Louks To Go is a food truck patrolling LA & OC county (found @LouksToGo on twitter) and I happened to be working in our Irvine office today, so I went over to check them out at Michelson & Teller (I think there's a food truck lunch event there at least once a week).
- Beef gyro, spicy feta fries, PB&N louks
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Beef Gyro: Not a fan. I grew up on gyros in Chicago, and the key to a good gyro is that you carve the meat off the spit, brown/caramelize it a bit on the flattop, and you're in good shape. This is the pre-sliced "deli" gyro meat. It's frankly disgusting and beneath any respectable Greek establishment to serve. Not a fan. (Also, who the hell serves gyros but without a lamb option? WTF??)
Spicy Feta Fries: These were much better. Nice fries, well-crisped but not burnt, with a very nice feta sauce. They weren't burn-your-face-off spicy, but the spice did give the sauce just the right depth to be interesting. I definitely would order these again.
Peanut butter & nutella louks: I'd never heard of "louks" before this place, but essentially it's a ball of fried dough. They serve it bathed in peanut butter & nutella, and even after eating my sandwich and my fries, they were still nice and warm. These, frankly, were amazing. As is expected when you're eating nutella, it was SO rich that I couldn't even come close to finishing the order myself, so I recommend sharing.
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Overall, I think if you stay away from the standard beef gyro, you'll be alright. Some of the other gyros (chicken or shrimp) looked interesting, and since they probably have some difficulty as a food truck hauling a hot spit covered in beef & lamb around a city, I can maybe excuse them for it.
But I'd say a smarter option is to look for them at one of the many food truck events, and get your entree elsewhere but come to Louks for the dessert. At least until Congress discovers these PB&N Louks and decides they've got to regulate them as a controlled substance!
