I'm a big fan of mexican food, especially the street versions that are very much a part of college life in the US. When I noticed the name TACO TRUCK on a sign hanging where a local chinese takeaway used to be, I thought that if it's half as good as those I would find in the West Coast, or even border-towns like Tijuana, it would still be a great addition to the typical lunch/dinner offerings found around where I work - Quarry Bay.
Sadly, the food here is as authentic as what I would imagine astronauts would have to settle with in space - Freeze-dried, powdery, and tasteless.
To be specific, the steak in the steak taco boasts a texture as if it is anything but steak - more dehyrated beef tendons, and the pollo (chicken) in the chicken taco tastes diced chinese sauteed drumstick meat covered with pretend mexican trimmings.
What's funny is that the lady who works behind the counter proudly exclaims, "Jalepenos are extra." Let you in on a little taco-stand tradition -- salsa, pico, jalepenos, are like the air [that we breathe] in Mexican street-food culture -- without them you just have meat, lettuce, and flat-bread -- not Mexican, tex-mex... not even Filipino food.
If you're used to pretend-mexican food (or that you've never actually tasted Mexican cuisine), this may be a decent place to drop by so you can say to your friends you have tried Taco Truck (i.e. not to be confused with a REAL "Taco"). If you want the real thing, and tacos that actually tastes like tacos should, this is not the place to go -- the rice is tasteless and powdery [just like the tacos] - is it spanish rice, or just day-old rice? please make up your mind.
All good wishes for the new business, but if you want it to work, please make a trip to a city where authentic mexican street-food can be found. I have tasted better in Manila, Singapore and Tokyo
Don't mean to be critical but this is just NOT it. Pls try harder - I, too, want good mexican food around the neighborhood.
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