Slap Yo Mama Truck

seeing a «soul food» truck for the first time, i was immediately drawn to it. there were a bunch of people already in line so, i decided «why not?!» and so did another cousin of mine. ordered the SOFT SHELL CRAB PO’ BOY for $ 10 it was pretty good, side of SPICY SLAW $ 3 not good, it was like eating mediocre cole slaw with hot sauce added to it and two lemonades $ 2/​each PEACH MANGO & REGULAR (one for someone else of course lol)
so, like i said based on just the po’ boy i would have rated higher maybe even 4 stars, BUT!!! the reason for the low rating was for a couple of reasons.
1. they freakin OVER CHARGED me!!! my order was only suppose to be $ 17 but was charged $ 19. but i thought whats $ 2 dollars? im pretty nice and thought id let it slide, might as well give them a tip =) so i didnt say anything to the guy who took the order (who was not friendly at all; pretty straight forward) HOWEVER! my cousin who ordered after me was OVER CHARGED too!!! wth??? ripping off customers is NOT a good way for people to talk about your truck!!!
2. there was HAIR in all of our lemonades!!! gross!!! considering we ordered two and both of them had hair in it floating around!!! YUCK!!!
«slap yo mama»??? more like TAP yo mama =(… i dont think i would give it another try even though the po’ boy was good.

Slap Yo Mama has lost their touch :(
I came by during Granada Hills Grub Fest last week and ordered their special. which i am not sure what it is ‘officially’ titled b/​c on facebook they said it was the Fried Chicken Melt and at the truck it was the Texas Grilled Cheese… and when i asked for the texas grilled cheese nobody knew what i was talking about. until i told them it was posted on facebook an hour ago. so they figured it out
i ordered, waited, got the sandwich and just thought. really? it was NOTHING special
the fried chicken was minimal as can be! maybe two nuggets worth in each half of the sandwich, a few slices of american cheese even though they said it would be Cheddar… and thats it
no special sauce or seasoning, no tomatoes, garlic, or other elements to make it ‘WOW’
think the run with Slap Yo Mama has ended for me :(

After wandering around through the assortment of food trucks, this one struck me as something to try. You could say it reached out and slapped me. What can I say, I’m a sucker for clever advertising. Also, it was one of the less ‘liney’ food trucks at the Street Food Cinema event. After reading their sign, I flip-​flopped between the alligator tacos, and the catfish po-​boy. The nice lady taking orders said that Alligator is rumored to taste very similar to Iguana, but since she hadn’t tried either, she wasn’t a good judge of what to order. After some internal debate, I decided upon the po-​boy sandwich.
Nice lady took my order, took my card, swiped it through her machine, and put my order up in the truck, where another person inside took the slip of paper and began preparing it. Their credit card machine was out of paper, so I didn’t get a receipt. (Total was $ 8.50) I took a step to the right, and hovered in the ‘waiting’ section and waited for a few minutes. When lady inside the truck called my name, I excitedly walked up to grab my po-​boy. Lady inside the truck asked if I would like her to ‘slap’ my sandwich with their special sauce. I agreed, and she squeezed an aesthetically appealing zig-​zag line of the sauce down the length of the roll.
I picked up my sandwich, and walked back to my blanket. Thankfully the guy sitting right in front of me had a bright red Mario hat, so finding it was only slightly difficult. Landmarks always make things better. After settling back down, I looked at the large sandwich, trying to figure out how to approach the sandwich neatly. Somebody had forgotten napkins again. It was a massive thing. I began by picking up a piece of catfish. I took a bite, and it was really, really, really hot. I quickly put it back down and gave it some time to cool off. It was well seasoned, and cooked evenly throughout the piece of fish. The ‘slapped’ sauce was also good.
After I’d eaten the piece of fish of the top, there was still a heck of alot of stuff on the sandwich. I figured I’d try and eat it sandwich-​style. I picked it up and took a bite. The fish and the veggies and sauce were great! The bed of veggies beneath the hot fish was cool and crisp. Unfortunately, I hadn’t ‘eaten down’ the po-​boy enough, and alot of stuff fell off the sandwich. I guess I’ll have to do that next time.
Good job Slap Yo Mama truck, good job. I’ll definitely give you guys another shot should our paths cross again.

I was embarassed how bad their food was. There were a bunch of us at this lunch so we tried a bunch of different things.
I had the King Crab gumbo and the Shrimp po’boy, and the hush puppies. It was pricey, all coming out to about $ 17.
The gumbo had one little bit of king crab. Otherwise it was salty sausage and rice, and it tasted like hot dog slop. It was really oversalted.
The Shrimp po’boy was a nasty white roll with four pieces of shrimp. The shrimp were really oversalted and I felt like washing them out with my Diet Coke to make them edible. I ate the shrimp and tossed the rest.
The hush puppies were just fried tasteless balls of dough. They had a hint of coriander, but not enough of a hint to make it tasty.
Horrible, horrible food. Skip it.

