I was doing some translating from Chinese to English.
I don't know what English native speakers call them.
Please give me a hand.
I was doing some translating from Chinese to English.
I don't know what English native speakers call them.
Please give me a hand.
I've most often heard the term Coffee Truck. Small trucks or vans commonly doing the rounds of jobsites and high pedestrian traffic areas which peddle coffee, soft drinks and some light food items.
Generally we would just call them food trucks. What they are, are large trucks that specialize in a certain cuisine, whether it be Greek, Mexican, or Chinese food. I'm sure there are trucks that sell breakfast as well.
In the US and elsewhere, street food is often sold from food trucks, as JBJ notes. You could look at this review of the situation in Nashville for a model:
Top 10 Street Food Trucks in Nashville
An alternative that is often seen on the streets of New York, for instance, is the pushcart. They might also be motorized. One option is to specify the food that’s being sold in the description of the vehicle. The link below gives some examples: hot dog pushcart, refrigerated sandwich cart, beverage cart.
There are additional styles of mobile food vending that may be more common in Asia: motorized or electric tricycles selling food, mobile food carts, or food vans.
These all sound fine, but *food car would be too generic for my taste. If you want to be more descriptive, I would mention what food is on offer, e.g. sandwich truck. Or of course breakfast truck, if they really only operate during the breakfast hours.
The terminology is changing along with the product's marketing, and presently they are named gourmet food trucks.
If the truck is used for an event, or not selling street food, they are still referred to as catering trucks. Americans don't use the term lorry for trucks, boot for trunks....