Durham's Chirba Chirba Dumpling food truck is being featured in Saturday's season premiere of "My Family Recipe Rocks," a new show on ABC's Live Well Network hosted by Joey Fatone, the former 'N Sync band member.
Chela Tu, one of the truck's founders, says the dumpling recipe was inspired by the father of one of her business partners. Co-owner Yin Song's father, Michael, is a chef who shared his dumpling techniques with the foursome, who developed their own recipe, Tu says.
Tu says they had a lot of fun with Fatone, who worked on the truck with them during a lunch hour stop at Channel Advisor in Morrisville. "It was fun to be on camera and have a goofball who is just as funny as us," she says.
To see the show, tune into channel 1112 at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Also mark your calendar for Jan. 20, when the Chirba Chirba Dumpling truck will celebrate Chinese New Year at Motorco in Durham. The truck will be serving food from 5 to 9 p.m., plus the owners will be screening a documentary about the truck's launch at 7 p.m. There also will be games of "dumpling hole," like cornhole only with dumpling-shaped bean bags.
And if you would like to check out the truck, it will be parked from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at Durham's Golden Belt at 807 E. Main St.
For more information, go to www.chirbachirba.com.
Another event for food truck fans
Four local food trucks are joining forces for a "Food Truck Mash-Up," at 6 p.m. Jan. 21 at Motorco in Durham.
The trucks include Chirba Chirba Dumpling, Pie Pushers, Farmhand Foods and KoKyuBBQ. The "mash-up" angle is that each truck will make dishes using ingredients from the other trucks. That may mean pizza-inspired dumplings and Asian-inspired tacos. You'll have to be there to find out. Tickets cost $25 in advance or $30 at the door. To buy tickets and to get more information, go to motr.co/ftmu
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