Adios, Amigos!

Hola amigos! For my last blog post on this series, I though I'd do something a little different: a show of the best Salvadoran food trucks!

I know, kind of unrelated to the whole "arts and crafts" blog... But these food trucks are also independent businesses, and almost an art form in and of themselves. You'll see what I mean.

First up, Oye Chico!

I'd totally live out of it

This Cuban (legit Cuban, from La Havana) is small, but mighty.

art

I told you. An art form.

This one's the "Super Cubano": 1/2 a baguette, smoked pork shoulder, pork rinds, caramelized onion, mozzarella. It's all doused in chipotle mayo and comes with a side of plantain chips and pickled onions.

All of their creations have similar quirky names and excellent ingredients, and are delivered from the side of their truck every day, from 11p.m (for the office crowd) to 2a.m (for me).

Above: Tostones de Plátano (plantain fritters), and Chicharrones al Mojo de Ajo (garlic mojo pork rinds). It's really cheap too (for you and I). A full meal will run you between $1 (for the tostones) and $5 (for the larges sandwiches). Score!

Now, for Argentinean:

it looks as awful as it is good. So very much so.

You know what, maybe these just don't photograph well.

This food truck is actually located right around the corner from Oye Chico's. It's ran by an Argentinean couple who came to El Salvador to find it in post-civil war mayhem, in 1995. They did other things for a while, before finally deciding to cater to the broke masses of students that frequent the area around the museum where they're located. Hence, their prices are extremely cheap, and the food is extremely good.

My favorites.

Their motto is "two can eat with a $10", and they definitely deliver on that front.

Last but not least, the Salvadoran cuisine item par excellence (which is coincidentally street food): pupusas.

Corn tortillas filled with cheese and beans and anything

They're $0.50 apiece, and they're Godsend for breakfast. Or lunch. Or dinner. You know, I think I've even had them as snacks at some point.

The best pupusas come straight from dingy pupuserías, with stern voices and strong arms.

YES

No two pupusas are the same, and no two pupuserías will have the same feel either. While not strictly food trucks, they most definitely belong to the "cheap street food" category. I've heard the same about Philly cheesesteaks-- the dirtier, the better. In this case, the cheaper the pupusa, the more you enjoy it.

A final note:

While this blog post wasn't about arts and crafts, I'd like to think I still shed some light on small Salvadoran entrepreneurs, which was the whole point of the blog from its conception. Be it through arts, crafts or food, I wanted to highlight some of the true Salvadoran spirit, which is so at odds with the media's portrayal of my country. Yes, we are small, but (much like the first food truck showcased, Oye Chico!) mighty. And hope I could transmit some of that ethos with my blog.

Adios, amigos!