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Catering Truck – Small Food Service Business

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Catering truck are a common scene in your neighborhood and around the industrial development areas. People working as factory workers and office employees depend on these catering trucks for their daily breakfast and lunch as the working area is far away from the city limits. Mobile food service has been in existence for more than two decades ago when the truck, where food supply was introduced, vendors using carts of wood or metal for food service their mobile products.

With stringent laws introduced by government to have a clean environment for mobile food services, vendors were asked to upgrade to these catering trucks which were equipped with latest modular kitchen equipments and modern sanitary solutions which provided a hygienic environment to prevent any diseases. With the new technology providing platform for newer designs and equipments, it has become easy for a vendor to choose the exact truck that will serve his purpose.

Catering trucks are known to increase the profits when compared with stationary restaurants. As stationary restaurants are visited by people in and around the surrounding areas, they have limited number of customer base. As they can move from one location to another, they have a huge customer base. This is one of the foremost advantages associated with mobile food service business.

If you are planning to get into the mobile food service business, the only initial investment that you will have to make is on the vehicle. You should choose from a wide variety of models that are available in the market which cater to different needs of the vendors. Once you choose the vehicle, the next investment would be the equipments that are required in the kitchen such as stainless steel sinks, ovens, refrigerator and provision for proper water source. Many of the trucks have an in-built water tank which serves the purpose of washing utensils.

Apart from the little investment you are also required to obtain the mobile food service vendor license from the government. You can approach the local government officials who would help you out understand more about obtaining the license and other important requirements that are to be fulfilled. If you are unable to invest money in acquiring a new catering truck, you can also look out for the used truck sales which have all the equipments that are necessary for you to start of your mobile food service business.

The other way where you can quickly start of your catering truck business is by approaching a franchise. All you have to do is buy the product of the franchise and in return they will provide you with the catering truck equipped with all the necessary equipments. The menu have to be carefully designed in order to meet all the requirements of the different locations. You can also increase the customer base by providing quality and variety food items along with increased and new services which will attract the customers. Catering trucks is the new dimension in mobile food service which provides good profits in short period of time.

What Do You Know About Traditional Romanian Food

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Romanian restaurants can be found nowadays all over the world and they serve the best traditional Romanian food made by Romanian cooks after special recipes of Romanian cuisine. Before big important holidays like Christmas and Easter or others, Romanians have a fasting period, which means no animal products are allowed on the table. That means that for some well-determined days they can purify their body, as fasting periods are not for eating fat, not for eating eggs nor other type of animal products.

Sometimes, on particular Sundays of the fasting periods, which are determined and written down in the orthodox calendar, Romanians are allowed to eat fish. What the fasting period does is prepare the body for the fat and delicious food, which is cooked in every house for the holidays. Women and men start cooking the food days before the holiday, especially before Christmas, when the pork is the basic element for the traditional food. There are all sorts of products made of pork, traditional sausages and others. No part of the pig remains untransformed. The condiments used in preparing the meat are the usual ones, salt, pepper, garlic etc. but the Romanian cooking recipes are special.

If you visit a Romanian restaurant, you can enjoy all the delights of the traditional Romanian food. Ask the waiter to recommend you something or just try the famous stuffed cabbage with “polenta” and sour cream. The noodle traditional soups and “cobra” (broth) are famous all over the world. Also, if you happen to have Romanian friends, ask them to tell you about all the beautiful customs that make the holidays brighter. About all the Christmas carols and the New Year poems that are said on the first day of the new year by groups of men and boys, who go from house to house to give joy and happiness as well as a lot of positive energy and thoughts to the hosts. If you are trying to excite your senses, do not avoid trying out the Romanian food. Recipes for Romanian food can be found online too; all you have to do is use a search engine the right way and start cooking.

Dare to taste the Romanian products and if you ever have the chance, visit that beautiful country. Not only the food, but also the attitude of the Romanians is one to enjoy – they are very hospitable and generally have a positive attitude towards life itself. The surroundings, especially in the mountains and the sights are amazing and you can find nice restaurants all over the country. Plenty of food to enjoy, and it is delicious. You will have to be careful though because you might gain weight very fast. No matter if you try it at home, or at your friend’s house or anywhere else in the world, Romanian food is great and very tasty. Find Romanian cooking recipes and make them a part of your life as well as a part of your family’s lives. Your family will enjoy and surely appreciate it!