The OC Foodie Fest is Orange County’s first major gourmet food truck event taking place Saturday, August 28th at Honda Center in Anaheim.  The one-day event will be the ultimate foodie destination, featuring the best in popular mobile eats combined with a unique forum to showcase local entertainment & shopping to help support local charities.

This summer, the OC Foodie Fest is bringing Orange County 50 of the most popular, creative and unique food trucks Southern California has to offer. They’ll be serving up a wide variety of culinary creations, international cuisine and specialties such as fusion tacos, freshly steamed hand-made dumplings, the finest in delicious baked treats and so much more! The participating food trucks will include local favorites Komodo (yours truly), Taco Dawg, Calbi BBQ, Oh For Sweet’s Sake, Piaggio on Wheels, Seabirds, Tropical Shave Ice.  The event will also feature gourmet eats from well-known chefs including the LudoTruck from Chef Ludo Lefebvre best known for his appearances on Bravo’s Top Chef Masters & the Food Network’s Iron Chef America and recently named Chef of the Future by Time Magazine.

In celebration of Indonesia’s upcoming Independence Day (August 17), we are featuring our Indonesian Beef Rendang Dish- Java.
Beef Rendang is a dish which originated from the Minangkabau ethnic group of Indonesia, and is now commonly served across the country. One of the characteristic foods of Minangkabau culture, it is served at ceremonial occasions and to honour guests

Our Java/ Beef Rendang is slowly cooked in coconut milk and spices for several hours until almost all the liquid is gone, allowing the meat to absorb the spicy condiments. It takes as long as 3-4 hours to fully cook this delectable dish and get all the flavors down, definitely something worth waiting for. The cooking process changes from boiling to frying as the liquid evaporates. The slow cooking process allows the meat to absorb all the spices and to become tender. There are many versions of cooking Rendang of course, but our Java/Beef Rendang will blow you away. Topped with Cucumber Salad, our Java Beef Rendang dish is our favorite take on this classic Indonesian dish.

Last Saturday’s Outdoor Cinema Food Fest taking place in Downtown LA (by FIDM) was sick. We were so touched by the outpouring of fans coming out to see Swingers and waiting patiently for Komodo truck food. We hope it was all well worth it. We love you guys.

Here are beautiful shots courtesy of lisarosephoto.com

Komodo was on FIYAH!

Truffle Fries rock!

Summer fun in the city!

Waiting patiently for Blazin Shrimp tacos

If you missed the action and want to find out when’s the next Outdoor Cinema Food Fest- don’t stress- there are future dates you can catch.

Simply go to http://www.outdoorcinemafoodfest.com/ and check out all the fun movies playing this summer. Komodo will be back a few times to partake on the fun so don’t forget to come and say hi!

We had an amazing time catering the Producer’s Guild of America mixer at the FOX studio lot, thanks to our friends Shawna and Sonya who helped connecting us.

At the event, we celebrated the launch of our brand new dish- SOI, a vegetarian soy tempeh dish with a lovely and savory peanut salad.

What’s “tempeh” you ask? Here’s a great 411 from Wikipedia

Tempeh, or tempe in Indonesian, is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans  into a cake form. Tempeh is unique among major traditional soy-foods in that it is the only one that did not originate in China or Japan. It originated in today’s Indonesia, and is especially popular on the island of Java, where it is a staple source of protein. Like tofu, tempeh is made from soybeans, but tempeh is a whole soybean product with different nutritional characteristics and textural qualities. Tempeh’s fermentation process and its retention of the whole bean give it a higher content of protein, dietary fiber, and vitamin. It has a firm texture and strong flavor. Because of its nutritional value, tempeh is used worldwide in vegetarian cuisine; some consider it to be a meat analogue.

Just the first night of release, already it is one of our fans favorites of the evening. Together with a completely redesigned Summer Menu, the Soi is available as burritos or tacos. Go get em today! Yes, you don’t have to be a vegan to enjoy this delectable dish.

So much excitement is building around the first annual LA Street Food Fest. Tasting table featured us as one of the key trucks to look out for for this amazing event.

Click here for the complete article. Thanks for the shout out, Tasting Table!

