This Mexican Food Truck Slapped Me So Hard I Started a Newsletter
All I wanted was some rice. I ended up with an experience.
All I wanted was some rice. And maybe some guac, too.
OK, lemme stop. I definitely wanted guac. Not even a question. But the first food truck I visited only did burritos and tacos, and I wanted a plate.
So I walked off, down Wyckoff, across Broadway, past some guy holding a kitten in one hand and staring into the souls of those who passed him. Beyond him, tucked beneath the M/L train overpass, was some of the best Mexican food I’ve had in Brooklyn.
Welcome to The Kris ‘N Chips Newsletter. Kris ‘N Chips is the name of the catering business I operate as a side hustle/passion. I’m using this newsletter to highlight foods I enjoyed, hated, made or received, and I’m banking on this thing evolving over time.
I’m not sure yet how often I’ll update this. Maybe it’ll be weekly. Maybe bi-weekly, but certainly at least twice a month. Who knows? This could be a daily thing at some point.
This is my first post, a post I couldn’t deny after my first bite at Mexican Tacos ‘El Tri,’ a food truck located on Wyckoff Ave and Broadway in Brooklyn. The food was so good, that not only did I tweet about it, I went back, gave the chef a pound, bought a drink and left the change as a tip.
This unassuming food truck had some of the best food I’ve had in the month of June. But remember: I wanted a rice plate. Let’s take a look at the menu, and see if I could find one.
Now my Spanish isn’t the strongest, but if ‘platillo’ didn’t mean plate, I was in for some serious trouble. I *almost* got both a platillo and the chips and guacamole, but your boy has put on some serious pandemic pounds and I shouldn’t be eating either of them.
In the name of good grub, I had to make a business decision.
And upon further review, the Platillio had everything I wanted already!
Rice, beans, meat, guacamole and … huh? French fries? No thank you. Here’s a pro tip: When you pull up and order this, tell them to swap the fries for tortilla chips. It’s a game changer. You’ll see why in a second.
And here’s another pro tip: The seafood costs just as much as the other meats. They have an extensive list of proteins on the menu, from beef tongue to pork, chicken, you name it. But they also have fish and shrimp at no additional charge. In fact, you can get 3 extra shrimp for $1 extra. Best believeeeeee I gave them $2 extra.
At first glance this looked really, really good. The shrimp looked juicier than my dream girl, and the chips were an A1 business decision. But hold up. Hold my phone.
Where the hell is my guacamole?
At this point, I’d walked two blocks, sat down and laced up the boxing gloves for this 12-round main event that I expected to only go 4 rounds tops. I was Logan Paul and this meal was Money Mayweather. I was prepared to get slapped. I all but welcomed it.
But I’ll be damned before you tell me something as critical, as crucial, as vital to one’s well-being as guacamole is missing from my plate. You shitting me?
So I got up and walked back. I didn’t even cover my plate. I walked those two blocks with my food in my hand and said, “Excuse me. Doesn’t this come with guacamole?”
That’s when I learned their guacamole was different from anything I expected.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen: That is guacamole. Guacamole sauce, but tasty, delicious guacamole nonetheless. And if you know anything about me, you know that one sauce is rarely enough.
Let’s hit ‘em with the red salsa.
Now, let’s come over the top with the green.
This might look like some type of bloodbath bio hazard, but it was easily the best thing I ate in June. So good, like I said, that I went back to the truck, bought a $2 drink, and left the other $3 as a tip.
And there you have it folks. Mexican Tacos ‘El Tri’ gave me some of the best food I ate in 2021. And I ate a wholeeee lot of food. I’m reminded every time I walk past the scale without stepping onto it.
‘El Tri’ is located on the corner of Wyckoff Ave and Broadway in Brooklyn, and they also have a location in Corona, NY. Get you a Platillo with Shrimp, sub the french fries with tortilla chips, and make sure they put guacamole because they just might forget.
And because they forgot, I’m docking a point.
A 9/10 for a food truck in Ridgewood that slapped me into making a newsletter.