The food truck extravaganza was packed. I knew from experience that the trucks would be running out of food soon. Desperate for something new, I scanned for the closest truck that I had never tried before and spotted one called Crazy Fish – sushi, baby. That’s the ticket.
I scurried to the back of the long line and found it moving quicker than it looked. While I was waiting I scanned the board. Most trucks, when faced with giant crowds like this, simplify their menu in order to get the food out quicker. They had four rolls advertised – Sweet n Spicy, Crunchy Philli, Eye of the Tiger, and TNT. I settled on the last two.
As I crept closer to the front of the line the woman kept yelling out at the crowd, apologizing. “We’re making these rolls fresh, by hand, on order, so it takes a while,” she said. She looked harried and exhausted.
Finally I placed my order. While I was chatting with the woman making my rolls the next guy stood up to order. “I’m sorry,” the woman said, “We have to close for a few hours, we just ran out of rice.”
I was lucky enough to get the last two rolls. I guess I should have shared them with the folks in line behind me.
But they were too good to share.
The Crazy Fish food truck.
The menu, four different rolls.
It really is all about the sauce. How can you not love anything that has both Sriracha and Wasabi in squirt bottles? In my opinion, food is best when used as a method of transporting spicy sauces to the taste buds.
The line, waiting for Sushi.
My two rolls. The Crazy Fish truck makes it clear that they are not about tradition – they are about deliciousness. I find that philosophy hard to argue with. And yes, I put a lot of Wasabi and Sriracha on my food. So sue me.
Bill Chance 
This looks great! Hope we get a sushi truck in L.A.!
LA has such a large and diverse food truck scene (much better than Dallas) I’m surprised that they don’t. Thanks for the comment!
I think I saw this truck at the last Food truck function I went to. I’ve never tried sushi so AT ALL so I steered clear!!LOL
Thanks for the comment!
If you have never tried sushi, this truck would be a good place to start. Their rolls are very non-traditional and are slanted toward Texas tastes. There is nothing intimidating about them.
That’s a line! Must be so delicious. Although it can get very pricey, I still love sushi no matter what.
I’ve grown to buy from food truck only after residing in California for a year.
The lines at all the trucks were crazy. Sushi can get expensive… and you don’t really want to eat cheap sushi anyway.
Thanks for the comment!
WOW! Sushi from a truck! I don’t know if I could EVER do that! However, I do love me some sushi!
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