Boriken Puerto Rican Kitchen

This place is great. I'm so glad I was able to find amazingly Puerto Rican Food. I moved here from NYC and missing home.

I stopped by this food truck in the Gosling Express Food Truck Park for a late lunch the other day (they open at 2pm). I had the garlic shrimp for an entree and an alcapurria on the side, and washed it down with a Mate India soda. Overall the meal was very successful, I can heartily recommend it.The garlic shrimp dish is true to its name--shrimp cooked in a garlic butter sauce, reminding me very much of shrimp scampi. The shrimp were nicely cooked, and the shells were softened up enough that I just ate them whole. The dish comes with a choice of sides--rice, tostones (fried plantain) or mofongo. Mofongo is a savory mashed plantain casserole formed tightly in a mold. It has a great combination of textures, and it went particularly well with this dish as it soaked up that garlic butter sauce to make it taste even richer. Yum! It came with a tasty dipping sauce, but the sauce didn't really go with the dish and they could probably leave it off. But that sauce was a perfect complement for the alcapurria (and it had its own container). Alcapurrias are a fritter often made with green bananas and taro root and stuffed with meat. This one was made with a plantain base. It was nice and crisp on the outside and quite tasty with the sauce. It was fresh from the fryer so it was extremely hot, and would remain that way for quite some time--it would travel well.The entrees are priced from $13.50-$23, not unusual for a food truck but a bit more than many in this food truck park. But you can get a perfectly reasonable lunch from the small item menu, which has empanadas as well as the alcapurrias, and not spend more than $10. Service was very friendly and helpful. A great way to experience Puerto Rican food, which we have not had in this neighborhood.

So happy we made the drive to try this spot. Best PR I have had in Houston area. I got the Sami platter. It has a little bit of everything! First bite of pork was perfection. Every bite after did not disappoint. The service was pleasant and my food was fresh and hot when I received it. The food truck park has a lot of seating and a kids play area. Very family friendly.

Food was delicious. It was a nice experience, they serve plenty of food with an authentic puertorican flavor.La comida estuvo delicioss. Una buena experiencia. Sirven bastante comida con el autentico savor puertorriqueño.

The Maduros were fresh tasting and very well cooked paired well with a white sauce tasted like an herby garlic ranch! The woman working in the truck was very sweet and made the ordering process simple. They were out of quite a few things so I ended up just grabbing some plantains and then going to a restaurant for a meal but it was fine considering I was just kind of looking for a snack to hold me over for a long drive and these did the trick. This truck is designed so cute it definitely stands out in a crowd of food trucks. I thought it was odd that I didn't get my change until the end when I came back for my food though and then she forgot that she had to give me my change but when I reminded her she left the truck and came back with my change so I'm assuming and she just ran out of change. If I hadn't remembered though she would've came up on a 300% tip LOL Anywaaays, Overall a good experience.

I will give this place no stars. About a month , ago we went to the location on Gossling ave and surprise, no truck there, even if their website said open. So Today we notice they have a new location on Stuebener av so we went to try it out.Got there very happy said good afternoon in Spanish to the lady in the truck, no response from her, no smiles, she did not even asked me if I had any questions. So I asked her if she had Pernil, she looked at me like confused and replied, sometimes! she did not even offer me something else. So based on her attituded and the lack of wanting to sell I decided to move on to other trucks, were as soon as I got close they asked me if they can help me with a smile on their faces. If I want to spend my money someplace at least be corteous.

Food was great! We were a group of six and we got everything from the churassco to the tripleta. The mofongo was moist and very tasty. The churassco was cooked perfectly. They had PR drinks and we got Malta and Kola Champagne. There is outdoor seating with shade and fun lawn games for kids. Service was relatively quick!

I was looking to cater for Christmas a typical puertorrican dinner. The food was the closest to what I'm used to back home ( I'm from PR ) and we really enjoyed it. The portions were generous and the ladies at the food truck were very nice! Definitely recommended! Of note, the food truck park where it's located is really clean and paved.

The food is amazing my favorite dishes are the Churrasco and Chicharrón de pollo. Definitely recommend it.

Excellent service and the food is delicious!Its a taste from the Island I love it. The best Carrucho ever