Other than to say you’ve eaten at a place called Slap Yo Mama, there’s no other reason to look for this food truck.
I mean it’s fine if the sides are subpar (Mac and Cheese tasted like it was mixed with sour cream) but when your main dish is nasty, that just kills the whole meal.
Lured in by the southern comfort sauce (i.e. the date is an alcoholic #redflag), we ordered the Twin Bayou burger and were completely disappointed. It tasted so bitter and oily that each time we took a bite, we would grimace and shudder while forcing the burger to go down.
Verdict: Total price of our meal was $ 15.5. Not worth one penny, unless you’re the type that likes quantity over quality. If so, then this is definitely your type of place: huge portions. If not, go to Hambone’s instead, now that’s good soul food worth coming back to.

Po’boy with raw, fried oysters, even though I asked for fully cooked. Should not have been served that way. Blech.
The guy taking orders was pleasant, but he promised that my oysters would be fully cooked. Took one bite, and it was bready, had too much mayonaise, and the oysters were slimily raw. Noooo thank you! Sad to say the most expensive dish of Food Truck Friday made it straight to the trash can. Boo :-(

Poor Mama… She doesn’t stand a chance with food this good. Slap Yo Mama is one of the So Cal food trucks that visits Vegas regularly so we have had them quite a few times. Joe and the whole crew are always so nice and friendly. Really make you feel welcome. Hubby loves the Snoop Dogg Monte Cristo. I am always like don’t you want something different but nope he gets it everytime. Me on the other hand is always trying something different, deep fried red velvet, mac and cheese, po’ boys. The one thing that I always want to try and haven’t been able to is the Suge Knight. Man I want that red velvet waffle. Hopefully next time they are in town, or I am in LA I can give it a try.

First time I tried the Snoop Dogg Cristos it was a year ago when Slap Yo Mama was at an event over at the South Point. I waited in line for 45 minutes for it! That’s how popular and much loved this food truck is here in Vegas. The food is the bomb and the staff here is über friendly and treats you like fam too! Joe is a 49er fan so that’s a plus in my book!
The Snoop Dogg Cristo is the soul food version of the Monte Cristo. Fried Chicken, Mac N Cheese, that’s sandwich between two waffles, then dipped in batter and deep fried. Topped with maple syrup then drizzled with powdered sugar! Oh yess! It’s a decent size serving, I share w/​my husband and ½ of my portion is pretty filling. It’s a deelish dish and a must have every time the Slap Yo Mama Truck is in town since they are based in the Los Angeles area.
Yes I know that deep fried foods aren’t healthy so spare me the lecture. I like eating the kind of food makes me happy and being happy and content is just as important for your health, right? So Snoop Dogg Cristos it is dinnah!

Catfish tacos were delicious! Perfectly fried fish and oh that spicy slap sauce! These should be a regular menu item!
Love that someone stands outside the truck to take your order and delivers your food to you on the same level… so hard for a shorty like me to stand so far below the window sometimes and so much more personal to do it this way.

…speechless…just keeep ordering snoop doggy critzto…(can’t even spell it right!) just give me fried chickenwith mac n cheese inbetween waffles and deep fry them then drizzle it with maple syrup!

I just wanted to add a quick update. I was looking for something to share with my pup, since she came along on this trip today. Most of the trucks had ingredients that she can’t have, so I say these chicken and biscuit sliders with spicy honey sauce on the truck.
I ordered it without the sauce and was expecting to get a couple sliders about the size usual size (about the size of a hawaiian roll– kind of smallish) that most sliders come in for the $ 6.
What I got instead were two fairly large biscuits, each with it’s own pretty large piece of chicken inside. I mean these things were probably the largest sliders I have gotten from a truck (and I have been to a few trucks).
And they tasted good, too!!!
I have to say, that was quite a good deal. So thanks Slap Yo Mama truck. And my dog thanks you, too.
On a side note: Since my first review, I have since tried the Shrimp Po Boy. I had been looking forward to trying it ever since I had the catfish one, but I have to honestly say. I think I prefer the catfish one. It had better flavor for me and better portions.

I really really really wanted to love this truck, but it just falls short.
I eat poboys like other guys eat big macs. I eat them a lot. And having just come back from Louisiana not too long ago, the way poboys should be made is fresh in my mind.
First off the roll was just too doughy; not cooked enough. And it was so thick that it hid the fact there was even shrimp inside. Bonus points for using cornmeal breading though.
The sauce is decent but why oh why isn’t there Crystal hot sauce available? I wanna slather that stuff on my poboy. It’s they way they’re meant to be eaten.
Anyway, I got a chance to try the shrimp risotto and it was fantastic, though hardly cajun in any way.
I’m nervous about trying their etoufee and gumbo after being so disappointed by their poboy.

