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>Taco Dawg — fusion? — CLOSED

June 16, 2010 Mad Hungry Woman Leave a Comment

>Food trucks are the craze right now and another one of the trucks featured at the Go Go Gourmet Charity Event was Taco Dawg. I’d heard that there was such a truck but I wasn’t completely sure what it served — was it a taco? was it a hotdog? was it both? I guess the answer is, they serve tacos and hotdogs. There was a lot on the menu to sift through and it too us a while to order because nothing really jumped out at us from the get-go. So we got the Taco Dawg — purely because that’s their name and we thought it’s gotta be their signature item right? And the Cowboy Dawg (pictured) because the fried onions sounded like it would be a good thing.

Basically, the Cowboy dawg is a bacon-wrapped hotdog topped with chipotle sauce and fried onion rings. The bacon wasn’t completely rendered through so there were still some white grisly fatty chewy bits on there — rather unplesant if you ask me. This is the second time now I’ve seen a gourmet food truck sell a bacon-wrapped dog with the bacon this way — the other place is Piaggio. The downtown LA bacon-wrapped dog vendors does them so well I don’t understand why it is so hard for gourmet trucks to follow suit. The Cowboy Dawg itself wasn’t bad, it wasn’t fantastic, but still good.

The namesake Taco Dawg is a hotdog topped with ground beef, chopped tomatoes and lettuce. I thought the Cowboy dawg was decent enough although the ground beef did taste like how you make it at home with Lawry’s seasoning. It was just a dog with taco ingredients on top — lettuce, tomatoes — but it wasn’t like your authentic taco toppings but rather a gringo-taco.

I thought the prices were reasonable and if I was super hungry and Taco Dawg was in the area, I would probably get one, but I wouldn’t hunt them out, chase them down, just to get one if you know what I mean.You can dress it up with various toppings but it’s still a hotdog. I didn’t get to taste the tacos — maybe that should be the next item I try if I see them parked somewhere.

Taco Dawg  Tel: 949-689-9030

food truck, hot dogs, Orange County, tacos

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This blog is a journal of mostly my eating adventures, but also, other things I'm passionate about, including travel, the arts, and also, necessities to complete my life. Centered predominantly in and around Orange County, CA, some will extend to Los Angeles, San Diego and beyond. I am constantly searching for delicious food to eat and fun things to do, nothing is out of bounds. Sometimes it doesn't end well, but I can definitely say, it will always be an interesting journey.

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