Ta Bom Truck

This is by far my favorite food truck and I have them parked outside my work every day. The steak sandwich was out of this world. The meat was so tender and there was plenty of cheese… and the bread was fresh and delicious! The garlic fries are ridiculously delicious! I recommend this truck to everyone!

average burrito — i’ve had better Brazilian food

It’s not a traditional Brazillian cuisine, the portions are meager, and over priced. Usually trucks are pretty expensive, but this one it’s just not worth. The taste of a few things are not bad and customer service is good, so that’s the reason for 3 stars.

One of my all-​time favorite food trucks, Ta Bom never disappoints! Highly recommend trying out their food.
As a young first-​timer to Ta Bom, I tried the beef pastel and their garlic fries. SO GOOD! On my more hungry days, I ordered their chicken plate where it comes with rice, black beans, plantains, fries and a drink for $ 13… If you want garlic fries it’s $ 1 extra and if you want to try the Guarana Antartica drink (also $ 1 extra).
My most recent try was their chicken sandwich ($ 7), which comes with fries and a drink. Same upgrades apply — I changed it to garlic fries ($ 1 more) and they were out of the special drink so I had a Squirt instead. I like their range of drinks to choose from because it is more than what other trucks might offer and they’re good drinks (Snapple, kerns, Sprite, Squirt, Guarana, water, etc).
Just found out they have a stamp card which allows you to get 10% off your next meal after I think it was 10 purchases.
¡Viva Brasil!

I ordered the Steak Bauru sandwich. Man, that was good! It’s like the Phylli Steak sandwich but with mayo, dill pickles, mozzarella cheese, and the meat was dee-​licious! I will definitely check them out again! I will have to try the grilled vegetable bowl next time. Just because «it’s healthier».

This food truck was in Pasadena yesterday. I ordered the chicken burrito. I asked them to make it spicy. I have to say it was pretty average. The chicken was over cooked and was a bit bland. Luckily I keep Tabasco sauce and salt at my desk. It was not a long a line but I still waited 10 mins after I ordered to get my food.
Overall, edible but definitely not great.

Awesome! Food truck is at my work right now!

Super tasty! I had the chicken plate which came with grilled chicken, black beans and rice, salad and plantains. A little on the expensive side at $ 13 but very tasty. Husband also had chicken and garlic fries. The garlic fries are an excellent deal and very tasty. If they are in the area a solid food truck option.

I came here during one of their routine stops by my work place. I got the veggie bowl with no rice and a side of steak. The portion was very meager and definitely not worth the $ 10 I paid for it. The veggies were a bit soggy but the steak wasn’t too bad. There were a few super chewy pieces, but it wasn’t enough to cry about. My coworker got the garlic chicken and rice. It’s basically just popcorn chicken and rice. If you’re looking for an extra kick you can dip that in the garlic chili sauce they provide.
Would I come back again? Maybe. I usually visit the food trucks out of convenience rather than anything. I would say give it a try if you’re hungry and it’s in the area. All of the other options look pretty good (albeit very unhealthy).
#HappyEating!

Holy smokes, I was not expecting the food to be as good as it was. I came here with my boyfriend during a Street Food Cinema event. The ground beef pastel ($ 5) tasted exactly as I imagined it would taste in my head. Nicely seasoned inside, crispy and flaky outside.
It was the spicy chicken ($ 7) that made me fall in love. Little cubes of deliciousness. At first, you don’t taste any hotness (and I am extremely sensitive to anything spicy), but then it slowly creeps in up to a nice kick. For the amount that came on the plate, it was really good and a great price.
I would definitely eat here again.

Beef stroganoff bowl over rice– initially quite good but very heavy and creamy. Only able to eat half before throwing away. The sauce also gets absorbed into the rice so not as good. Pasta would be better.

Beef Stroganoff ($ 10): Very tasty, great flavor, my only knock was the portion was small.
Ground Beef Pastel ($ 5): Very good, would order again.
Coxinha Combo (Regular) ($ 7): This was our least favorite, not much flavor going on… spicy may have been better. Would not order again.
Banana Pastel ($ 5): Great way to end the meal.
My wife and I split all of the above and we were both still hungry. That being said, I would visit them again.

Dear lord I love this place so so so so much. I order off the eat24 app, and every time the food is fresh, on time, and so good.
So far I’ve tried the steak sandwich, the Stroganoff, the garlic fries, and the chocolate and banana pastel. The steak is tender and seasoned so well in both the sando and the Stroganoff. And the chocolate and banana pastel is the perfect dessert. Seriously, nothing is bad here. Nothing.
Maybe one day I’ll actually go down to the truck and order

Love the beef stroganoff, coxinhas, spicy chicken and garlic fries. Muito deliciaa!!!
I just have a small request to include the option to chose coxinhas in the eat24 menu.

I have had the Ta Bom truck twice at the #Brake4Lunch events in El Segundo. I recommend that you try the Mozzarella Pastels — they are sooo good! The mozzarella tastes so fresh! The spicy chicken is really good too! Oh — and they are so nice :) Bonus points!

