Check out the link below we had a Alejandro Escovedo jamming on top of the Bus.   “The connection between rock ‘n’ roll and food trucks, subtle to some and obvious to others, owes to the phenomena’s origins when these trucks found hungry customers departing clubs and concerts late at night.”  We are going to start BusJams once a month.  You have to come down and check out mini concerts.

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2010/08/video_alejandro_escovedos_anchor.php

The Bustaurant is out and about. This past week we did some fantastic office stops for lunch and we loved bringing the fare and the convenience to the people.

We need your help! If you are tired with your usual lunch options; you work in an office or an area with over 300 people in walking distance lets make this happen. We are scheduling lunches for the end of August and September.

Early dinners from 6-9 are also on our radar. Apartment complexes, condos speak to your home owners association lets get the bus to bring a great meal to your doorstep.

Looking forward to bringing the love to you.

Yeah, the Strawberry Champagne Jello is THAT good

Originally uploaded by WorldFare

Yeah, the Strawberry Champagne Jello is THAT good

For everyone who cannot make it out to the bus to “Taste the Love”, we are putting some of our signature recipes on the web for you to try at home.  Chef Andi went head to head with me on the making of the Red Velvet Cheesecake, it was a battle and things got ugly.  It was not easy!  Thanks to the amazing work from the guys at Arbroath films (www.arhunger.com) for making this happen; the reality is none of this would have been possible without their amazing work on this.

Click More for full recipe…

For the Cheese Cake Filling:

3ea 8oz packages of Philadelphia brand cream cheese.

¾ cup of sugar

1tsp vanilla extract

2ea eggs

3T AP flour

METHOD:

1.      In a mixer, with a paddle attachment beat the cream cheese.  Scrap down the sides of the bowl a few times to make sure it is lump free.

2.      Add the sugar and mix well.

3.      When well mixed and lump free, add the vanilla and eggs one at a time.  Make sure to mix in each egg before you add the next.

4.      Remove bowl from the mixer and sift in flour, then fold the flour in by hand with a spatula.

5.      Set aside.

For the Red Velvet:

¾ cup sugar

1T cocoa powder

½ tsp salt

1 cup cake flour

½ tsp baking soda

½ cup canola oil

1 ea egg

½ cup buttermilk

1 ½ tsp white vinegar

2 T red food coloring

METHOD:

1.      Sift together all the dry ingredients.

2.      Mix together all the wet ingredients.

3.      Add the wet to the dry and whisk until smooth and lump free.

To assemble the cupcakes:

1.      Preheat the convectional oven to 350 degrees F.

2.      Line a cupcake pan with foil backing cups.

3.      Fill each cup ½ way with the red velvet batter.

4.      Put the cheesecake batter in to a piping bag, and pipe into the center of each cupcake.

5.      Bake in the center of the oven for 22 -26 minutes or until the cake around the edge is firm to the touch.

6.      Cool completely before moving them to avoid them from baking.

7.      These can store in the refrigerator for up to a week.

So it dawned on us last week when we are parked on a street with 12 other trucks that the reason we have a Bustaurant is so we don’t have to park on the street with 12 trucks.  We can go where people have not experienced the World Fare love.  This is a double edged sword, you leave the safe comfort of people who enjoy eating at food trucks and you venture out to stops where food trucks have not been seen.

We have been expanding where we go and what we do.  Last night we were at the Santa Monica Pier for the twilight  concert series; cheese plates, Saturday we will be at Bergamont station (one of the best date locations on the Westside).  Lunches have been interesting we did a stop in Playa Vista we will definitely be back, Santa Monica pier was mainly tourists and we realized this trend is yet to hit mainstream, it is very much a large US city phenomenon.

3 weeks ago when the Iphone 4 was launching, we received an urgent call 2000 hungry people in line, we hustled down to an Apple store and saved allot of  people from eating junk food.  I think we may have saved lives the temperature was over 80 and people were waiting for over 10 hours.

If you have any great ideas for stops let us know.  We want to save you from Fast Food.

Checkout the vid below of the 3rd Street Promenade, Iphone Launch day!

We have received our Shipment of Vuvuzelas for those who do not know what a Vuvuzela is here is vuvu 101 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vuvuzela. We will be selling them from the bus come on down and get one!

Hardfest!
This is going to be a great event, one of our favorite bands from the motherland Die Antwoord (www.dieantwoord.com) is going to be dominating a stage. Check out their website you can spend hours watching the videos classic.

We are ready to hit some summer parties, anyone need food for 4th of July?  Get the Bustaurant for an amazing party!

I am not sure who has heard about the city “LA Council District 4 Councilman Tom Lebonge: friend of the celebrity, foe of the small businessman. Tom has introduced a motion to keep Los Angelinos’ favorite food trucks from delivering their curbside cuisine. This is how we feel…

At World Fare we believe that people should have access to great food.  We created an experience that uses the freedom of the streets to bring this amazing food to the hungry.  The popularity of the food trucks speaks to what the public demands, to take the trucks away from the public is unacceptable. The US needs innovation and entrepreneurship in these economic times, why try and regulate entrepreneurship out of the market?

Join the Facebook page below and everyone loves a phone call to hear peoples views.  Make the call.

http://www.facebook.com/bad.labonge?v=wall#!/bad.labonge?v=wall

An email from a friend of the trucks sensational!

From: Danielle
Date: Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Subject: Have you tried the mac n’ cheese balls?
To: tom.labonge@lacity.org, carolyn.ramsay@lacity.org, paul.koretz@lacity.org, kiankaeni@lacity.org