It’s easy to give out Twitter accolades and Instagram bravos to the same series of easy-to-reach food trucks that are all located in the same oil-stained spots day after day and are written about in the same alt-weeklies week after week, offering a false sense of culinary security that allows would-be foodies to tell themselves they are stepping outside their comfort zones when, in reality, they’re just biding their time in the hipster version of a mall food court.
The best meals on wheels in Oklahoma City, the ones that create from the heart and, most importantly, the soul, are usually the ones that you’d never even notice without looking and looking hard. They are the ones that you quickly drive by in a shady neighborhood or the ones that may be in need of some bodywork and a paint job; the ones where English might be a second (or third) language or the ones that are only captured out of the corner of your eye for only a brief moment like a vision from Santa Maria herself.