would you wait 2 hours for a Kogi Korean Taco?

say Fresno, would you really wait for something that was this good??? this taco truck goes all around LA & has people waiting up to 2 hours to eat, its like a happening down there, were people have a party while they wait, it never parks in the same place twice, yet people go find it, which is done with twitter & the internet, read below;

KOGI Korean BBQ Taco Truck

Last night, Wednesday, my best foodie friend ET, and I, hunkered down in the cold & sprinkles of, Eagle Rock. On Eagle Rock Blvd.
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This is an Asian/Korean version of the taco trucks you commonly see in Latin neighborhoods & businesses. A fusion of the Korean/Latin food cultures over tacos & burritos.

Our wait in line, in the cold/rain, took about an hour from getting in line to receiving our food. When we arrived there were already about a dozen ahead of us waiting for the truck to open up for bizness. When we left there were still about 50 in line.

“Well, was it worth the wait, is it good?” Yes. Better & different than your average taco. How does meat marinated Korean BBQ style sound? Or, a tofu taco?

Would I go again? Yes. ET seconds that. She says Mexican cuisine may be her fav. Oh yeah, she’s Asian, with a brunch of experience eating out in Asian countries. I know her to be stingy with the compliments to food as much as me.

http://cafepasadena.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/kogi-korean-bbq-taco-truck/

from the LA Times
losangelestimes

After celebrating a Nov. 20 soft opening, the roving The Kogi Korean BBQ taco truck has emerged as a social networking juggernaut, drawing 300 to 800 people each time it parks (often several times ...





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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you missed the point

its about a taco truck in LA, that secretly I wish someone would copy it here in Fresno, its a proven business plan

as for Korean restaurants here; Samos is it
Red Freezer on Olive used to have an on an ask for basis
Charlie's Place closed before Wal-Mart on Herndon & Ingram opened, best seafood (Korean or otherwise)I ever had, hands down, greatly missed

we're talking fusion, not both, fusion like, I've had Cambodian tamales. Cambodian meats inside a tamale made w/masa & cornhushs

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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welcome to the future

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Bibimbap

are they serving 'Bibimbap' of the trucks?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibimbap

Are there only two or three Koren restaurants in Fresno?

I've only been to 'Samos Kitchen'

http://www.yelp.com/biz/samos-kitchen-fresno

There has been a mergence of Asian and Mexican food in the making for over 10 years now... I remember seeing a Chinese and Mexican food place in Parlier a decade a go.

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