Yatta! Truck

Yatta Truck is great if you’re out with a girlfriend and wanna grab a quick something to share and munch on. Their popular rolls are fried so you’ll also feel less guilty at the same time: P
Their Jalapeño Nuke is delicious. The Poki roll is good, it won’t blow your mind away, but it’s a solid roll. It’s hard not to like fresh fish that has a delicate saucy glaze on it.

Does anyone know if this place is still around? I havent seen any reviews, and their twitter/​site isnt current at all…
I’ll be so depressed,: [

I’m kind of confused with Yatta!‘s concept, do they specialize in sushi? Not quite sure, nothing stood out, I’d rather save my $$$ and go to a real sushi joint.

I know the two owners, Jun and Hiro, personally. They work really hard to make sure their food is quality. They wake up every morning at 4:00 just so they can make it to the fish market downtown (where the majority of sushi joints in L.A. get their fish mind you). So don’t worry about whether the fish is fresh or not.
As for the actual food, I recommend the Poki Roll. It’s really good. It’s a California Roll with big chunks of tuna on top drizzled with their poki sauce. I actually don’t know exactly what’s in their sauce but it’s addicting. I suspect there’s a dash of sake in there or something alcoholic.
On a side note: Hiro (the sushi chef) came from Japan so you KNOW it’s legit! (Okay so I’m totally just feeding off of stereotype)

Three syllables– Poki Roll.
Don’t even bother with anything else.
I saw this truck at the downtown LA art walk a while ago and I was mad hungry. I didn’t feel like eating fried shiz that night (all the trucks around were about fried pig, potato, cow, and chicken). Then I see this lonely truck with barely a line, next to the fry smith truck.
I was a bit apprehensive about sushi from a truck, but my oh my am I glad I tried it! FRESH FRESH FRESH! From a truck? Yes, my dear friend, yes.
It’s cheap also! 3.50 for the poki roll! hook it up! Oh, did I mention it was FRESH?!

Sushi was never fresher till it came off this truck! Yatta was at Westchester First Fridays and I have never had more melt-​in-​your-​mouth taste than when I had a few hand rolls from this glorious truck. Can’t decide what to get? Ask them to put together a roll and they will come up with something absolutely delicious.
Get this-​their sushi is always going to be fresher than anywhere because they have to have fresh fish every day. If you are wary of the food truck craze, put aside your doubts and step up to yatta. You will be so glad u did!
I’m so bummed. I just heard Yatta is no more. aw, darn… you will be missed :(

I like, I likee, I likeeee!
Interesting menu, decided to create my own! $ 6.50 for 8 pieces. Pick 4 out of 12 items. I picked eel, cucumber, caviar, and spicy tuna. The rolls came out smaller than expected, but super goood. They asked if I wanted eel sauce? and I got it on the side, but later poured it onto the sushi. I also asked them to sprinkle black sesame on top. Yay for the customization!
My friend tried the poki roll. Tasted fresh and delicious. Four pieces, $ 3.50.
Good prices, decent portions, super fresh taste = worth it.
I just wish the rolls were bigger.

I love it when a new food truck shows up to the block. The way people circle warily, perusing the menu as if this lunch decision would determine the outcome of their entire day (it usually does). There are the indecisive agonizers that stand there for 10 minutes reading every option carefully, the snobbish graphic designers who give the truck wrap a once-​over and decide on the spot, and the trenders, who linger at the edge of the crowd trying to determine whether it’s popular enough to order from.
I’m probably an agonizer… have to read every menu selection before I can decided whether to stick around. And I have to say my first impression was «UNAMUSED». Cheeseburger sushi? Ewwww. Pass.
But the truck stuck around and one day, while giving it a longer look, I noticed they had something called a «Garden Roll». Vegetables? Really? On a food truck? This is rare. The reasonable price was rarer. The roll was perfect. I was hooked. This was a good lunch when I wanted something light and healthy, but filling.
Even better? Turns out they have a «Creation Station», where you can make your own. It’s glorious for those days you want to add a little protein to your veggie roll.
Extra points: One day I hit up the trucks right when everyone was packing up. I was depressed and hungry and having a bad day at work, and not only did the guys at Yatta offer to open back up to make me a roll, but after I realized I only had cards and not cash, they OFFERED TO MAKE ME A ROLL AND PAY THEM BACK THE NEXT DAY. Whaaaa? Seriously? Did I get magically transported to Mayberry? Amazing. I didn’t take them up on the offer, but I was touched.