I was really excited when this truck made an appearance when it had a couple months ago and hunger was plaguing me. It’s pretty eye catching.
The struggle with this food truck, as with all food trucks, is the prices. The price is so high because of all of the extra maintenance and costs a food truck takes as opposed to a food stand which would be the equivalent stationary place of business, not a restaurant (too limited of a menu to be a restaurant). So I take that in mind and will not mark any food truck down for the seemingly ridiculous prices. However, $ 13 for what I ordered probably should be changed to $ 10 because it wasn’t THAT much food.
The staff is nice and attends to you quickly. Food takes awhile to come out (hopefully because it is being made fresh). I remember getting my food after two people who had ordered before me. Granted, I got a plate but they definitely had gotten something that was in a to go container as big as my own.
I got the chicken plate which was alright, but not as flavorful as I’d hope. The plate consisted of your choice of salad or fries (I opted for the salad), black beans, chicken, rice and two plantains. It might sound like a lot of food, but I still probably could have ate a little more. My favorite item in the entire plate were the plantains, which I loveddd. Everything else was just so-​so. I don’t know if this is because Brazilian cuisine is that way (lacking a particular landmark spice) or this particular food truck.
I don’t think I would order from here again, just because it’s a bit steep for nothing spectacular. However, it was good to try, so might be worth your visit. Or maybe just order the plantains and you should be happy.

I’m writing a review for $ 5 off my next order. =P
There’s an abundance of food trucks outside my work on a daily basis. I have yet to try a Brazilian one, so my co-​workers and I decided to give this one a try.
I ordered the beef stroganoff over rice with fries. It sounded interesting so I couldn’t resist. Such an odd combination but it was perfectly executed. ($ 10)
Garlic fries ($ 4) had a creamy garlic ailoi drizzled on top. I would def order this again.
The food came out fairly quick.
No complaints!

I saw the Ta Bom Truck at a food truck festival and given the good reviews and the unique menu — I mean, how many food trucks serve Brazilian food??? — I decided to check them out. I planned to order the much Unilocaled about coxinha but since they’re changed their menu, you can’t just order one coxinha. Instead, they only offer a combo meal with two coxinhas and a soda ($ 7). I didn’t want that.
So, my plan B was to order a pastel with beef and cheese. Unfortunately, they didn’t have that combination on their menu but given my coxinha disappointment, the lady in the truck was nice enough to make a special pastel for me for a slightly higher price ($ 6). It was a combination of the ground beef pastel and the napolitano pastel with melted parmesan cheese, grilled cherry tomatoes and oregano. I also got an order of the garlic fries ($ 4).
The fries were delish! A large order of fries was topped with garlic aioli and grated parmesan cheese. The pastel was good. It reminded me of everything I love about beef empanadas, Jamaican beef patties and mozzarella sticks. But, it was very greasy and it was soggy as a result of the tomatoes. So, minus 2 stars but plus 1 star because she made that pastel just for me.
Well, I’m glad I tried this truck. Although the menu overall didn’t really scream «Brazilian cuisine», well at least not what I tried in Rio and Sao Paulo, this splurge on my calories for the next month was worth it!

There are very limited options for food in the South Park area of downtown unless you want to go to LA Live, so anytime a food truck shows up near my office building, I’m always down to try it. Apparently this truck has been around for a few years now. After all that time, you would think they would have all the small stuff down. But operationally, they still need some work. Like if you’re going to have your menu only posted on a monitor, maybe don’t put it right in front of the cashier window so that the customers can’t see it until you are ready to take their order. This holds up the line as nobody can decide what they want to order ahead of time. Also, when you park, move a few feet up or back so there isn’t a parking meter right where you’re supposed to stand to order.
They need to make a few adjustments to their menu as well. They have a Hamburgao combo that comes with fries and a drink. I wanted to substitute in garlic fries which should have cost $ 1 more (regular fries are $ 3, garlic fries are $ 4, so it’s pretty easy to figure out how much you should charge if someone wants to upsell themselves). They had no way to do that, so I had to order separately. Also, make sure you add up the order yourself. Their menu and their POS system have different prices for the garlic fries.
After all that, how was the food you ask? It was very good. The garlic fries were crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle. The garlic sauce had a definite bite, but not so much to turn me away from them. They were pretty addicting actually. The burger was cooked a little past medium, but wasn’t dry surprisingly. The grilled corn on the burger was a very nice addition. Sweet, but not too sweet. Balanced well with the savoriness of the burger and the fried egg. Would I go back? Absolutely. But I do hope they work on the issues I mentioned as it would make a better experience for their customers.

Ta Bom, It’s Good! But It’s not perfect. I always say, you’re not doing any one favors if you pretend something is perfect, so I’ll make my recommendation.
The chicken, Frango Prato Feito, is pretty basic tasting, something I could pick up at Pavilions pre-​made. I could even make it better. Does it taste bad though? No. Now I’ll get to the good part. Their Steak sandwich, Steak Bauru, was Ta Bom, Eu amo isso! Those Yucca fries were amazing and I can’t say I’ve ever had something like it, from a Yucca Root. I also enjoyed the Fudge ball. I think it was Brigadeiro, but I could be wrong because I remember it read as something different. Lastly the Plantains were great, but not perfect.
They were a bit short staffed in my opinion for the Brazil Fifa World Cup party my work threw. The first time I tried getting in line and for 15 minutes I didn’t move, the 2^nd time I came back and it took about 40 minutes to wait in line and to wait for my food combined. Keep in mind my work had at least 25 in the line at any time (see the photos). My work did pay for the food, but I saw the prices and they were pretty decent. Nothing was really over $ 8.
I think it would be great it they were at the Granada Grubfest on Fridays. I don’t know if they ever are, but I haven’t seen them. Até a próxima vez!