Antojitos Hondureños

Get the baleadas. For those of you who don’t know what to order, you order the baleadas. Baleadas are the Honduran version of burritos… but here they make the tortilla by hand. My wife is from Honduras and she loves this food bus.
Get the works… beans, sour cream, cheese, avocado, and egg. Don’t add the steak. It was chewy. Say «quiero baleada con frijoles, crema, queso, aguacate, huevo». And make sure to ask for extra avocado
I’ve tried other items and the only other thing I’ve liked are the fried plantanes (platanos fritos)

Asqueroso lugar, baños sucios, puertas, mesas pisos etc. LA COMIDA… nos salio un cabello en la baleada, y la mesera ni siquiera se disculpo… nos trajeron el coctel de camarones con unos «minis» camarones, los devolvimos y luego nos los querian cobrar, el dueno, despota, vulgar y prepotente, queriendo humillarnos cuando no quisimos pagar por por lo que devolvimos, incluyendo la baleada con cabello. Y de las meseras ni hablar, ni siquiera un gracias o un disculpe por el cabello en la baleada. UN RESTAURANTE QUE ES IDEAL PARA CONTRAER UNA BACTERIA. «Ojo mucho ojo»

While driving on North Lamar, I was magically enchanted by this trailer bus and demanded that my driver turn around. «Really?» he asked. «REALLY!» Maybe it was because we’d been prowling the aisles at IKEA, but some Honduran food sounded great.
What we found was a trailer that rewards in-​the-​know folks with bonus treats, but leaves us broken Spanish speakers with a grammar lesson and no avocado slices.
The menu is about 10 items listed on a board, by title only, with no English descriptions. The five or so photographs aren’t labeled, so it’s kind of a toss-​up about what to order. A curated visit with an in-​the-​know friend would probably have gone better than my attempt at ordering two things: the fried chicken with fried plantains, and a quesadilla thing called a baleada, stuffed with fermented black beans and unusually funky white cheese. $ 10 for both.
We waited on the picnic tables for a to-​go order, and while everyone was nice, I really did feel like the odd girl at the club. The food was FINE but I feel like I missed the secret password.

I’m vegetarian so the only thing I order here is the bean/​cheese baleada (and the Horchata, which is great). Still, it is the BEST baleada I’ve ever had. I’ve been to 4 or 5 Honduran restaurants in Texas (Houston and Dallas) and have never had one as good. Next time my family comes to visit, I’m taking them here for lunch!

I had the Molida con tajadas (ground beef with fried plantains). It was delicious but salty. Maybe that’s just how Honduran food is. It turned out to be a huge amount of food for $ 7.50. The prices are cheap for Austin standards.
Other than Pollo Frito, I had no idea what the other things on the menu were. The pictures were not super clear. I recommend googling the dishes on your smartphone or bringing a Spanish-​speaking friend to help translate the dishes.
Antojitos Hondurenos is an old schoolbus converted into a kitchen. It is located along North Lamar (on the east side) right across from Texan Motel and Dealer’s Electric Supply. It is a little south of the Walgreens. Currently, there is a huge yellow billboard with «Quicky Tattoo» over the schoolbus.
Most of the cars parked in the spaces off North Lamar perpendicular to the street but you can also pull inside the wirelink fence. Backing out into North Lamar near a busy intersection doesn’t sound fun so I’d rather park at the Walgreens across the street and walk over. ;)

My first time eating Honduran. Kinda out of sight behind a chainlink fence, so circumstances necessitated the u-​turn. I got the carne molida con tajadas, not having an idea of what was going to be tajada on the dish, hoping for at least a vegetable or two.
Completely exploded all expectations. Opening up the styrofoam box, I didn’t know what to make of what I was seeing. It looked Turkish. Turned out to be well seasoned picadillo (ground beef) w/​carrots and potatoes, the occasional strip of green bell pepper/​what appeared to be celery, over a bed of queso fresco and raw cabbage, ON TOP of fried plantains. The upper right hand corner is taken up by a pickled salad, mostly of onions with some jalapenos and cucumbers. Individual elements weren’t over-​spectacular, but the gestalt was mindblowing for this neophyte.
Ridiculous, and the plate was heavy as hell. A sound investment.
N.B.- You’ll need at least some Spanish to order, and if you have any questions about the menu, English will probably get you nowhere. Service isn’t Texan-​hyperupbeat-​smilesmilesmile friendly, so if that’s your thing and you’re a non-​hispanophone, eating here probably won’t be fun.

Decided to try this after reading an article in the Chron a month or so ago about Honduran food in Austin. We had the platano frito and the Honduran «enchilada» with carne molida (ground beef), which is similar to what we in Texas would call a chalupa. Both were tasty, although the enchilada was too salty for me. The plaintains on the platano frito plate were kind of caramelized and very yummy. The truck itself is fun– a converted bus, painted in the colors of the Honduran flag (blue and white). I would go back if I were hungry and in the area.

This is an excellent, excellent food truck! Kind of hard to see from the road, which is surprising… given that it’s a converted church or school bus and is pretty enormous. The menu is pretty small, but how much diversity should you expect from a food truck?
We had two separate plates — a chicken taco-​esque plate that was delicious — crisp, thin tortilla around a spiced, shredded chicken. All topped with pickled cabbage and slightly sweet sauce. Just scrumptious. We also had the platano plate, featuring perfectly friend plantains, black beans, and crema. Also delicious.
Yes, the price was a bit high considering you aren’t getting table service. BUt the food is prepared when you order (as opposed to be lumped onto a plate from a holding tray), and, the servings are generous. Plus, if you think Tex-​Mex is the food served throughout all of Meso-​America, you will be pleasantly surprised by the differences on this menu.
They offer picnic benches under a canopy, complete with fans and lights. Very comfortable.

I was driving norte on norte Lamar and what did my distracted driving eyes behold? New stand in my hood!
Honduran food?!?
After some serious squealing Scion tires I pulled up in front of Antojitos Hondureños just next to the Quicky Tattoo. Which to do first? Eat Honduran or grab a tattoo? The name didn’t fool me, I knew I good tattoo takes upward of 6 minutes and I only had 4 at my disposal. Antojitos didn’t disappoint.
I perused the menu and found pleasure in the platano based dishes. I asked the señor in the window in perfect, broken Spanish what the best plato was on the menu.
The response? Todos.
Typico.
After I wagged my finger he recommended the carne asada which I promptly procured. Price was a bit more than I anticipated: $ 8 but the portion was huge! Strips of steak, pickled onion, cabbage, plaintains, beans, and a block of cheese.
The carne was quite good (except a bit salty) as were the plaintains and onions. I found the beans and cheese just too salty for these buds.
Kudos for the large portions, friendly delivery, and Hondurenness of it all.
I will definitely volver.