Interview Exclusive with Not So Fast! Food Truck

Interview Exclusive with Not So Fast! Food Truck

Not So Fast! Food Truck opened in late July 2012. Owners and chefs Bob Montgomery and June Sinclair took some time to answer questions for sdfoodtrucks.com.

not so fast food

How would you describe your food?
Local, Sustainable, Paleo. Healthy fast food on the go! We try to incorporate seasonal produce as well as our own personal tastes into each menu item. Meats and vegetables are a staple.

What is “Paleo”?
The Paleo & Primal lifestyle isn’t just about what you can’t eat, but more about what you can. Local, sustainable and pasture raised meats, seasonal organic vegetables and fruits, nuts, seeds and healthy oils. The diet allows us to eat delicious, nutrient packed food that our bodies have evolved to eat over thousands and thousands of years. Agriculture was just introduced 10,000 years ago, our bodies have not learned to digest grains, legumes and processed foods yet.

What makes your truck/food great/unique?
We source all of our meats from local farms and we know what they eat, what kind of land they’re raised on, and who the farmers are that tend to them every day. Unlike other trucks or restaurants, we make every single thing on our truck from scratch without the use of Gluten, Soy, Conventional Dairy, Legumes, or Preservatives.

Hey, what do you have against legumes?

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Therapie Boutique Interview Exclusive

Therapie Boutique Interview Exclusive

Therapie is a mobile boutique offering “Style on the Go” for women of all ages. Cute dresses, stylish tops and bottoms, adorable bags, sparkly jewelry and more fill this fab, rehabbed 27-foot RV. Good luck getting out of there without making a purchase or developing a serious crush on a certain bauble or piece of must-have clothing! Therapie’s owner, Kelly Carney, was kind enough to take some time from her busy schedule to speak with us in this exclusive interview with SDFT.

Therapie Boutique

SDFT: In our brief chat, you mentioned that you were in retail for 23 years. Did you own your own boutique prior to investing in your mobile venture?
KC: Yes, I worked in, owned, and operated several small businesses in San Diego. I also worked for Nordstrom for 15 years where I honed my customer service skills and my eye for style and fit.

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T1O Interview Exclusive

T1O Interview Exclusive

*Note: The T1O truck is now closed.*

T1O, which opened in November of 2011, is currently the only Thai food truck in San Diego. Dishes like spicy grilled beef salad, tom yum goong, drunken noodles, short pork ribs, pad Thai, Pad See Ew, and panang, pumpkin, and eggplant green curries grace their SPICY menu. They were kind enough to answer some questions for SDFT in this interview exclusive!

Drunken Noodles

What did you do before you had the food truck? Tell us a little about yourself.
This is a family-run business. The family has so much talent–some have worked in Thai restaurants that the family has owned over the years, and others bring experience from the business world while others have a great creative spirit that knows no limits.

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Delicioso Interview Exclusive

Delicioso Interview Exclusive

Jorge Cortez opened Delicioso about a year ago, and his truck has an ever-changing menu, with dishes like Tex-Mex carne asada, ceviche, flatbread Mexican pizza, tortas cubana, skewers, spicy shrimp, smoked marlin, and veggie tacos, all with his signature basil rice. This is cuisine made with care and creativity, bursting with flavor and freshness. Don’t let the flowers on the side of this truck fool you—this is some serious food. Seriously delicious.

Delicioso Shrimp Taco

Jorge was kind enough to take the time to answer some questions for SDFT.

SDFT: What did you do before you had the food truck? Tell us a little about yourself.
JC: I was an elementary school teacher for fifteen years. Although teaching was very rewarding, I decided to venture into a new business, and catering was something that always interested me.

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Epic Eatz Interview Exclusive

Epic Eatz Interview Exclusive

Poke, ceviche, crab torta

Epic Eatz’ owner, John Adams, is an experienced chef who loves San Diego and expresses it through his self-described surf cuisine. The colorful truck, which opened in January 2012, serves tempting dishes like Hawaiian ahi poki, fish tacos, local Halibut ceviche, carnitas tortas and teriyaki-yaki tacos. He and his team take care to create fun, new dishes with Mexican, Asian and Polynesian influences using lots of local ingredients. John took the time to answer some questions for SDFT in this interview.

SDFT: What did you do before you had the food truck?  Tell us a little about yourself.
JA: I grew up working in the restaurant business, working every position in the industry. At the age of 17, I became sous chef at one of northern California’s best restaurants. I was very involved in the culinary scene until I graduated college and switched gears from food to technology.

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