New Kassava Truck Brings Real Jamaican Food to the Streets (Where it Belongs)
I found it hard to mask my disappointment when I tried the Reggae Jerk Chicken truck for the first time last month. I was hoping for some real, down home Jamaican food from a truck (think: oxtails, stew peas, curry goat, and jerk chicken on the bone). Instead, I was treated to a mall food court version Carribean food; boneless chicken chunks, covered in some sort of sweet sauce, served atop a white rice and black bean mixture. I salvaged the meal by stuffing plantains into a jerk chicken burrito, but my quest for real Jamaican food from a truck was not satisfied… until yesterday, when I stumbled upon the one week old Kassava Truck on Miracle Mile.
That’s right! A… new… truck. (Actually, trucks. There are two of them.) What a shocker. But before you roll your eyes and exclaim to the heavens “will this insanity ever end?!”, let me just say this: I stuffed my face at this truck yesterday (as a regular customer, not at some kind of “blogger preview”), and it was hands down one of the best meals from a truck I’ve had since moving to L.A. (especially if you like oxtail and goat.)
Posted at 10:30 am, April 22nd, 2010 under 5700 Wilshire, Food Truck, Jamaican Food, Kassava Truck.