food trucks with friends

we have to bring every single one of our visitors to try 

san francisco's food truck scene. what's better than a 

food truck parttt-ayy!? when our cute friends came to 

visit last week we ate very well, and part of those good 

eats came from our favorite, off the grid. we showed them 

all of our favorites and then forced ourselves to try 

something new, and we're so glad we did. fresh baked

empanadas, yes please. also chimney cake: have you heard 

of it? you're about to be really thankful to me for 

introducing you :) loved this night with our friends!

we went with el sur empanadas this time. we fell in love 

with empanadas on our trip to miami but haven't found 

good ones forever! problem now solved by: el sur. they 

sell out almost every week at off the grid, so what does 

that tell you? i love their old school van and the entire vibe.

there is something for everyone with all different and 

unique flavors whether you want meat, cheese, vegetables, 

or a combo. loved the pollo saltado, verde, & champiñones.

 the best part of this truck is the story behind the owner. 

she is a classically trained chef who attended culinary 

school at the famous cordon bleu in paris, then worked 

at some incredible restaurants (like french laundry in napa)

before deciding she wanted to return to her roots and make

the food she grew up with in argentina and peru: empanadas.

i love the quote that she wants to make empanadas the way

they are made in "sleepy towns across rural argentina."

authentic comfort food from the chef's childhood.. you know

it will be good! i love food trucks because they can specialize

in just one thing and do it great, which is the case here. 

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we also all sampled bini's kitchen, which is known as

"nepalese cuisine from the soul." i've never had 

nepalese food in my life, but i could still tell this food 

is from the soul. it was so so delicious and i will 

definitely be coming back here. we all shared a 

combo plate of nepalese turkey dumplings with 

the kukhura tarkari curry chicken. it was so  

flavorful and we all loved sampling it.

also, bini herself is the cutest person. i've never 

met a food truck owner that i didn't want to be 

friends with. i swear, they are all the coolest 

people! and, they share a love of good food :)

last but not least, i promised you i'd tell you about 

chimney cake, right? well here you are. i had never 

heard about it before last weekend, and now i'm a 

big big fan. it is a traditional hungarian wedding 

cake with the best texture and cylinder shape. the 

outside is sweet and carmelized, but the inside is 

soft and melt-in-your-mouth. it's actually so 

incredibly good and i don't know how they make it. 

keep rolling is the cute name of the truck with this 

goodness. please read this short little description of 

how this truck began and tell me we don't all want to be

friends with her. i told you, i love food truck owners! :) 

so glad vicky experienced it while traveling so she 

could bring it back to us in SF! it is so uniquely delicious

that i can see why she fell in love with them + recreated. 

cinnamon sugar rolled chimney cake for the win!

and, one rolled in oreo with nutella dip.

would you look at that?! i'm in love. 

love all three of these cute faces ^^^

we took a trip around the world this night 

between argentina, nepal, and hungary. 

you have to love food trucks for that! 

still so happy from these visitors .. and from this food!

xo