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Truck friends then family

If any of you really know me, I am not the biggest fan of taking pictures of food.  I find it a bit weird, food is meant to be eaten not fantasized over.  These are the tacos from the food truck Cucina Zapata, who happened to start their twitter today.  Hurrah!  Anyway, I forgot to take a picture their truck while I was there so their thai tacos will have to do.

Owning and running a food truck can get indeed overwhelming to say the least.  Luckily the community of food trucks its probably one of the biggest perks of owning a food truck.  Obviously there’s exchange of food involved, but there’s a comradery in the struggle of food costs, licences and permits, customer relations good and bad, the list goes on and on.  Cucina Zapata is probably one of our newest friends, so go try them out!  They are located on 31st and ludlow on Drexel’s campus.

And I guess in a nutshell those are the basics of running a food truck and life at Sugar Philly.  Although quite the headache at times, there are always good moments that even out the bad.

As I am writing this, I am back at home in Long Island, New York(who said I was from the city?…) This is where I’ll be spending the remainder of my vacation with my family.

We will return to the streets on Tuesday, Sept 6th!  Until then, leave me alone!  Haha =)

Back in the kitchen

Finally after 2 days of doing logistics in front of the computer and running errands, I can do what I like doing the most about my job, baking.

Kind of wild how it all started for me.  It all began with me moving into this apartment with some friends, some old bread, sharing what I made with people, and following the feeling that I made people happy.  And now its 7 – 8 years later.

Green tea buttercream anyone?

Actually, I should really correct my first statement, “I can do what I like doing the most about my job, baking.”  It’s really the second thing I like doing about my job, the first would serving everyone and seeing their lovely smile.

If you would like to make me happy in the truck, try smiling.  It certainly makes my day every time.

The Team

It’s my personal belief that Sugar Philly works because of the team we have created. Despite what many of you have seen from the truck, there’s quite a bit of people behind the scenes. There are 3 partners(myself, john, and franklin), 2 interns, 1 on and off again intern, and 1 guy that’s been doing the photos.

The image above may seem a little random, but factor in that this is not my car.  In fact its my intern’s car who’s a dude that put that hello kitty there before he started dating his gf. Why the hello kitty you ask? I don’t really know, but these are the strange people that have become the SP team or as I like to call it, the Sugar Philly Family.

Behind me were boxes of eggs, cream, sugar, dairy, the list goes on and on. The reason why I posted that picture instead of the car loaded up with everything is because without the people I work with, none of that would be possible. And more importantly without the people that I work with, things wouldn’t be fun.

And isn’t fun what its all about?

See ya tomorrowwwwww!

*Sigh* so in reality its not quite the vacation I would love to have, but Sheila demands oh so much. Although I would love to just have fun, spend money on copious amounts of coffee, and travel with the road paved with glasses filled with…water(not really, hehe…) That’s not happening at the moment.

Actually a good amount of you lovely customers ask, “What do you guys do from day to day? How does Sugar Philly happen?” Being that I am not stuck in the truck I figured this would be the best time to divulge. Besides the baking that happens, there’s a TON of other things that need to happen before that.

So here you go, a little 3 – 4 mini series of posts of what it is we call Sugar Philly.

Today its paper work, sitting in front of my 7 year old laptop, logistical nightmares, highlighters, google documents, phone calls, emails, and a coffee shop. Might I add a very tasty coffee shop!

Boring as this may be, it must be done to serve you the treats that make all of you folks happy. And as long as everyone is happy, we are willing to take care of the boring side of the business. At least its wonderful outside!

Now everyone go outside and enjoy the sun! See ya tomorrow!

Heya everyone!

It’s been a good summer and the team has decided to take a little breather before the school year starts. We have weddings to go to, traveling to Africa, spending time with friends and family, and other things we are going to take care of.

Some new and improved changes will be happening so we can serve you better! Fun stuff!

In the mean time, please enjoy this picture of a cat macaron:

Yep, this is what happens when we are bored in the truck.  And yes, we like cats.

See ya after Labor Day! More posts to come!

25 years young! Remember to wish him a happy birthday in person, on our twitter, on facebook, anything!!!!! Wonder what he’s going to be eating for his birthday dessert, a tower of French Macarons????

Happy Birthday Chef Daniel Tang!

the 1st ever PHILADELPHIA VENDYS is taking place tomorrow (7/9)

were going for it all! the VENDY CUP!

get all the details and buy your tickets from here: http://streetvendor.org/vendys/philly/

check out the competition with some odds from thefeast.com here: http: //bit.ly/qlOfDW

may the greatest street food WIN!