Kogi Taco Truck
Average user Rating: 82
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This new concept Korean taco truck can be found at various locations throughout the day. Check their website for the current location. They serve Korean barbecue, fusion tacos, and many other late night treats.
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74
5/10/2010
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only kogi toco
85
4/26/2010
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85
3/16/2010
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kogi tacos
74
Korean Tacos? I'll pass...
11/29/2009
"Meh" is the right word.
Although I think it's an ingenious idea that Chef Choi and team started with the LA food truck scene, Kogi just doesn't do it for me.
I've been there twice, and the 2nd time was worse than the first visit.
The taco(s) was pretty average in my opinion, and the fact people would wait up to 2 hours for one is bewildering to me, although the hipsters that Kogi generally targets are generally retarded anyways, so that doesn't surprise me.
$2.20 (yes, they charge tax) for a taco??? Are you kidding me??? Ya, it's not "expensive," but give me a break! I'll hit up Rambo's taco truck, etc anyday of the week!
P.S. That kimchi Quesadilla? That REALLY doesn't work, and neither does the sliders, I'm sorry.
Good luck with your expansion in NYC, but I'm definitely not a fan.
Lessons learned, KBBQ is better at the restaurant, and Hipsters don't have any tastes in terms of food. This review can be copy and pasted to Mach5, Fishlips Sushi, CoolHaus, etc......Stay on the Westside!
77
8/13/2009
When Kogi first hit the streets, hour-long lines were the norm. Now that things have cooled down a bit and competition has emerged from all corners of the city, the wait is much more manageable.
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Kogi sliders
77
you like sesame oil?
4/10/2009
so we went to try the infamous kogi taco served at the alibi room bar in culver city. yes, you can chase the taco truck around downtown la but you may not know that the kogi taco can be had at a fixed location - the alibi room.
upon arrival, we ordered the beef, pork and chicken taco - upon first glance, the tacos looked just like they would, a taco with meat topped off with lettuce and seasoning in a nicely oiled double-fold of corn tortilla.
what's the catch? each taco is heavily seasoned in Korean-style sesame oil and a bit of hot sauce. the problem? each taco is HEAVILY seasoned in Korean-style sesame oil. the oil overpowered the meat and ultimately it was tough to distinguish the chicken from the pork to the beef.
we also ordered their supposedly revered fries and found that the cuts were a bit on the small side - hard to really grab and eat by the mouthful.
the other odd thing that stood out - we asked for extra hot sauce and were given a container of Sriracha sauce which may not be too surprising - but given the fact that the essence of the taco should have been Korean, we were expecting something in the form of ko-chi-jang.
overall, the tacos weren't bad at all. but if you asked me if I would chase around town for a taco from these guys - the answer would be NO - effectively, the tacos were a bit of a disappointment to say the least.
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trio of kogi tacos
89
3/4/2009
A couple of months ago, the Kogi truck was to be parked in front of The Doheny and if you RSVP you get to check out that exclusive private club also. I've been wanting to check out The Doheny and give Kogi a real try, so I RSVPed through DigLounge.
When we got there we had to line up to get a stamp from The Doheny, which was supposedly needed to order food from Kogi. The Doheny line took about 30 minutes. Then we lined up for Kogi ... for almost another hour. When this guy 2 places ahead of me started ordering, he started talking to Caroline about he just came to LA ... the guy right in front of me commented about how this is what's so great about Kogi - how they talk to their customers. (OK, I do think talking to your customers is very cool. But ... I've been starving in the cold for 1 1/2 hours *cough*)
Finally we get to order! They were unfortunately out of the Kogi sliders :/ so I opted for the hot dog among other things instead. Of course, we had to get some of the kalbi tacos:
OK. This Kogi sauce is pretty darn good - not that spicy but quite flavorful. The meat was also noticeably better than what I had in front of The Brig a few months back. One is definitely not enough.
We also got the Kogi hot dog and tofu taco that they were offering that night:
Since the sauces are the same, I won't say much more about them. Of course, I like the kalbi taco the best. I'm a meat eater all the way. I guess at this point I wished there was more 'variety' not just with the meat but the sauce as well. But on the other hand, hey, it's a taco truck?
