Twitter chase to hottest dining spots
source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/06/01/twitter.taco.truck/index.html
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Finding one of the newest hot spots for dining in Los Angeles may require Twittering and a GPS, because the locations of the Kogi trucks are always changing.
"We were like the first ones here, and we didn't know. It's gotta be somewhere around here, so we went around for a good 20 minutes trying to find the place. But we heard the tacos were insanely good," said Robert Rabis, who was dining with his wife, Tiffany Tang.
Those mouth-watering tacos are a fusion of Korean and Mexican food and are served from two company trucks that have drawn a devoted following over six months. Word from those satisfied mouths and the social network Twitter has people lining up at the trucks for up to two hours.
First-time Kogi customer Rabis said it was worth the wait. Watch how even celebs love the food »
"Plus all of my co-workers are going to know about it. They want to know the new 'in' thing. The whole hospital staff is going to know by tomorrow when I get to work, and they'll be sure to go on the Internet trying to find the next location," he said.
Two Kogi trucks, named Verde and Roja, roam the streets of the Los Angeles area from noon until about 2 a.m. Kogi co-founder Caroline Shin-Manguera sometimes has a hard time wrapping her head around their success.
"It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. We make our people wait in line for two hours, and we make them wait in the rain, and we don't give them chairs to sit on, we don't take reservations, we're late half the time, but we must be doing something right."
"We were like the first ones here, and we didn't know. It's gotta be somewhere around here, so we went around for a good 20 minutes trying to find the place. But we heard the tacos were insanely good," said Robert Rabis, who was dining with his wife, Tiffany Tang.
Those mouth-watering tacos are a fusion of Korean and Mexican food and are served from two company trucks that have drawn a devoted following over six months. Word from those satisfied mouths and the social network Twitter has people lining up at the trucks for up to two hours.
First-time Kogi customer Rabis said it was worth the wait. Watch how even celebs love the food »
"Plus all of my co-workers are going to know about it. They want to know the new 'in' thing. The whole hospital staff is going to know by tomorrow when I get to work, and they'll be sure to go on the Internet trying to find the next location," he said.
Two Kogi trucks, named Verde and Roja, roam the streets of the Los Angeles area from noon until about 2 a.m. Kogi co-founder Caroline Shin-Manguera sometimes has a hard time wrapping her head around their success.
"It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. We make our people wait in line for two hours, and we make them wait in the rain, and we don't give them chairs to sit on, we don't take reservations, we're late half the time, but we must be doing something right."
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