Menu Spotlight: Flew the Coop

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If you have ever felt the pressure of making a snap decision on the meal you want from your favorite food truck (hopefully our Modern Tortilla trucks!), we feel your pain. The people standing behind you waiting for their turn to order and eat before they have to get back to work and the internal battle you feel when faced with the menu and the great options it features can make deciding ever harder! This stressful situation happens daily on the roads of the valley we live in, and because we care, this menu spotlight is for you! We’re here to share with you the details about our Phoenix taco menu items, allowing you to choose what you want BEFORE you get to the truck, and this time our in-depth expo is all about our Flew the Coop taco.

Skip the Beef

When you think of your standard taco, chances are ground beef is what comes to mind first, or for diners with a little more exotic tastes, fish tacos, and while both are excellent choices, sometimes you need a little change—a taste of something fowl, if you will! Yes, the Flew the Coop taco is a chicken tinga filled delicacy that is fast becoming one of our Modern Tortilla faves, and once you get your first taste, we have a feeling it will become one of your Phoenix taco favorites as well!

Starting with our cilantro lime corn tortilla (the basic corn tortilla has its place on the menu, but just doesn’t work with the exotic blend here), we create a chicken tinga that resembles the flavors of your youth but with a little more pizazz. Blending chicken with cinnamon, tomatillos, chipotle, and roasted bell peppers which have simmered together long enough to create a flavor explosion in your mouth, we finish it off with a spicy salsa verde takes this delicious taco to the next level of awesome! As you’ve come to expect, the ingredients in all our tacos, not just the Flew the Coop, are fresh, locally sourced, and grade A. Eating Mexican doesn’t have to mean unhealthy, and our Modern Tortilla food truck menu is all the proof you need!

Now That Your Decision Has Been Made

The choice is easy: Follow our food trucks and make your next meal healthy and delicious! You can find us in Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, Chandler, or in your own backyard when you take advantage of our catering services. Hope to see you soon!

Chef Tommy Joins Arizona Foothills Magazine for Chef Chat

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The longer we continue with our Modern Tortilla food trucks, the more sure we are that THIS is what we were meant to do, and when you consider the list of accolades that have come our way over the past year or so, we believe you, our treasured guests, must agree with us as well! Exciting things are happening for the company and for Chef Tommy, who was recently asked to join the Arizona Foothills Magazine for Chef Chat! This monthly column has been a favorite of readers for more than a few years, giving the public the opportunity to learn more about the chefs of their favorite restaurants, and we consider being asked a real honor. We think Chef Tommy handled the spotlight beautifully!

Arizona Foothills Magazine is the Go To in the Valley

For 22 years, Arizona Foothills Magazine has had its finger on the pulse of trendy and upscale happenings in the East Valley. If you’re looking for the best Mexican restaurant in town, need a new hair stylist, or are simply seeking a new boutique to buy your bling from, the pages of Arizona Foothills are the best place to start your search. And when they called Chef Tommy and asked for him to be interviewed for their Chef Chat column, you can be sure that he was very excited—and maybe a little bit nervous—to do so! We think he did well, though, and upon reading the piece, we all learned a thing or two about the man we thought we knew everything about! Covering everything from his passion for cooking to his thrilling debut on Chopped, plus a few hints on what the future holds for our food truck community, even though we may be a bit biased, we still think it’s a great read!

The Passion is Evident

As we go about our business of providing delicious meals for the Arizona public, it’s not just Chef Tommy that feels passionate about our mission; from the mechanics who service our trucks to the cooks who spend their days creating masterpieces of taste, we ALL have a passion for feeding people. Watching them do the happy dance at the first taste of a Modern Mayan taco or seeing the big smiles that spread across their faces when they realize the churro they are about to devour is cream-filled makes us realize anew that we really are following our passion. Contact us today to learn more about our tasty and healthy Mexican food!