The Mobile Gourmet

Every Wednesday the Hiller Aviation Musuem host the Mobile Gourmet.
Please check the HIller websiite for the list of food trucks for each dates.
I recommend the following food trucks:
The Chairman — Pork Belly is the best
KoJa Truck — Bolgogi sandwich and kamikaze fries are a must.
Hill Country BBQ truck — 2 meat plates are great
Adams grub Truck — Falkor sandwich is my fave.
Songuchon — steak sandwich is awesome.
come early to avoid long lines.

Love coming here on Wednesdays! My favorite trucks are Chairman Bao and Koja Kitchen. Little Green Cyclo is good, too, although the line can be really really slow. Favorite dessert is the Frozen Kuhsterd truck– the coffee custard is awesome.
We can usually find a table for 4 and it’s nice that they’re cleaned as people leave.

Want a fun Wednesday treat that won’t break the bank? Come to The Mobile Gourmet, offering tons of great gourmet food trucks that are reasonably priced. I just love this idea and I love going to The Hiller Aviation museum to check out the newest food trucks.
I have had some amazing food from The Lobster Shack, Little Green Cyclo, The Butterscotch girl, Nom Nom truck and a lot more.
You can’t miss this event!

my friend told me about this weekly food truck gathering and i was intrigued, so we decided to make a lunch date to meet here. this food truck fest meets every wednesday in front of the hiller aviation museum (literally right outside the front door to the museum), from 11am — 2pm. trucks rotate on a weekly basis, so you need to check their website to see which food trucks are present:
as far as the amenities are concerned, there is actually a lot of seating available, tables and chairs, but you have to arrive early to snag one of these. most of the patrons are quite friendly and will share part of their table with you if there is space. i appreciate that all of the seating is completely covered, underneath the archway of the museum entrance, so you don’t need to sit and bake in the hot midday sun. there is plenty of parking adjacent to the museum, but again, if you arrive late, you must park in the lots farther away (and be mindful of the «no event parking» signs in front of certain parking lots).
for my inaugural visit, the following trucks were present:
1. koja kitchen
2. house of siam
3. shackmobile
4. kara’s cupcakes
5. the butterscotch girl
6. sanguchon peruvian sangucheria
7. kasa indian
8. adam’s grub truck
i arrived around noon, and unfortunately this is when the lines were the longest. the koja kitchen and house of siam trucks seemed to be the most popular, based on the number of customers queuing up. after 1, the lines started to die down, and by 1.30, most of the patrons had left. so if you don’t want to wait in a long line, get there early, around 11, or go late, after 1.
if i could make a recommendation, it would be to add an ice cream or frozen yogourt truck to the current line up, especially during the warmer months, since it does get quite warm around lunch time.
i do like this food truck gathering, and would definitely return and bring friends.

Food truck festival happens in Redwood City/​San Carlos every Wednesday lunchtime.
My first time here (ample parking) there was:
An the Go (I got garlic noodles and chicken skewer $ 9 mmmm)
Chairman Bao (best pork belly dumpling truck ever, just the line’s are 30+ mins long. if they can figure a way to expedite their orders or get an extra stove, they’ll get much more business out of it)
Lobsta Shack Mobile (looked good, but $ 25 for food truck dining isn’t worth it)
A specialty sandwich food truck (forgot which one)
An Asian fusion truck (forgot name)
Check it out if you work/​live near the area Wednesdays. Try Chairman + An.

I’ve been to a couple different Mobile Gourmet events (Hiller and Portola Valley). I really appreciate that they seem to pick locations that serve communities that wouldn’t necessarily have easy access to other food truck events.
The event at Hiller is fun. They always have a great selection of happening trucks. Which is the draw, right? :) I appreciate that there are actual *tables and chairs* there, even though I grab my food and go.
And the Portola Valley location is genius! My guess is that not a lot of food trucks would just be rollin’ that far up Sand Hill for any other reason, so it’s nice to have that organized. It’s a lovely location (Christ Church), so you feel a bit like you’re at a picnic. And it definitely had a smalltown community vibe to it. I got there right when it started and it was already pretty full… my guess is that a lot of the people go pretty early because they have small kids. One thing I found strange? That people were bringing wine bottles. That’s not odd from a food-​enjoyment perspective, but it IS a church property, so it seems a little weird to schlep your Chardonnay there as though it was just your backyard. But maybe the church doesn’t care. Also, people had their giant dogs with them — not really something I want around my open-​air food. YMMV.
My one gripe is that, as managers of the event, you NEED to make sure that the trucks are ready to go when you say the event is supposed to start — ESPECIALLY at lunch, when people don’t necessarily have a ton of time to kill just waiting. I get that stuff happens (traffic, breakdowns, lower staff than expected, etc), but one time at Hiller I waited about 25 minutes for one of the trucks with NO explanation via a sign («Sorry, stoves are slow») and barely any acknowledgment from the folks inside the truck. It’s partly the truck’s fault, and sure I could’ve just gone to the Chairman or something, but man… it’s your event, make sure that the people who agreed to participate are playing by your rules.

I can’t speak to the food — only to the lack of professionalism.
I am producing a series of events for a local venue. We wanted a truck that could serve burgers and beer. Lorring Jones, the manager, stated she had such a truck available, Gourmet Rockstars, she sent us the logos and we thought all was well. we placed ads highlighting the the proposed presence of the Rockstars’ truck.
We were now talking about a weekly truck presence in our venue
Then we got a call from the Alameda County Environmental Health Department. Turns out Gourmet Rockstar’s not only didn’t have a permit to serve food in Alameda County, they had blown off the Health Department so many times that the Department had asked the Sheriffs and local PDs to arrest them. This according to a Don Atkinson-​Adams of the Health Department. Mr. Adamshad talked to Mobile Gourmet the day before and informed them of this discrepancy. Ms Jones had not called us.
So just over a week before the event — no truck.
To my panicked emails and phone messages — no response. Nothing. Not a peep. Not an — it’s OK — I”ll find you a truck. Nothing.
If I could give no stars — I would.

Good food, great location with tons of seating (if you’re lucky — quite a few people there usually), and a lot of choices with food trucks.
The best is, you don’t have to wait an hour plus for any sort of food! It’s not like any of the other dinner food truck events, as the people: truck ratio is pretty good. They also usually have a dessert truck here too! Yum.

Great news! This Wednesday food truck gathering is being extended past August and will go on through October! This is awesome as it means that the event has been doing well enough to stay and continue growing. Maybe if all goes well it’ll get extended again? I’ve been loving this event because it’s a welcome change from all the normal work lunch places I’ve been stuck with when I don’t pack a lunch from home.
I also learned that Nom Nom and the ShackMobile will be there every week from here on out! That’s music to my belly because they’ve been my two favorite trucks at the event so far.
Remember: 11 to 2 PM every Wednesday. The lines for Nom Nom were super long yesterday and they sold out soon after I left, so get there earlier rather than later if you can. If you’re intending to linger, consider bringing portable chairs to sit on. There are quite a few tables and seats available but as more and more people come out to Hiller Aviation every Wednesday, the seats fill up faster and faster.