Kogi also usually offers a vegetarian item. This time it's a vegetarian taco with pomegranates.
It was a bit too tart for my taste - I'd stick with my kalbi tacos.
So. Kogi. Yes, yes, I like it. I like it quite a bit. I mean, if they were at UCLA back when I was going to school there, I would've gone every day. But an hour-plus line? I don't know man, I wouldn't want to wait an hour and more for them. I get cra~nky when I'm hungry! :P
I think because of all the hype, the line is too long for what this truck is meant to be - a place to get some good bites after a long night of drinking - not a place to wait in front of for an hour in the cold LA smog ...
Hopefully with their new truck addition, the lines will be much shorter next time I hit them up ...
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Recommended Dishes
kalbi tacos
100
Kogi Quest
3/1/2009
My good friend K and I have been promising each other to get together when we get some free time and hunt down Kogi BBQ, the Korean BBQ taco truck that drives around LA and parks at a couple different locations each night. I had been home sick all week (to Hades with people who come in to work so sick they cannot hold their head up, cough and sneeze on you, and borrow your mechanical pencil, Hades I say). When K tm'd me and said she was down for the Kogi quest, I rallied the troops and away we went!
Kogi BBQ has been getting a lot of press recently. In the New York Times, this week:
Kogi is a Korean barbecue catering truck – a gourmet version of the old British hot dog vans or California taco trucks. It tours LA by night, keeping in touch with its customers via Twitter, serving an unlikely but perfect combination of four kinds of Korean barbecue wrapped in miniature Mexican tacos and sold dirt-cheap (a taco costs $2, a burrito $5). The black-clad cooks toil inside the truck like culinary ninjas – I count 11 of them in the cramped space – while those in the queue flash their iPhones and flirt.
Jonathon Gold in LA Weekly writes,
Not since Pinkberry has anything captured the local imagination as quickly as Kogi, the Korean taco truck whose owners went from giving tacos away on Hollywood Boulevard to becoming rock stars of cuisine in little more than a couple of months — which is to say, 10 times faster than it took Guns N’ Roses or System of a Down to break out of the tyranny of small clubs. The Doheny, the swankest membership tavern in town, has arranged tasting menus of Kogi food paired with their exquisitely balanced cocktails, and the crowds that form when the truck rolls up to UCLA are big enough to disrupt traffic. In the parking lot outside the Brig in Venice, Kogi becomes an impromptu nightclub, a taco-driven hookup scene as perfervid as anything with a $40 cover charge. Last Saturday night outside the Brig, Kogi swarmed with customers, while the Green Truck, the high-quality organic purveyor that was the first of the gourmet trucks, stood by an empty sidewalk just one block away.
Now, I have been hearing about Kogi from friends, lots of blurbs on Eater LA, and mentions on Twitter and Facebook. My love for Mexican food is equally balanced by my love for bimbimbob, kalbi and kim chee. This was something I knew I needed to explore as soon as I it hit my radar.
I wanted to try one of everything. At these prices one can afford it. I was buying food for 4 people so I just went with it. I went for all the carnivorous options, although any vegetarians involved will be happy to note that tofu on everything is an option.
I started with the traditional taco. Four short rib (their specialty), 4 chicken and 4 pork. These were amazing. So simple, so delicious. Korean BBQ meats and all that implies with chili sauce, kim chee and I don't know what else. It was dark and I was hungry.
I caved on a couple of their specials. A kim chee quesadilla. There was no cheese inside, but something that tasted like potato and had a light fluffy potato like texture. This might have been my favorite dish. The flavors danced in my mouth, and the textures were excitingly acidic and spicy but the flour tortilla was also kind of comforting in the starchy way a flour tortilla has.
Last but not least is another special. Spam tacos with fresh Mandarin orange slices. This was more of a novelty item than anything, but damn if it wasn't good. I also tried the chicken burrito, which was huge and easily split between four people. It just wasn't very photogenic. However, it travels well and K took one home to her Korean mama, who immediately pronounced it appropriately authentic. Mama K was impressed, readers.
Recommended Dishes
short rib taco, chicken burrito, specials such as kim chee quesadilla
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