photo: insidebayarea.comMy brother-in-law, Jon Kosorek, has a distinguished pedigree in the culinary arts. After plying his trade for years as sous chef or executive chef in the brick-and-mortar game, Jon decided to take his mortar and pestle to the streets. He hooked himself up with a kitchen-on-wheels and you can find him all over the East Bay from Emeryville to the Piedmont Ave. area.
If you happen upon this entrepreneurial whirlwind and his shiny silver truck, expect a high-brow hot plate delivered unpretentiously by the humble magnificent, J-Kos. His menu is seasonal and has included hand-pulled mozzarella with heirloom tomatoes; chicken liver mousse; caesar salad with house cured anchovies or sardines; ratatouille with house pasta; mozzarella panini with gazpacho; "scrapple" with grilled greens; white bean bruschetta and duck tacos with a pomegranate cucumber salsa.
I took the family to Oakland during his first week of operation and sampled the fresh mozzarella, the B.L.A.T. (house-smoked bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato sandwich), and homemade mint ice cream. Verdict? A Street-sweeping game-changer. By that I mean the competition better step up or be swept aside. Jon's Street eats is redefining street food--be a part of the movement.
Jon's website and twitter.
5 comments:
Kitchen on wheels is a very cool idea. Looking at the pictures, I wouldn't have known it's a kitchen on wheels. Very nice.
yeah, I wanted to include a long-shot of his operation and provide a full view of his set-up but I didn't have a photo available. I did find one from some other guy's blog who reviewed Jon's food, but he had slapped copyrights on every one of his photos. Didn't want metaphysical to face legal action.
I wish I could have some of the chicken liver mousse...oh and that's an awfully cute baby you have in the photo with you.
Danny, thanks for the plug! Nice little write-up. Daniel Fan, did you try the chicken liver mousse yet?
Hi A-Kos -- No, I haven't tried the mousse yet, which is why I WANT some!!
Maybe next time!
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