The Kosher Palate

Saw this food truck today at the SoRo festival in Culver City. Had the Jacob’s Ladder burger — 8 hours later I’m still talking about it! Soooo tasty!

omg. The Jacobs Ladder burger is probably the best burger i have eaten, ever in life. Got this off a food truck and ill never see a burger the same way again.

I grabbed a Jacob’s Ladder on my way out of a conference, and totally was blown away. It was super layered in flavor. The tomato jam was awesome. I really loved it, and will probably have to track this truck down again.
Also cute guys were working it, bonus.

blandest food i’ve ever tasted!!!
attended an event which was catered by this establishment. bad bad bad!!!

After seeing a friend order the beef wrap with kale and chickpeas a week ago, I decided hunt down The Kosher Palate to order the same thing, since it looked so good when she got it. I also ordered a small side of their grain salad. E decided to get the Korny Tots as an entrée.
I’ve glanced over the reviews for The Kosher Palate, and was concerned about how long it would take for the food to come out. Fortunately, it didn’t take very long at all — everything came one after the other, and looked pretty darn good. We found a place to sit, and started chowing down.
I was pretty jealous of E’s tots since they were great. It was obviously that these tots were a dish they’ve perfected over the years (months?). As for my wrap, the meat inside was really good, as was the kale, but the chickpeas… were still a tad hard. And there were lots of chickpeas. I could’ve used more kale and meat in the wrap. I don’t know if the salad I ordered was supposed to taste the way it did. It was strangely spicy, but also a little sour and not very pleasant, to be completely honest.
My verdict? The tots are freakin’ solid here. If you’re going to order anything from The Kosher Palate, you have to order the tots. As for the other items… perhaps I just ordered the wrong things. The turkey burgers here look really great, as did the other items on the menu. But don’t take it from me – you should try for yourself.

I’ve eaten from this truck four times. My review is mixed. Food is good. Staff and speed are awful.
I’ve ordered Korny Tots several times. They are a caloric splurge. Tonight the meal came with a decent amount of meat – not generous. Just decent. The last two times there was almost none. So as I placed my order tonight I also ordered a meat patty and asked that it be added atop the dish. I was charged the full price of the Jacobs ladder… which took me by surprise. When I asked why the patty costs as much as the meal, I got an exasperated response that it was a special order and they cost more. Hmmm.
After my order came out things started getting busy. But with only two workers on the truck, they could not handle the business. They also seem to take and cook orders sequentially instead of logically. If most people are ordering one dish, wouldn’t it make sense to prepare several at once? The crowd of maybe 15 people was not impressed at the management of the operation. Perhaps if the order taker was pleasant and had a sense of humor the experience would have been better. But sadly, he would fit in better at the post office or DMV.
I want to see this truck succeed. Fixing the operation to match good quality would go along way.

I love the kosher palate the Jacob’s Ladder lamb &beef burger is off the hook Bombay great for hamburger lovers everywhere gives a new taist to hamburgers that you haven’t got cuz its got ingredients that you would normally put on a hamburger. all in all it’s very bomb along with the corny tots the Schottky tots its a must try! go gett it Foodies!

These guys were at the mayoral inauguration. They were busy and I usually take that as a good thing. Bro manning checkout said 20 mins for the Jacob’s Ladder. Ok I think. 25,30,45, 50 mins later no burger! And they were still taking new customers! A group (can I call it a mob) of people waiting close to an hour for a $ 9 burger began actively dissuading people from giving the truck their money. I asked for a refund and after much hemming an hawing finally got it back. My friend was not so lucky and got a soggy burnt piece of meat that was not the promised lamb and was not on the promised pretzel bread.
This truck is not professional, once you’ve got a huge wait you STOP TAKING MONEY. Your customers should at least know their wait time.
Fuck this truck.

I love love love this truck! The employees are wonderful, specifically those at the mar vista farmer’s market, and the food is delicious. Yes, there is a wait, but they prepare most of the items when you order it. The hummus is pretty much the only thing that they have made when the truck arrives.

I have just about tasted everything from this truck over the course of two months and can honestly say the food is top notch. And I’m not usually big on trying new things when it comes to food. I’m not Jewish and cannot properly pronounce most of the items in Yiddish. Doesn’t matter, because the food quality is there. I’ve had the opportunity to talk with the owner a few times and she’s got a wealth of knowledge in her head and I pick it whenever possible. The only complaint I have is that they’re not about town enough, but I’m sure that’s in the works!

You Know It’s Bad When I’m Turning On My Own People:
There are specific business guidelines we need to go over but first let’s deal with the culinary disasters. I stepped up to this truck after seeing them around town a few times and after holding a menu in my glove box for a month I finally caught them. I usually like o try the house specialty at first but they were out of the pretzel buns. Okay, so I went with a malawach. Ok, the malawach bread itself, about the diameter of a corn tortilla and a bit thinner than a pita, came out dry and burnt. In fact, all I could really taste was the chard bread. I ordered the OMFG Choco-​nana fluffer nutter. which brings us to my other point:
This little sob cost $ 7. yet it’s the size of a dollar taco and the bulk ingredients for making several of them doesn’t even add up to $ 10. Now, I’m not someone who usually complains about price or portion size. I know what city I live in and I would always prefer a spoonful of heaven to a feast of crap. Today I got overcharged for a spoonful of crap. Why is the beef patty on a pretzel; bun cheaper than choco-​nana malawach. Kinda makes you wonder about the beef. Why would profit be so thin on an item you would sell so much of and then huge on an item whose ingredients don’t suffer the same spoilage.
Now we have to deal with the logistics of this place. There was no line, two people were waiting for their food. The server was trying to take my order through the window but could barely hear me saying it was too loud inside there. You would think problems like this would arise and be dealt with early in a business’ development. Even after coming out and taking my order in front of me I still had to correct him when he repeated it to the cook. I remind you that there were two individual orders placed ahead of me but I still had to wait over 15 minutes to for them to heat up a piece of bread, slice a banana and smear some marshmallow cream.
I hate to wreck a place but they need to get their act together before setting their sights on being a legitimate business.

@thekosherpalate
Soul Food
It means something different to everyone you ask.
It’s like trying to put a definition on comfort food.
But if you grew up in a Jewish household, this will be your comfort or soul food.
Indeed it is.
These folks have figured out how to make Kosher exciting.
I tried their Malawach, which I’m ashamed to say, pronounced incorrectly. Guess I forgot how my Yiddish speaking family pronounces «ch»!
But this was good, somewhere between a taco and a flatbread sandwich.
This is one of the best uses I’ve ever seen for a hard boiled egg, which I normally don’t care for. But combined with the tomatoes, spices and other things I cannot pronounce, this was a treat. Rich, flavorful and like most Jewish cooking, hearty and filling.
I will actively seek out this truck again.
But until I do I will leave them with this…
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