Street Food


During the last class we cover a part of unit 2b that talked about street food. 

There is a growing trend of street food all around the world: the food trucks.

Let's go to the following track to watch a short video about them: 


After you watch the video answer these questions: 

What kind of food is served in the trucks? 
How do the trucks function?
Why did some people began in the business?

Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about? Which places would you visit? What name would it have.

Post your answers as a comment below. 



15 comentarios:

  1. What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    > It can serve any kind of meal in the trucks, but usually fast food is served.

    How do the trucks function?
    > The most of food is already done previously, so just need to take the order and assemble it.

    Why did some people began in the business?
    > Because is easier than initiate a restaurant business, and they can make their own way.

    Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about?
    > It would be about meat; I would serve many types of meat in variety of ways.

    Which places would you visit? What name would it have.
    > I would visit publics places like parks, outside of business buildings and university campus.
    > It would be called "meatCar".

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  2. Luis Felipe MM

    What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    Most of the time is served fast food because it's easier to prepare and sell than other type of food.
    How do the trucks function?
    The trucks have inside them all the kitchen utensils as well as the required food
    Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about? Which places would you visit? What name would it have.
    Maybe it would be about Mexican food because that is the best food on Earth. If that happens someday, I would like to visit NYC and the truck's name would be… I don't know… “Mexican food track”.

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  3. Jossette Quesada Rodríguez.

    1. What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    -Sea food
    -Fast food
    -Traditional food of others countries (for example: Mexican, Brazilian, Korean food)

    2. How do the trucks function?
    -They have a kitchen inside with everything they need, and they cook the meal and sell it in the same place.

    3. Why did some people began in the business?
    -Because it's very expensive to begin into a restaurant.

    4. Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about?
    - Traditional food

    5. Which places would you visit?
    - Crowded places like San José.

    6. What name would it have.
    -TicoFood

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  4. Eduardo González Araya

    What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    They usually served fast food like tacos, sandwich, hamburgers and burritos.

    How do the trucks function?
    Most of the truck use gasoline, and they fill the truck with water and propane to cook the food.

    Why did some people began in the business?
    Because it´s expensive began in a restaurant and it´s easier start in a food truck.

    Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about? Which places would you visit? What name would it have.
    If I had a food truck it would be about hamburgers, any type and any size of hamburgers. I would like to have a challenge, the person who eats a huge hamburger its free. I would like to visited parks, campus and stadiums. The name of my food truck would be “challenge accepted”

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  6. Karen Herrera Carpio
    What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    Food that is easy to eat, and easy to prepare. It is important serve something unique or original to be successful in the industry
    How do the trucks function?
    The people can find those trucks in the streets, that are easy to find and you can buy a very delicious food without going to a restaurant
    Why did some people began in the business?
    Because is easy to make money of it, and they enjoy the experience of bring a good food to the people.
    Now if you had the opportunity to hace a food truck what would it be about? Wich places would you visit? What name would it have?
    I love the coffee hour so probably I would have a truck to serve coffee and dessert. I would visit universities or work places, and I would call it “Hey café”

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  7. What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    They can serve any kinds of food like sea food or food from different countries (Mexican, Brazilian, Korean), but mainly fast food because it is easier to prepare.
    How do the trucks function?
    The trucks have a kitchen inside with all the utensils that they need.
    Why did some people began in the business?
    Because is easier than create a restaurant, they are independents, they work to hers liking.
    Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about?
    I would about sea food, because it have a great demand here.
    Which places would you visit? What name would it have.
    I would visit public fairs and any kind of public events, and the truck would be called Oleo´s sea food.

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  8. What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    They serve many kinds of food, like fast food, sea food, desserts, korean, mexican, brazilian...

    How do the trucks function?
    They are equipped with stoves, fridges or fryers, depending on what they serve, where they cook the food and then go around the streets selling it.

    Why did some people began in the business?
    Because most of them wanted restaurants but it was too expensive, so it was reachable to get a truck.

    Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truckwhat would it be about? Which places would you visit? What nae would it have?
    If I had that chance I would like to make it about tacos, burritos, hamburgers, seafood, cocktails, good cold beverages beacuase I would visit crowded beaches and I would name it Rolling Gaby.

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  9. -What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    All kinds of food, for example: fast food, desserts, international food and food is easy and fast to prepare.
    -How do the trucks function?
    The trucks have equipment necessary to prepare food, when the customers come to the trucks, the food is ready, and they can buy their food many fast.
    -Why did some people began in the business?
    Because is a cheap way to has a restaurant and can sell food.
    -if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about? Which places would you visit? What name would it have.
    It would be about Moroccan food, i would visit public places, likes parks and universities, its name would be Special Spices

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  10. What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    They prepare a lot of type of food, for instances: fast food, international food and desserts.
    How do the trucks function?
    They prepare the necesary to cook, the people come to buy the food and they give it, everything is made it in the truck.
    Why did some people began in the business?
    Because is a interesting form to offer food, and is cheaper than a restaurant.

    Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about? Which places would you visit? What name would it have.

    If I have a food truck I would offer latin food, beacuase is very common and delicious, I would stay near to soccer stadium because many people come there, and I will name it like Topher´s food.

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  11. 1. What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    Traditional food from other countries like Mexican, Korean and Brazilian food, also sea food and fast food.
    2. How do the trucks function?
    The trucks are equipped with the utensils inside them.
    3. Why did some people began in the business?
    Because is cheaper than a restaurant.
    4. Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about?
    It would be about healthy food.
    5. Which places would you visit?
    Central Valley places.
    6. What name would it have?
    H.F.

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  12. Answers
    1) What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    Different types of food, of diferentes countries like mexican food, corean food,etc.But this food have in common that are easy to prepare.

    2) How do the trucks function?
    The food trucks are equipped with the ingredients and utensils that they need.

    3)Why did some people began in the business?
    Because is more rentable than a resturant.

    4) Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about?
    Well, i don't know i never tought about it, but maybe if i had a food truck,would be of desserts.

    5) Which places would you visit?
    Maybe universities, and in the summer I would visit the beach.
    6)What name would it have?
    sweet charm.

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  13. 1-> What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    Most of the food that is served is fast, but in some of the trucks they decide to served organic food, some of them served traditional food from diferent countries like mexican, koeran... Most of the trucks use simple methods to prepare the food

    2-> How do the trucks function?
    The trucks are well equipped witll all the ingredients and utensils that are necessaries
    3-> Why did some people began in the business?
    Because it's really hard to start with restaurants business, so they saw it was is more cheaper then that.
    4-> Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about?
    It would be about fresh food such as fruits, milkshakes and ice cream, more then anything cold deserts.
    5-> Which places would you visit?
    Universities, parks, the beach... the hottest places
    6-> What name would it have?
    DY Fresh

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  14. What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    They serve different kind of food, for example Korean, Brazilian, Mexican food, also organic food and others.
    How do the trucks function?
    The food is cooked in the trucks and sold in the trucks, they can go around different places for selling the food. Also if you are the truck owner, you can choose to work or to go on vacations.
    Why did some people began in the business?
    Some people began in that business because they wanted to get into de restaurant business but it is too hard to get in, so they began step by step based in the food trucks.

    Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about? Which places would you visit? What name would it have.
    If i have the opportunity to have a food truck it would be about sea food, and i would try to visit as many beaches as i could, in CR and other countrys. It would be named FO.

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  15. What kind of food is served in the trucks?
    The food that is served in the trucks is fast food.

    How do the trucks function?
    Those trucks in the streets so is easy to find and you can buy food and eat in the street if you are hungry.

    Why did some people began in the business?
    Some of them wants a restaurant and this way is a cheaper way to have a restaurant and you can go whit the restaurant where you want

    Now if you had the opportunity to have a food truck what would it be about?
    A fast food restaurant, where you can find hamburgers, tacos, hot dogs and otter food like this.

    Which places would you visit?
    Maybe I visit places like bars, universities, parks…

    What name would it have?
    “Salva tandas”.

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