Achara Food Truck

I attended a Basic Life Support class at the same location Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia was having her swearing in event. Attendees were given 2 meal tickets for their choice of food trucks at the event. I connived my way into scoring the 2 meal tickets and Achara Food Truck earned one of my nefariously schemed tickets.

Having the option of either a chicken adobo rice bowl or a bistek rice bowl, I choice the bistek.

Bistek (beef steak) rice bowl-
Not authentically made or presented, I still enjoyed Achara's bistek. Usually beef cut into thick slices, with a good amount of brightness coming from citrus (usually calamansi), Achara's lacked the brightness component and was cut up into smaller strips. The missing brightness was a minor letdown, but I actually preferred the bite-size strips, as it made the bistek easier to chew. Traditional bistek has sliced beef that has to be cut, and Achara's food truck version made for more portable fare, which I can see why. The rice was expertly done - fluffy, and not overly moist and/or sticky.

Service was good. Ordering was easy. Getting food to customers seemed to need a logistical improvement. The lady kept calling out names. Those who didn't show, she kept calling those names out along with the new batch of orders that were ready, and so on & so forth. Perhaps a screen displaying the names of those whose order was ready, or a number even, would save that woman's vocal cords, not to mention customer's hearing abilities.

My free bistek rice bowl from Achara was much appreciated & happily consumed. I found it tasty, but the regular price of a rice bowl seems a bit high, which is applicable to pricing on all food truck offerings, in general. Needless to say, I'm not one infatuated with the whole food truck phenomena. Nevertheless, Achara's bistek was delicious on a most cold, rainy SoCal day.

Recommend!
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