Chulo’s Food Truck-Mariscos, tacos and caldos!

mmm-yoso!!! is the food blog.  A little peek into an anonymous diary of what Kirk and some of his friends ate.  Kirk is gone.  Cathy is here.  Today, you can read what Cathy ate. Or not.

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Hi.  No, Kirk is not back yet.

So anyhow,  I was driving North on 54th, to meet some friends who live on Easy Street.  Really.  San Diego 92105.  Easy Street.  People live there.  Not me, though.

At the signal light of 54th and Redwood, I was waiting and saw this Food Truck.  I made a mental note (since I didn’t have a pen) and on my way home, I was hungry, remembered and drove to it.

Technically, it is on the feeder road on the Northeast corner.  You can’t miss it, no other businesses on the other corners.

Dsc01513 I parked and walked up and looked at the menu.

Very cool- mostly seafood, except for the menudo, Carne Asada and Chorizo. 

I decided on the fish taco for 99¢ and the camaron quesedilla $5- but my total charge was $7.  Exactly.  So maybe the listed prices are wrong, or something else… doesn’t matter. 

There was a table with three chairs under the awning attached to the truck and there were a plethora of different hot sauces to choose from, along with bottled and canned beverages in ice.

I did recall seeing a line of people waiting to order and eat here last year when I was visiting my friends .  Since this truck was still here, it must be pretty good, I thought to myself while waiting.

    

   

    

Dsc01512 So, I ordered, put some money in the tip jar and the nice gentleman asked me if I would like some seafood caldo (soup) while I waited…of course!

A rich tomato based broth with onions and celery and chunks of fish in my portion.  Excellent, deep flavor.

 

 

  I had to wait a bit for the food to be finished cooking, but did not mind.

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It was fascinating to see the cocteles the other people had ordered and were eating.  Not overly large, but they appeared to be fresh made. 

This was my fish taco.  Not great, but not bad…for 99¢.  Dsc01515_2I won’t complain.   

The quesedilla was the best surprise ever.  There were 15 juicy fresh quite large shrimp which were sauteed with sweet red onions and  green peppers, slightly burned from the pan frying, on a huge, very cheese filled tortilla.  It was heavy with filling and cut into 5 pieces.

I am *so* very happy I stopped here.  I was hungry and knew I needed to get something interesting for the blog. 

Mental Note: Do this more often…just stop and eat.

Chulos Food Truck  54th at Redwood (North East corner) San Diego 92105