Now THIS is a «hood”-themed food truck with HEART and SOULLLLLL!!!
.LOVING the Bebe’s Kids-​looking characters on the left side of the vehicle!!! HILARIOUS!!!
I ended up checking out this truck while meeting up with my Unilocal parre Wes S. around the city of Cerritos. He told me to check out a non-​profit organization’s food truck event with him and the Slap Yo Mama Truck was the 1^st truck to the left of the outdoor entrance. My boy Victor and others have told me about this truck and I’ve been wanting to try some of its food for the longest. So I tried…
The Snoop Dogg Cristo ($ 8).
…which was basically fried chicken, mac n’ cheese…(wait for it).
.that is battered and deep fried between 2 waffles… TOPPED with powdered sugar AND syrup!!!
Wesley ended up getting the Softshell Po’ Boy ($ 10):
.but we both ended up sharing our food. All of it was so damn good. I mean, damn… the Softshell Po’ Boy is something that Popeye’s wishes they can execute. Tasted like a seafood hotdog with a very unique bite!
The Snoop Dogg Cristo amalgam of Southern Fried Soul Food goodness reminded me of a chicken pot pie’s sexy sister that nobody heared about because she was stuck at home during the ball the same way Cinderella was. It had a twang of the Luther Burger, but instead of beef, it’s chicken. Just my opinion! My Gawwwwd, Tyrone! The Snoop Dogg Cristo tasted like a breakfast, lunch AND dinner all in one freakin’ plate!!!
Move out of the way, B&R Burger Truck… the REAL hood truck is the SLAP YO MAMA TRUCK and she’s pulling out the belt, extension cord, hot comb hot off the stove, vaseline, razorblades AND lemon juice for some serious food truck ass whoopin’ when it comes to competition! It is simply one of the most unique food truck I’ve ever tried. …up there next to Kogi, Grill’Em All, Frysmith, etc.

Based on taste and service received from Slap Yo Mama Truck personnel at the Gourmet Food Truck Block Party just held at the Suncoast Hotel & Casino in Vegas this weekend, this is one fine food truck, with a staff that knows how to cook and serve up a mean hot and meaty Soft Shell Crab Po’ Boy. While it looked liked a whole petrified soft shell crab was resting inside the supportive bun, in reality once past the antennae the distinct flavor of blue crab came out to be savored along with the remoulade that had been generously dipped onto the lightly deep-​fried crab. From then on, every bite was tasty until all was devoured. Lettuce, onion, and a small amount of tomato added to the enjoyment of this high-​end delicacy. At $ 11, the unusual po’ boy was rather pricey, but was worth the outlay of significant cash. Truck staffers were personable and patiently answered all questions asked.
Now having been properly introduced, I look forward to trying various other Slap Yo Mama soulful offerings at future food truck events in the Vegas valley.

I was super excited when I saw the lobster po-​boy listed on the menu at the Norwalk DDAGGO and couldn’t wait to get it!
I have to say for $ 12 this was one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever gotten off a food truck, AND I’ve eaten off a lot of food trucks! Seriously, it was a piece of toast w/​like maybe 7 small nuggets of fried what I assume is lobster w/​some lettuce. Leave alone that I felt ripped off, but you couldn’t even taste the lobster cuz all you tasted was fried batter which makes me wonder how much lobster was in there at all.
Needless to say I won’t be back… and I’d HIGHLY recommend you don’t bother. :-\

I can’t lie — I was a little appalled by the name of this truck. I’m not one to slap my mama, so I didn’t know what this truck was about at first, and skipped over it the first time I saw it. But the next time I saw it, I was more intrigued and decided to look at the menu to find that it was a soul food truck! Eating at this truck suddenly became obligatory.
Knowing food trucks, anything with lobster in it is usually somewhat of a rip-​off, so I passed over the lobster po boy. Instead, I decided to get the catfish po boy — if Slap Yo Mama does soul food well, they HAVE to be able to do catfish well.
The wait? Definitely not bad. So when it came out… we were already very happy. It smelled and looked so good. Make sure to spritz some hot sauce on your poboy — I was a little hesitant to do so at first, but after a couple of bites, I realized hot sauce does add a nice kick.
The catfish was perfectly crispy on the outside but moist and luscious on the inside. Catfish has never tasted so good! The simple combination of lettuce, tomato, and poboy sauce made it all the better. There was catfish in every bite, so I really can’t complain.
The ONE thing that irked me was that they ran out of collard greens, cheesy grits, and jumbalaya… I haven’t had collard greens and grits in the longest time (and I’m just a sucker for jumbalaya).
I’m absolutely eating at this truck again — especially because I want me some greens and grits!

