Food trucks in Johannesburg

Balkan Burger builds its burgers on Serbian family recipes. The Sir Balkan is a fold-over beef patty in sourdough with a homemade roasted red pepper sauce, the Stuffed With Stuff adds cheese, bacon and peppadews, and the Veg Master swaps the meat for battered brinjal. The bus trades weekly at Prison Break Market and is hired out with a pop-up stall, a mobile bar and a dessert trailer.

The Filthy Moustache names its burgers after moustaches, such as The Manometer and The Bro-Stache, and piles its rolls with crispy bacon, caramelised onions, jalapeños, guacamole or feta. Its fixed joint at 9 Walters Street near Rosebank Quarter is the easiest way to taste the food before you book one of the black-and-gold trucks.

TurnUp Food Truck SA pairs gourmet burgers with loaded fries, chicken strips and malva pudding, and can bring a coffee caravan or a craft beer and cocktail bar. LuviesFood Food Trucks, out of Bryanston, puts burgers next to bao buns, tacos and burritos, serves in biodegradable packaging and prices per meal plus a call-out fee.

Spitbraai Boss roasts full lamb on the spit with baby potatoes, adds chicken, roast beef, salads and hot dishes, and serves from the spit at your home, office or venue. Functions start at 30 guests, it covers Johannesburg, Midrand and Pretoria, and it says it can source halal-friendly meat from an accredited butchery. Kids menus, platters and a mobile bar are extras.

Theo's Spit Braai Catering, based in Johannesburg South, cooks lamb, beef, pork and chicken on a gas spit at the venue and serves buffet style, with braaimasters, cutlery and crockery included. Menus also start at 30 guests and run from an Easy Sunday spit braai to VIP and Champions menus, plus a halaal menu, a braai menu and a kiddies menu. If you would rather run the fire yourself, Theo's hires out spits and event staff.

Boerie Bro's sticks to gourmet boerewors rolls, served from a food truck, a food-tuk or a gazebo set-up depending on the space. It trades at markets and festivals around Johannesburg and Pretoria and takes corporate and private bookings rain or shine, indoors or out, which counts in a Highveld summer of afternoon thunderstorms.

For a dressed-up dog, The Filthy Moustache lists The New Guy, The Crumb Catcher and The Lady Tickler gourmet dogs on freshly baked rolls.

Moments Desserts & Beverages runs staffed dessert and drinks bars rather than a single truck. You choose the bar: waffles, crepes, churros, mini doughnuts, ice cream, milkshakes, bubble tea, mocktails or a chocolate fountain. Savoury stations such as pizza, paella, burgers and prego rolls are on offer too, and the team works brand activations and expos as well as weddings, in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.