Kimchi Taco Truck

Every day between the hours of 11am and 3pm, a block away from North End Grill, and outside the courtyard of The World Financial Center, are five parked food trucks.  Every Monday, one of these trucks is the Kimchi Taco Truck, and unless you decide to come early, expect to wait in line of upwards of twenty minutes.  For this truck has the best food offered all week.

Phillip Lee, the founder of the truck, is a madman.  Seriously, think about it.  A man in love with Korean flavors who wants to make the distinct impact on the American public by bringing it to them in a recognizable form.  Tacos.  Who doesn't love tacos?  Who doesn't love Korean food?  Who the hell wouldn't love a Korean taco??

Now you understand.

If I'm lucky enough to have the time to wait on line at the truck before heading into work, I'm a very happy man.  For $8 you can get three tacos, and then you can eat them right in the park overlooking the waterfront.

Kimchi Taco Truck offers four different types of tacos.  Korean-marinated short ribs, spicy pork, braised chicken, and a falafel kimchi taco for vegetarians.  The rest of the menu is very diverse.  Kimchee bowls and even a kimchi cheesesteak are offered.  All ingredients are made on the truck, and set you off on an intense culinary journey, if only just for a few bites.

Chicken, Spicy pork, and Short Rib tacos

The chicken taco, however, is my least favorite of the bunch.  Even with the daikon and green onion garnish, totally lacks in flavor of any kind.  The chicken is cooked well, but even the kimchee is not a saving grace.  Pass on this one.

The spicy pork is exactly how it sounds.  Pork is cooked in a spicy korean sauce, and packs a punch that makes you wish you ordered more of these while on line.  Both the pork taco and chicken are garnished with green onions, and a white sauce I couldn't quite identify.

The last, the short rib taco, is my favorite of the three.  There is so much intense flavor running through the beef, and every bite sends a signal to your brain that has you wide-eyed for a few minutes.  Savor this one.  By far the best taco I have ever had.

Plenty of meat, plenty of garnishes, plenty of bite

If I had to nit-pick, which I do because that's just the type of foodie that I am, I wish the tacos were double-upped on the shells.  Phillip Lee, if you're reading this, take a page from Mexican food trucks that do this.  It helps keep all the garnishes in the taco.  I also wish the shells themselves were hotter.  I want to see steam coming from the to-go container.  The taco shells become dry otherwise.

But that's just my 2 cents.

Kimchi Taco Truck

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The weekly truck schedule is also posted here