Gosh… I hate to low-​rate food, but when it’s not even ‘mediocre’ and from a food truck where there’s so much fierce competition… and low overhead… maybe I expected real southern food, being from the south.
It plays out that I should listen to my fellow Unilocalers… Yes. I was craving soft shell crab po’boy… just like I get back home in Texas or in Louisiana. Waited, waited waited in the line that never seemed to move so I can order my tender crustacean… battered and stuffed in a roll… dreaming, drooling… ohhhhhhhhh… WE’re finally getting to order and…
«Sorry we rand out of soft shell crab.» (This is the norm with all food trucks if you dont arrive when they first open — it was already 2 hours into the SBDDAGG @ Lowes in Torrance)
:(
Oh well, no problem, lets get the blackened catfish taco, a catfish po’boy, spicy slaw, and some sweet potato fries.
Back to waiting — waiting, waiting… Then… sigh… maybe I shouldn’t expect great southern food on the west coast.
The po’boy was ‘ok’ cold, (i thought it would be hot… being that it should have come right out of the fryer) crunchy and the roll was that great chewy french roll — definitely the best part about the po’boy was the roll itself. There was not enough of their flavors to cover up that ‘catfishy’ taste. I’ll pass on this next time.
The sweet potato fries in all their golden beta carotene glory… fell short of warm, too. (How can you server cold food? — I would have waited a little bit longer than I already did, to have hot food.)
Now, I prefer to not even talk about them spicy cole slaw. But let me just say that it was «too much Louisiana hot saucy» for my taste.
I won’t be slapping my mama for this meal. My mama always told me to eat my food before it got cold. In this case the food was cold when I got it. It sort of makes me sad. This truck has great southern hospitality and all the fixin’s for southern pride!
Ill try them again at some point, maybe things will look northward!

I saw the reviews from Unilocal on my phone and yet I still did not listen. I was hoping this was a good place. I really did because I love jumbo.
Only thing I ordered and it was disgusting.
I mean you get this little tray that has watered down rice and meat. No flavor and the fact that there was so much water in there it made it feel more like a soup. Left disappointed.

The first time I tried this place, I thought it was a joke. And not a funny one. Except for the name, that’s pretty funny. They simply did not have their shit together at all. But this didn’t stop people from lining up the second they drove up. So you’d figure they have something worth waiting for.
Unfortunately I didn’t know what that was because their menu only had two things on it. Any newcomer was missing out on the other 80% of their unlisted menu. If I’m gonna eat from your truck, let me know what the heck you’re serving. So after some poking around I learned they had Mac nCheese hidden back there, to go along with my Oyster Po Boy.
Service was nice, but way green. I chalked this up to them being a new operation, but the wait time was pushing it. As for the food, I was disappointed. No way around it. The Oyster Po Boy was light on oysters, heavy on lettuce. Thats a no-​no. The Mac made me sad. It was essentially a white roux with no cheese taste at all. It was so bland I couldn’t tell where the mac ended and the to-​go container began.
This all seemed harsh though. I knew deep down if I came back, it’d be be better (couldn’t be worse). Caught em again, and Miracle of Miracles, their menu had a full listing of their stuff. Hooray, I know what the heck I can order. So I had the Mac again, and a Catfish Po Boy.
Final verdict on the Mac, it lacks cheese. Tried it twice figuring the first time was a fluke, but nope. It was better, with more seasoning to help the flavor. But simply not cheesy enough compared to other trucks’ offerings. But plenty greasy, as my stained to-​go bag can attest to. I dunno what other Unilocalers have been eating, but get off the Kraft Blue Box before declaring this the best ever.
The Catfish Po Boy, while better than the Oyster, was still mostly lettuce and dressing. Now, the dressing was tasty, but the sandwich lacked the real star, the catfish. Quit dumbing down the sammiches with filler and beef up the good stuff. Or at least throw in a tomato or a pickle, something to break up the lettuce bomb.
If they’re around and I have a hankering for what they got, then yeah I’d be up for more. With a few tweaks here and there, they could be really great. But they are being outclassed by some other trucks, and you can find better out there if you know where to look.

«Food so good it makes you want to slap yo mama»
I don’t know if I’ll ever have food that good to make me behave that ridiculous. If the food was so bad, however, I might have to slap somebody in the vicinity. jk I wouldn’t do that…
Food:
1) Fried Chicken Wings — nothing spectacular. I’ve had much better fried chicken wings and it was pretty bland. I was about to resort to some popeyes or kfc.
2) Oyster Po’boy — I’ve never had fried oysters before, so it was pretty interesting. There were 3 large pieces of oysters in the sandwich. It wasn’t too bad, but I had to put some hot sauce on it to give it more flavor. Bread wasn’t toasted, so that didn’t help much.
The menu was limited when I came by. They didn’t seem to have all the ingredients, so I couldn’t order what I wanted.
Bring cash. no credit cards