**Update, also writing about Komodo and The LA Street Food Fest are

- ZagatBuzz LA

- LAist.com

The Komodo Truck is partnering with the one and only LA County Museum of Art’s MUSE organization to create a custom burrito called The Muse Burrito. Muse is LACMA’s membership group for young artists and art enthusiasts. With a mission to elevate the experience of supporting the arts, Muse offers its members a dynamic balance of social, educational, and philanthropic activities throughout the year.

We will be cohosting an event with MUSE to support the Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects and launch the brand new designer burrito (proceeds of this burrito will go towards funding the arts). See details below

Saturday, February 20 | 7 pm
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
6006 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232

To begin our year-long initiative of partnering with communities across Los Angeles, Muse is collaborating with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects in their brand new space for a night of art, artist lectures, and live entertainment in Culver City. The inaugural exhibition featured in this space offers both a solo show of Rodney McMillian and group show including local artists such as Ruben Ochoa, Andrea Bowers, and Edgar Arceneaux. For more information about Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects, visit vielmetter.com.

The night will start off at 7pm with an after-hours viewing of the exhibition. Throughout the course of the night there will be artists present to discuss their work and live entertainment until 10pm. There will be a complimentary beer/wine/soju bar and the Komodo truck will be selling their dangerously good food on-site, including the launch of their new burrito—The Muse. The Muse will be sold wherever Komodo goes and, with its every purchase, a donation will be made to LACMA Muse.

Admission to the event is free, but a $10 donation is suggested. Muse members are welcome to bring guests to the event. To RSVP, send an email with “Muse in Culver City” in the subject line to sgregg@lacma.org. Please include your email address and the number in your party in the body of the email.

Click here for more information on joining LACMA MUSE

Stay tuned for more of our designer MUSE burrito, can’t wait for you all to try it!

Get ready to EAT YOUR HEART OUT! Celebrate and discover LA’s amazing street food scene with an annual outdoor festival that promises to be a delicious good time…

Featuring Komodo Truck and the best of LA’s gourmet food trucks and street food! Taking place on Feb 13

Where: LA CENTER STUDIOS
Enter on 500 S. Beaudry Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90017

In addition…

AUTHENTIC LA STREET FOOD
Sample dozens of authentic street food delicacies including pambazos from Antojitos de Abuelita, acaraje from Sabor de Bahia, Mama Koh’s Korean chicken wings and much more

BREED STREET FOOD FAIR

Sample street food vendors from East LA’s Breed Street scene including Rodolfo’s Barbacoa, Hello Lupe’s Pancakes, Antojitos Carmen and Nina’s Foods

SPECIAL STREET FOOD FEST SAMPLING MENUS

Enjoy sampling and try as much as you want!  All of our food vendors are offering specially priced sample sized menus and day of event items just for you!

Plus shopping from LA’s best designers, artists, music and more!

It’s Taco Tuesday and we have something “sweet” coming our way. Come to our truck for a brand new addition to our menu. Cookies and Sweets by Meg’s Goodies (www.megsgoodies.com). Created and designed by the talented pastry genius, Megan Chan, Meg’s Goodies promises nothing but quality gourmet boutique-style cookies; they are to die for. We are congratulating Meg’s Goodies in a big way. Come try Meg’s famous Gourmet Chocolate Chips and Oatmeal Raisins Cookies in our truck today; you won’t be dissapointed.

We’ll be in Miracle Mile (5700 Wilshire) pulling all the stops, so don’t miss out on this exciting premier.

Komodo has a signature meatball dish with Romesco Sauce.

What is Romesco you ask? Well, it is a type of sauce originated from Catalonia- made with a delicious blend of almonds, pepper, garlic, olive oil, a variety of herbs and our secret touch. While traditionally served on seafood, we chose to remix the composition and adding it as a contrasting element to our meatball dish. Order your Romesco Sauce flavored Meatballs today from our truck!

Two additional trucks are rolling out soon that will cater to the infamous burger fans of Los Angeles. Although much of the niche has been served mostly by Baby’s Badass Burgers, will they continue to be “badass” with the mainstream release of Umami Burger and Grill’ Em All. Twitter: @umamiburger. Twitter: @grillemalltruck. The gourmet burgers offered by our nouveau (love that word) truck industry will definitely become a heated battle of upscale burgers. We here at Komodo can’t wait to try them all!