Mucho Perro: Food Truck of the Week

As American as apple pie

By Lesley Balla

Angelenos' love affair with hot dogs doesn't stop with American-style hot dogs. We have street-cart Danger Dogs, which originated in Tijuana, we have places for an array of German-style brats and wursts or exotic sausages, and thanks to Mucho Perro, you can add Colombian-style super perro to the list. This is no regular hot dog. Well, it starts off that way, a basic beef, turkey or veggie frank in a bun. But super perros are so, so much more.

A classic super perro, oft served from carts all over Columbia, comes topped with avocado, mozzarella cheese, pineapple relish, onions, tomatoes and crushed potato chips, plus an array of squeeze-bottle sauces, including a cilantro sauce and something simply called "pink" sauce, a blend of ketchup and mayo. At Mucho Perro, there's the classic, which takes all of that on, but if you want to go really crazy, get the one with all of that and chili and bacon. Just because you can. Super perros seem to be best eaten with alcohol, or sometime after you've consumed too much of it, so the truck is usually around bars like Hollywood's Bronson Bar after sundown. But you can also find it in Burbank and other food truck stops. Follow Twitter and Facebook for the truck's regular whereabouts.