WTF TEMPURA EEL HANDROLL! The best handroll in my life hands down thank you! stfu! thats it! thats all she wrote folks buh-​bye! Even if its not on the special board I will pay an extra 5 bucks for them to make it!

Remember that old TV commercial where chocolate bar guy and peanut butter guy were walking down the street and collided with the peanut butter getting on the chocolate bar and vice versa?
Score one for the good folks who make Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Flash forward to 2010, those two guys are probably in residual heaven somewhere, but lets remake that same spot today.
Man: 1 Hey, you got sushi on my cheeseburger.
Man: 2 and you got cheeseburger on my sushi.
Cue jingle: «Two great tastes that taste great together —try the Yatta! Yatta! Truck.»
These guys Jun and Hiro are geniuses. One of them developed the «All-​American» rib eyed steak, cheese and pickle deep fried in tempura batter, an served as if it was a sushi roll. One of the best fusion examples I have ever come across.
I also had the Sweet Aloha roll, which was beef, pineapple and tempura, this time topped with teriyaki sauce. Another winner. Four pieces of each came to $ 7.50.
They also have a pretty unique create your own roll, which seemed both fun and efficient.
They have an area with 11 bins of different colored plastic chopsticks. Each of the colors represents an ingredient. Say you want spicy tuna, Unagi, Avocado and Cream Cheese. You grab 4 chopsticks, in the 4 corresponding colors, hand them to the cashier, and voila you have your order placed. no need to slow the line down, learn the lingo or worry about them not getting the order right. Pure genius.
I was going to order one of the tuna rolls, but it just didn’t seem right to try it in the 113 degree heat.
But I am looking forward to going back another day,
«Gourmet Food Truck #27 on my never-​ending quest to try every truck in So Cal».

I’m judging Yatta by my first visit and the 8 piece Aloha Roll I ordered. Hence, 4 stars! Yatta offers a variety of unique rolls and sushi specials. They also have a «creation station» whereby you can create your own meal by selecting different ingredients according to different color-​coded sticks. Very cool.
The Aloha Roll I ordered is really not a traditional roll. It’s a roll with pineapple and beef which is then fried in tempura and drizzled with a delicious cream sauce and teriyaki. I had the eight piece and the roll slices were huge (see photo). I quickly scuttled over to the courtyard next to FIDM and proceeded to inhale my roll in a matter of mere minutes. Sooo good! Despite the fact that its exterior is fried, the beef is flavorful and is not overpowered by all the other elements of the roll. It would have been nice to get a little more pineapple for the sweet contrast to the savory, but it didn’t affect the tastiness of the roll.
I’m definitely keeping tabs on Yatta so I can try a few more dishes and perhaps upgrade my rating. The rolls on the menu come in 4 or 8 piece servings, the Aloha was $ 3.75 for 4, 8 for $ 7. Check ‘em out if you run into their truck!

wow i’m surprised. i thought i would never eat sushi from a truck, but at the oc foodie fest all the lines were at least a hour or longer. i looked over and realized that there weren’t as many people… good sign or bad? hmmm well i decided what the heck i want to eat more! so i went and realized that i can create my own so i put cucumber, avocado, tuna, and salmon… w/​ponzu sauce.
the fresh was fish and the sushi was great. i would definitely go back here and order again. what a great surprise.

Authentic sushi done unconventionally.
Checked out Yatta at the OC Foodie Fest in Anaheim because the line wasn’t too long that early in the day.
Since each order is customized, it took longer than expected but still, it was unique and delicious.
I ordered the jalapeño special. YUM! What else can I say? Cream cheese enveloped within a jalapeño sliced lengthwise and with a dollop of spicy sauce.
I also ordered the «All American» sushi which is beef/​cheese sushi. I know it sounds strange but it was interesting.
There seems to be a lot of creativity and thinking outside the truck box. There’s an option to order sushi your way by picking out colored sticks for each ingredient. That’s definitely different.
I’m a horrible sushi roller, so this appeals to me to pick and choose, and then have someone else roll it up for me.
I’d definitely come back again if I ever see this truck again!

It’s funny that a sushi truck was parked on Sawtelle amongst a sea of sushi restaurants. But I have a soft spot for food trucks so of course, I had to give it a try. I asked for a snack and the chef said he was going to make a «surprise» for me. Oh boy, I like surprises… and this one was good.
It wasn’t the most amazing hand roll I’ve ever had but it was pretty good for the price — $ 3.50. The surprise roll had avocado, krab and deep fried eel. I’m glad I gave it a try because if I had created my own roll, deep fried eel wouldn’t have been my top choice and krab would’ve been a non-​starter. But everything tasted harmoniously delicious so kudos for flavor, creativity, and flexibility.

