Lechonera La Piraña

My friend and I came in from Manhattan to visit Angel's Puerto Rican food truck in the South Bronx.

Suffice to say that going to Lechonera La Piraña is not like a typical Manhattan Halal cart, it's more of an "immersive" experience because he welcomes you into his food truck, both literally (you climb up a rickety black metal staircase to enter into the truck) and figuratively (he treats his customers like family).

He clearly has a bit of a following, because even on a cold winter day he had a small line of people... but luckily we didn't have to wait long before we were welcomed inside. I was a bit intimated as I didn't know the ordering protocol but Angel put me at ease, behind the counter, expertly cutting up pork with a large machete...

He quickly offered us a sample of the pork and also a little plastic cups of his split pea soup which was delicious. Maybe we looked like out-of-towners because he asked us how we heard about him and we told him about the Vice article and he said that people come from all over to try his lechón.

He delivered heaping piles of food to us in take-out containers. Angel himself, as well as other people leaned in to take photos of our food 'cuz it looked so tasty and the other guests said they had already eaten their food and wanted photos.

Note that Portion sizes were EXTREMELY large. There was a tasty garlic sauce and also hot sauces available. One was a home-made Puerto Rican hot sauce in an orange juice container that was very tasty.

My friend ordered shrimp sauce over rice + pork on the side. I ordered just the pork. I asked for salad but he didn't have any so I got only pork. He did not have soda.

We paid $27.00 for everything. Would go back again in the future.