Papaya King Truck

[trojans]

I drove by the Papaya King truck this afternoon and decided to give it a try. I've been looking forward to the Papaya King that is opening up in Hollywood. In the meantime they decided to have a truck plying their products until the place opens next week.

Like a lot of expectations these were a let done. I got the dog with onions and sauerkraut and the chili cheese dogs. Small skinny dogs with barely any bite. I was hoping to be wowed by them. Oh well.

[dharmathug]

the only great thing about Papaya King in NY was the papaya and other fruit drinks they sold. Their dogs were just ok

[reality check]

Link to the thread about PK opening in Hollywood:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/762658

[HoundDogz]

Oh I still love Skooby Dog on Hollywood Blvd. Maybe not a NYC dog joint but great. I will be off to Papaya King soon to try.

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Skooby's
6654 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

[ns1]

Friend went to the launch day in Burbank, said they tasted just like the NY version FWIW

[lil mikey]

Maybe this is the new reality: a truck launch party. Kind of like breaking a champagne bottle over the hull of a new cruise ship.

[Bradbury]

Having once lived close to a Papaya King in NYC for a couple years, I could never really see what was so wonderful about their hot dogs in the first place. I think the whole marketing genius of the papaya juice/hot dog combo was that maybe the extra digestive enzymes in the former would help usher the latter through your system a bit more comfortably...

Anyway, a Papaya King truck in LA strikes me as an answer to a question that nobody asked (and perhaps another harbinger of the food truck bubble about to pop)

[DrBruin]

I agree wholeheartedly with the first and the last sentences. I have no idea if the digestive enzyme bit is true or not.

[Clyde]

this truck has been on wilshire. i was wondering how their curly fries were? I think they had them there or i am confusing it with another truck.

[trojans]

I had the fries they were served barely warm.

[Clyde]

that is such a bummer!!! glad i decided to get this amazing mexi-wrap from the doner truck next to it or whatever it is. YUM!

[Peripatetic]

In the late 80's I lived near the Papaya King at 86th and Third, and for the life of me I don't remember them having curly fries, or any fries at all for that matter. I wonder if they introduced them as part of their franchising efforts, to appeal to a wider customer base. In any case, I'd be surprised if they were more than an afterthought.

[jessejames]

they had some squarish potato knish finger things lined up on the big griddle like the hotdogs ; i dont remember them being bad at all.

[HoundDogz]

The famous Papaya King of NY has a place out here now. That's great news I need to go. I've always wanted to go to Papaya King but never been to NYC. Now I can give it a try. Either the truck or the restaurant I'd go to. They are famous. It's like The Hat opening up in NYC. Kinda the same but reverse.