Top five Hobart-based food trucks
A lower-cost alternative to bricks-and-mortar venues, food trucks offer an accessible entry point to the notoriously expensive restaurant game. That adds up to more delicious dinners for Tasmanians, writes Nola James.
Spice on Wheels
A roaming extension of the Spice on Wheels restaurant in New Town, this maroon-toned truck brings northern Indian classics to New Norfolk’s Tynwald Park, plus Taste of Summer and Dark Mofo’s Winter Feast. Think chicken korma, saag paneer, lamb rogan josh and goat curry, with cheesy, garlicky naan breads to go.
Shari Sushi
The Shari Sushi truck, found at Rosny Park’s Tasmanian Produce Market on Saturdays, as well as the Twilight Market, specialises in sushi and sashimi boxes that hero local seafood. The chirashi don, which loosely translates to ‘scattered sushi’, is a single-serve box of vinegared sushi rice topped with thinly sliced raw fish, cucumber and carrot, and served with real wasabi.
Parthenon on Wheels
North Hobart’s favourite souvlaki joint also has mobile roaming, with its trailer usually parked at the TCM Car Park on South Arm Road, Lauderdale, on Friday and Saturday nights. Grab chicken or lamb gyros with salad in a pita wrap or loaded onto hot chips with house-made tzatziki, barbecue and sweet chilli sauces.
Queen Sheba Injera Catering
This Ethiopian food truck has a (somewhat) permanent parking spot at 29 Lefroy Street, North Hobart. You can also find it on Uber Eats and at the Twilight Market. The specialty here is injera – large, spongy pancakes made from teff (an ancient grain), topped with curries known as ‘wots’ plus stewed green lentils, yellow split peas and vibrant beetroot.
Bao Lady
Head to Hobart’s Farm Gate Market on Sundays for steamed bao buns filled to order with Korean-style fried chicken, crumbed eggplant (grown on the owners’ farm) or barbecued pork, plus pickles, coriander and hot sauce. A second truck, Seoul Sista, serves up hand-rolled kimbap at Salamanca every Saturday.
