Mingo's Louisiana Kitchen

Mingo's Louisiana Kitchen is a food Truck that offers Po Boys, and Plates. Sometimes they offer seafood baskets, jambalaya, red beans and rice, and catfish. The food I've tried from them is always delicious and perfect. Tonight this food truck was at Food Truck Friday West in Glendale. It was hard to decide on what to order because it all sounded so great! But that chicken was so amazing from their other food truck Screaming Hot Chicken so I had to try the Buffalo Chicken plate. GOSH! IT WAS FORKING DELICIOUS! Not only delicious but that chicken just melted in the mouth like butter. Portion was also generously large (maybe by accident?) and prices were low.
Mingo's Louisiana Kitchen Food Truck is HIGHLY recommended!

Food is amazing. Service is great and worth it if you have to wait. Ambiance is wherever you find the kitchen.

I have been checking Mingo's Louisiana Kitchen Facebook page continuously to see what the menu item of the day is and where Corey (the owner) will be. I see that he is going to have biscuits and gravy on the menu for lunch. WHOA! I love biscuits and gravy -- as long as it's made with the right kind of sausage and the gravy isn't too floury. Since I haven't had Corey's, I thought I'd give it a shot.

Now, mind you, where he pulls up his food truck during this time of covid is not right around the corner from me. It's almost 20 miles one way. And if he's doing dinner, I want to make sure I'm not just sitting in traffic during rush hour.

Anyway, I decide to head down for b&g for lunch on a Saturday. Not only does he have the special of the day, he has a menu board set up for other items as well.

Well, since I was down there, I also picked up for a friend who loves his food. And we both decided to try almost everything on the menu.

I got the biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs, the catfish plate, eggs and grits and andouille, the shrimp plate, the hot chicken plate, and the short ribs and fries. WHEW! Enough to last me for at least a week!

I was hesitant on trying the catfish. My experience with catfish prior was not a good one, but I thought I'd give it a shot. It was fried and flavored to perfection. Light and fluffy.

I loved the meat he used to flavor the gravy for the biscuits and gravy, and the gravy wasn't too starchy. It has to have the correct meat type -- I'm thinking sausage -- and not too floury to be good.

I loved the andouille! I wish I had gotten more than the one. I had never eaten grits prior so didn't know what to expect. I think I'll save it for something I can add to -- like a soup.

I loved the shrimp and the hot chicken plates and the short ribs. The short ribs were a bit too fatty for my taste, but I'm thinking they're supposed to be that way. I was flaky and tender and well seasoned though.

My friend and I can't wait till we head down to his food truck again. I will need to wait a little bit since I have a lot leftover.

I did post photos of each dish as well as Corey and his son as part of the general photo posts. I guess I'll post them again and take the others down.

Their food truck came to my work and they served some of the best fried catfish I've ever had. The dipping sauce was delish. So I started following them on IG. Saw they had a dinner special of seafood stew. Being in (AZ) it's hard to find places with good seafood so why not try it out. Service was ok. Wasn't anything special.
My husband got another one of their specials, the prime rib po boy. It was delicious the first two bites. The third bite he got a mouth full of blue cheese. My husband can't do the bleu cheese thing so he said he was done and couldn't eat anymore of it. I wish they mentioned it was in there so he could have asked no bleu cheese.
My seafood stew was tasty though.

Hands down, my favorite food truck that comes to my work. Last time around, they were sold out of the braised short ribs and fries and I got the catfish basket. It was amazing - the cornmeal dredging is perfection and the 2 piece portion with fries is very generous for the price.

Today, they finally came back and I got out there right away for those short rib fries. The meat is so tender it almost melts in your mouth and the old bay seasoned fries and remoulade are delicious as well. Plus, the guys are so nice and the food comes out hot and pretty quick too.
The guys in my office are giving rave reviews to the jambalaya as I write this.
You can not go wrong with any of their delicious food. My only complaint is that they don't come to my work more often.

For years the hubs and I have traveled outside of our community looking for descent seafood. To our surprise, a restaurant named Mingo's was located down the street from our home. The food is DYNAMITE!

Stop reading this and go have a great meal and awesome customer service from Mr. Mingo and his team. Okay, I gotta go because my grub is getting cold!

You will not regret it! Oh, bring your appetite and your thirst because Mr. Mingo is serious!

I split a catfish & shrimp poboy and a red beans & rice with a friend.
The poboy was delicious. The catfish was perfect; exactly the way I hoped it would taste. The bread was a better quality than I expected. I can't really give an opinion on the shrimp. I'll have to try a shrimp plate next time to really get a good taste of it. It was definitely good in the sandwich, I just couldn't judge it on its own.
The red beans and rice was very tasty. Very generous portion size and a decent helping of sausage. Another reviewer commented that it was bland, but mine was very flavorful. That didn't stop me from hitting it with hot sauce though. I like it spicy.
We both topped it off with a Tiger's Blood daiquiri which I enjoyed. I really wish they'd add a margarita machine. ..
We really miss Gorda's (that used to occupy this space), but Mingo's is a worthy successor. It's a great asset for this area.

I've been trying to make it here for brunch but unforeseen circumstances prevented me. I finally made it today for brunch with the hubs.

As soon as you walk in the Bloody Mary Bar welcomes you with a "Hello $10 gets you unlimited trips to the bar". I had to partake. Bring on the Gram worthy pics. Did I mention they use Tito's Vodka.

Now time for food. I ordered the sweet corn cakes with a side of Andouille sausage. My hubs got the shrimp and grits. Let's just say I like a pancake but usually I'm one and done. I loved these corn cakes and I finished every single one of them. So light and delicious. The sausage had the perfect of amount of kick. I had to steal a bite of grits and they were so creamy with a true grit flavor. No need for all the extra stuff.

I can't believed it wasn't packed but I'm sure we got here early enough to beat the rush. We will definitely be back.

Hidden gem that's well worth the drive. I didn't think I'd ever find any good fried fish in Arizona and then we found this place. Hubs and I had the fried fish with fries. OMG, delicious! Even the hush puppies were good. My only con is the gnats, they were bad. I think they could help themselves out by purchasing a different trash can, ensuring the dishes are cleared and not sitting with discarded food. Lastly, purchase ketchup with a closing top, the gnats were drawn to them.

I hope this business never goes out of business!
I decided to try this location a few times before reviewing and I am happy that we kept coming back. We love that they have different specials/entrees/choices all the time! We appreciate the creativity of the specials they promote and it's always delicious, the seasoning is perfect every time

We've devoured the seafood stew, Po'Boys, a shrimp linguine special, kids baskets and that Adult Octane beverage!

Can't wait to try their Sunday Brunch!