About Piko Food Truck
I ran into the Piko food truck outside my job in downtown Chicago. I'm always opening to trying new food place and food trucks are becoming more common in Chicago. Piko says that they offer modern asian street food. Piko also says besides the Asian flavors and our unique vessels, what really sets them apart are their homemade marinades and signature sauces. Marinades made from family recipes while their sauces are created to compliment each vessel. The flavors from these sauces and marinades are the heart and soul of their food.
The menu was created by combining three generations of family recipes and a passion for street food. With an objective is to serve people delicious food in a timely manner. A reat deal of care and passion go into each dish that is served out of their window. The ribeye and chicken are marinated over night while our pork belly is slowly simmered for hours before service. Each dish is topped with homemade sauces which are specifically created to enhance the overall flavor.
Time To Eat
Ordering is as easy as 1, 2, EAT!
1) Pick your protein.
You have the choice of Lemongrass chicken, Chinese 5 spice pork belly, bulgogi ribeye and teriyaki tofu.
2) Pick how you want it served.
Your options are taco, bao, slider or bowl.
If you just can't pick you can choose the sampler. They'll also make your food spicy if you ask.
My Thoughts
I selected the Chinese 5 spice pork belly bowel. The bowl comes with the choose of white or brown rice. I opted for the brown rice. It's also comes with sautéed carrots, zucchini, bean sprouts, edamame and Piko's own sauce. I also got the fried egg on top which is extra but is so worth it. My food was fresh. The Chinese 5 spice pork belly had a ton of flavor. The veggies were tasty on their own. The rice was prefect.
The service was amazing. The young lady working the window nice and friendly. She answered all my questions as this was my first time ordering from the Piko food truck. My only complaint is that I didn't order two bowls because the taste was amazing.
If you see the Piko food truck around I encourage you to order yourself a meal you won't be disappointed.
Below are pictures of my food and the truck on the day I ordered.
You can find Piko online at pikostreet.com and on twitter & Instagram using @PikoTruck
I was lucky enough to score a ticket to Dave Chappelle 15 show run in Chicago. All 12* performances sold out in an hour. This just shows how much people miss what Dave Chappelle offers to the entertainment space. I went to his first show Friday. The doors open at 5:30pm and because the shows were what I thought were standing only shows I got there right at 5:30pm. There was already a line around the corner and down the block. I was lucky I had a nip* for a blogger event I had gone to. I was thinking my short ass ain't gonna be able to see shit. Feeling defended I waited my turn to be ticketed and Yondred.
Yondr is a phone-sock startup that Dave Chappelle partners with to stop recordings of his shows. It's know people sneak video camera into shows and record the artist. With the advancement of smartphones it's become more difficult for preforming artist to protect their work. In teaming up with Yondr Dave is hoping to protect his new material from linking on the internet. I would describe Yonder like putting your phone in a pouch and then having someone putting a clothing store security lock on it. I was able to keep my Yondred phone.
The show turn out to be non assigned seat show. When the seats on the ground level where filled people where then directed to the upper level. I was lucky because I came solo I was able to get a single seat on the ground floor near the stage. Without my phone I chatted with the sisters that were seated next to me. I will admit I kept touching my locked up phone. This did bring one thing to my attention. I need to get a watch. I didn't know the time without my phone. A man a few seats down had a watch on and the people in my row named him our leader.
While we waited we listened to the sounds of DJ Trauma. He played a range of old school to current hip hop and R&B. He did the damn thing. Dave have two comedians warm the crowd up. They both were equally funny in their own right. The opening comedians could change.
Dave Chappelle then came to the stage. He had me laughing from the second he made his first joke. My man still got it. He show was very current. He touched on topics like interracial marriage, gay parenting, transgender acceptance to being a dog owner. The crowd was very mixed. All races and ages. We were all joined as one for 2 1/2 hours. We were all Dave Chappelle fans.
If you get the chance to see Dave Chappelle live please do so. I have to check this off my bucket list. I put this right up there with other great performers I've seen like Beyonce, Jay Z, Nas and Lauren Hill. I forgive you Dave for Yondring me.
Pictures below show how the Yondr looks.
*Dave did a preview show in addition to adding one show after original sale date.
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