrafted. It should also be noted that I do not know entirely how to skateboard, longboard, surf. So this is all new to me!
I started the build on Tuesday, May 24th. It's going to be 43 inches long with it being 8 inches wide. Usually a board is made out of a harder wood-maple,oak,birch- or bamboo. I chose the poplar, a type of birch wood, due to #1 cost and #2 it's thickness.


















This is what I'm aiming for, a classic longboard.
Funny thing with this board is that it is $189
I'm going to provide everyone with a list of material and rough cost:

• 4ftx1ftx3/4in piece of Poplar Wood- $20.
• Just a note about this piece of wood, it is recommended to use 2 or 3 sheets of 1/4'' wood and glue them together. This will allow the wood to camber(bend) and provide overall durability.
• Polyurethane lacquer- $7 (clear)
• Sandpaper (used left over scraps)
• I still need trucks which I estimate ~$40

I don't see this board costing me even 1/2 of the $189. I'm hoping this thing holds up!

Here's a nice preview:

Above: Poplar wood after being cambered, cut, and sanded

DAY 2:
Picked out the paint and prepared it for a few coats of lacquer!

Above:Left:Top of board lacquered. Right: Bottom of board

 It's not quite perfect, but I'm dang proud of it so far! I'll update this post when I'm finished with it.

UPDATE!!!

One month later it's all come together. I'll skip the explanation and just show you the darn pic!

Finished!

It's your turn!

~JoshW

Challenge Response!

So we were challenged by Cam to start doin' some backflips.
Challenge accepted, man.

What better place to practice than at Zuma Beach?

Here is our vid!



(Created by JoshW)