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The Taco Van

k2  said about 1 year ago  or at  2:00PM on Thursday, November 10 2011 in industry

Nothing brings the ex-coolsie-now-noise-complaining-hippie-parent-demographic out of the woodwork like the fucking taco van. What's the deal with this phenomena? I've seen it around and there is always a huge crowd of RRR-sooky-banjo-alt-folk-music listening types with their filthy never-eaten-a-mcdonalds-happy-meal demon spawn.


rawr  said about 1 year ago:

haha. excellent.


Coz  said about 1 year ago:

Is there something wrong with loving tacos? Cos if there is, I don't want to be right.


anonymous  said about 1 year ago:

w-o-a-h-a-l-o-t-o-f-d-a-s-h-e-s


rawr  said about 1 year ago:

RRR-sooky-banjo-alt-folk-music listening types

i like this bit.

truth be told, i also fucken love tacos.


Coz  said about 1 year ago:

And just for the record, my parents were hippies who raised me on a vegetarian diet and as such I didn't have my first happy meal until I was at least 10. Best fucking thing they could have done for me.


k2  said about 1 year ago:

Hey I fucken love tacos too. I just wondered why it attracted a crowd of people who sit around it being hippies


k2  said about 1 year ago:

And just for the record, my parents were hippies who raised me on a vegetarian diet and as such I didn't have my first happy meal until I was at least 10

Did they push their huge fucking pram into Pope Joan on a sunday morning and tell the world about it though? I'm guessing not. I'm trying to stereotype here coz, and you're not helping.


Coz  said about 1 year ago:

Well the last couple of times I've seen it, once it was out the front of Mr Wilkinsons - people generally ''sit around'' at bars. The time before that, it was parked next to a park on a sunny, balmy evening. If I hadn't been too broke I totally would have gotten into that, parks and sunshine are nice.


Oscarwilde  said about 1 year ago:

I didn't have mcdonalds until I was 18


Coz  said about 1 year ago:

Did they push their huge fucking pram into Pope Joan on a sunday morning and tell the world about it though? I'm guessing not. I'm trying to stereotype here coz, and you're not helping.

Well, you kinda suck big balls at not stereotyping, judging by this thread.


Tiger Tiger  said about 1 year ago:

how much are tacos?


untold/animals  said about 1 year ago:

had potential; got boring


max bulk  said about 1 year ago:

You make it sound like eating a McDonalds Happy Meal is some kind of human right that parents are withholding from their children.

My parents didn't let me anywhere near that kind of shit, and to this day I thank them for it. Probably one of the reasons I don't have shit eating habits now.


k2  said about 1 year ago:

oh god, you dont really think im defending parents of little fat children eating fucking mcdonalds do you?

DELETE THIS SITE


fzchk  said about 1 year ago:

never-eaten-a-mcdonalds-happy-meal demon spawn.

You should have added -food-allergies-up-the-wazoo-having- if you really want to put a fine point on your stereotype.


k2  said about 1 year ago:

So next time I see this moving jamboree, I will have to assume that Coz may be sitting around a drum circle eating tacos.


untold/animals  said about 1 year ago:

you are all a bunch of friggin cunts mate


jeebee  said about 1 year ago:

I've seen it around and there is always a huge crowd of RRR-sooky-banjo-alt-folk-music listening types with their filthy never-eaten-a-mcdonalds-happy-meal demon spawn.

Makes me think of this:


team ham sandwich  said about 1 year ago:

Well, you kinda suck big balls at not stereotyping, judging by this thread.

Coz. You are my third favourite type of lettuce. After iceberg and oak leaf lettuce.


ocelotl  said about 1 year ago:

Probably one of the reasons I don't have shit eating habits now.

I know, my folks were always filling me up with Big Macs and stuff, so coprophagy was kind of the inevitable next step.


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k2  said about 1 year ago:

I want to open a yakitori stand. Can I do this now?


anonymous  said about 1 year ago:

the fitout of the japanese food van that was around for the state of design festival was for sale.


Tiger Tiger  said about 1 year ago:

looks like Gumbo Kitchen are doing are doing a Mardis Gras thing tomorrow near Melbourne cemetary with a New Orleans style second line marching band.


sting-bono  said about 1 year ago:

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/pedalling-their-wares-20120303-1u96u.html

I don't know how I feel about somebody sweating and breathing heavy handling my food. What next? Homing pigeons delivering kfc? That I would buy!


TheBastard  said about 1 year ago:

sweating and breathing heavy handling my food

mmmmm.....I don't know about you, but I'd count that as a GOOD weekend....if you were into that kinda thing....

Seriously, I'd imagine there would be less sweating and heavy breathing on the bike as most of the stuff would be already prepared due to space restrictions, and they wouldn't be stuck in a tin caravan slaving over an oven or frier just before handing you the food. After arriving at said destination as a micro bike business owner type person you most likely wouldn't be going far and working up a sweat, not unless you are actively peddling peddling after people... then that would be kinda scary


sting-bono  said about 1 year ago:

What if they pedal to produce electricity for the stove


TheBastard  said about 1 year ago:

This discussion is reminding me of a pedal powered Ice cream or coffee stall that used to be at festivals a few years ago. I'm having a serious case of deja vu here....can't.....remember...festival fuzziness.....argghh!

Umm...
If they had to pedal to produce electricity for the stove I'd imagine it would need to be a 2 person operation at that point in order to make the food serve it etc. too much multi tasking! It would then have to be set up like an exercise bike at that stage....you'd think....just not practival serving food on the go like that....hrmmm

Anyway, you can get hand sanitiser, or gloves or something....and food handling laws would still apply. I'd think they'd be more strict as there would be more variables.


Brian O'Dwyer  said about 1 year ago:

A friend of mine runs a pedal power smoothie stall, she makes the customer do the pedaling, reckons she sells more that way.


anok  said about 1 year ago:

the food trucks in the US put our efforts to shame. some of the options are obscenely good. raph needs to get french fries up in the raph burger ASAP. that's all i wanna eat these days.


ocelotl  said about 1 year ago:

What do you mean, anok? They do sell fries.


anok  said about 1 year ago:

put fries in the burger, i mean.


ocelotl  said about 1 year ago:

Ohhh, and also ew. Why would you want to do that? OK, I've never tried it. Kind of chip butty meets burger, I guess. Still, you could buy fries and stick 'em in there yourself.


anok  said about 1 year ago:

i just think the shroom burger is kinda boring taste/texture wise and could do with some tactfully placed french fries. i said the raph above, but meant the shroom... oops i don't think it's quite there in the value for money stakes either. don't wanna have to do it myself. cmon.


ocelotl  said about 1 year ago:

Oh, fries in a vegie burger, this is making slightly more sense to me now.


black wasp!  said about 9 months ago:

Suck shit everybody. Trend officially co-opted!


anonymous  said about 9 months ago:

if any of those show up in brunswick, let me know.


electricsound  said about 9 months ago:

^^


black wasp!  said about 9 months ago:


electricsound  said about 9 months ago:

brb


LeRayonVert  said about 9 months ago:

In Adelaide look out for Tacocat
www.facebook.com/pages/Tacocat/341767735862232


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