!!! DEEP FRIED SUSHIIIIIIIII !!!
Okay, so I know that to some of you just the thought of it might sound a little odd + unappetizing, but to me… oh man, I was sold! Out of all the 20 or so food trucks that were at the Downtown LA Art Walk last week, this is the one that I found myself drawn to.

Perhaps because I’d never heard of it before + it’s one of the new trucks on the block? Or maybe just because some of the coolest quick food now of days really does seem to come on wheels. Deep fried sushi is such a cool idea!
On their menu board is about 6 different innovative fusion sushi options where you can get 4 pieces for about $ 3-​$ 4 or 8 pieces for $ 6-​$ 7. These options range from their infamous All-​American (aka Cheeseburger) to their Cream Cheese Explosion (cream cheese + spicy tuna) to their Sweet Aloha; this last one was my selection.
And truly, $ 3.75 for 4 pieces is not bad considering how small food truck servings can be. They’re decent sized pieces, freshly deep fried right in the truck so the warm crispy outside has a satisfying crunch to it. My Sweet Aloha roll came with sliced teriyaki beef with slivers of pineapple on the inside all wrapped in the seaweed + rice.
While I pretty much couldn’t taste the pineapple… perhaps this was due to the other more powerful sensations of the tangy teriyaki, the creamy drizzles of mayonnaise or the crunch of the fried batter coating. Unique + yummy! And then like most trucks, they have a selection of your everyday chips + drinks as well.
Perhaps next time I think want to try the «creation station» option where you pick out your assortment of colored sticks representing whatever 4 ingredients you want to make an 8-​piece roll. It literally is like customizing your own roll for a set price.
With ingredients like salmon, unagi, tamago, shrimp tempura, crab meat, spicy tuna, avocado, etc… there’s no way you can go wrong with d.i.y. especially since it’s all deep fried in the end, muahaha!

Yatta Truck is by far the best Food Truck in Los Angeles!
Their poki roll makes my mouth salivate everytime lunch comes around! Mmmmmmm soo good.
Try the specialty rolls as well at the creation station!

LB Street Food Fest truck #7
Yatta! — By this time, we were at the not-​sure-​if-​still-​hungry-​but-​not-​bursting-​at-​seams point, so we began deciding what to take to go. We visited 4 more trucks after this one, so I’m not sure why we decided to take sushi to go… blame food truck delirium.
Poki Roll — Don’t expect authentic poke and you won’t be disappointed. Not bad, got the sesame oil flavor, and interesting that they topped a CA roll with ‘poki’. Good, but nothing to stand in line for.
Sweet Aloha — A deep fried roll with pineapple inside! Hmm… jury is out on this one. Was fun to try something new — but was not a big fan of this one.
Friendly people, silly Ninja references, and a random observance — they had a yummy smelling Renuzit air freshener by the order window.
On to the next truck!

I tried the Poki Roll, the popular one according to Yatta at the LB Street Food Fest, & woooow, I love the fact at how simplistic yet flavorful the poki (on top) and the Cali Rolls were. $ 3 for 4 pieces (what I got) & $ 6.50 for 8.
…My favorite Cali Roll fusion so far!

I was reading about a cheeseburger sushi roll on eater la, and low and behold what do i see when i step outside for lunch? The Yatta truck. So i get four pieces of «American roll.» The ground beef was less than ground, but it was the tempura on the outside that completely masked any flavors of the meat, cheese or pickle. All i tasted was tempura batter and rice.
This truck allows you to customize your rolls by selecting colored sticks which represent ingredients. In my personal opinion, it feels gimmicky. The customizable option is fine, but just take people orders.
While the other, more simple offerings might offer more flavor, I don’t think ill be coming back to this truck anytime soon.

Now I’ve seen my fair share of innovative sushi rolls, but this place takes the case. Especially for a mobile vendor of raw fish.
They have an All– American sushi roll. Which is essentially beef and melted cheese as the filling for $ 3.75.
If you’re not in the mood to have a burger in your rice, you can go for the classics. I had a Tuna Poki roll, $ 3.50. It was a California roll with a very heavy portion of tuna poki on top.
There was a lot of other options and you can even make your own wacky combination with some sticks they have in the «make-​your own» sushi
They advertise that Ninja’s eat Sushi. Damn right they do. They also eat it very quietly and quickly. And leave no trace. So you shouldn’t leave a mess.
Either way, the price is really cheap and that’s a great thing when it comes to street food. This place is some dope sushi on the move options. A good addition to the food truck scene.