UrbanWire

It’s been 3 months since mobile eatery Tom’s Fiesta first appeared on the roads.

And it seems to be doing well addressing the dilemma of where to get sustenance during that oh-too-short lunch hour.

Operations Manager Junia Tan said, “We [ourselves] are an attraction”. But they know that novelty alone won’t be enough to draw in the crowds. Strategy comes to play too. That’s why to rouse the crowd’s interest; they offer food samples to curious and hungry passersby and play funky tunes.

Apart from its food on wheels novelty, Tom’s Fiesta offers 4 other types of services. They supply ready-packed lunches (great for foreign workers), buffet catering, and beverages.

This company sure knows how to bring in the money even if it means having to drive to the place where your party is held and delivering food to your shop if you ask for it. Now, you needn’t go out in the hot sun to look for Tom’s Fiesta’s food vehicle; it will literally come to you.

Chicken wings, chicken thighs, French fries, baked potatoes, hotdogs may not be on your list of healthy salad meals, but they get us drooling a lot faster.? So now’s not the time to go on that long procrastinated diet.

Most of Tom’s Fiesta’s foods are garnished with a generous amount of their oh-so-yummy cream and spicy sauces. Whatever makes it so tasty we don’t know for they refused to tell us (yes, we tried probing) what secret ingredients were used.

The Fiesta chicken thigh cost ($2.50) is the mobile eatery’s signature dish. You’ll know why once you take a bite. The deep-fried chicken has a crisp golden-brown skin that is cooked to perfection, while the meat remains juicy and flavourful, not so like the chicken at KFC, the chicken at Tom’s Fiesta are do not leave the eater with an oily and greasy feeling.. To complete the whole feisty experience, the chicken is topped with whichever of the 2 sauces the customer asks for.

Not only does the sauce blend well with the chicken’s aromatic flavour, it also complements the already juicy and tender meat. It’s amazing how Tom’s Fiesta makes use of the different subtle flavours to enhance the otherwise ordinary tasting white meat. Being a typical Singaporean, I scrapped the box empty of its secret sauce with my chicken to make sure that I didn’t waste any of it.

The Fiesta potatoes ($1.50), which are just as popular, are cooked just right. The potatoes are rather soft, but yet firm enough to prevent them from being too mashed up. The carbo’s baked, so no extra calories or cholesterol for our health-conscious readers here. Don’t worry, Tom’s Fiesta sells other types of cuisine. Dim Sum, Japanese, Italian, Chinese and local food are just some of the other tricks they have up their chef’s sleeves.

Need something to quench your thirst after eating that hearty? We suggest you help yourself to a cup of Cagliari coffee ($!.50). The aroma of these strong Italian coffee beans alone would be enough to leave you thirsting for more.

The price ranges from $1to $3.50. Unfortunately, we won’t know where they will be going next, but Tom’s Fiesta wishes to target all major neighbourhoods within the next few months. The number to call to order is 6225-2861, there isn’t a minimum order, but the order should be large enough for at least 20 people. What you live in some unknown area? No worries, so long as you live in Singapore, they will deliver the food to your door step. Their operating hours are from 6pm to 10pm.