Delectaballs (Meat Balls) - food truck

Adelaide food truck Delectaballs. Photo by Andre Castell Source: Supplied

These meaty masterminds dish up grub from the back of a truck called Mr Darcy.

AGES 31 (David Porcaro), 28 (Christina Adamczyk)
ORIGIN Born in Adelaide, both Christina and David have Italian heritages - and influential nonnas. "We're from different sides of Italy, so there's always lots of [food] discussion happening!" laughs David. "During my childhood, I'd have meatballs at my nonna's house for Sunday lunch. I remember running around the backyard with a meatball sandwich and all the sauce running down my arm … I thought, why not still do that?"
HAVING A BALL After years of working in hospitality around the world, the pair took the plunge in February and turned their meatball-making dream into reality.
AUSTEN POWERED A van was purchased on Gumtree and lovingly transformed from removalist van into Mr Darcy the food truck by David and his father. "Yes, the name is inspired by Pride and Prejudice," David says. "He's handsome - you can't deny it."
JUICY MORSELS Christina takes nostalgic joy in preparing an ever-evolving selection of meatballs made with produce from butcher Richard Gunner and Adelaide Central Markets. "I just love food … you don't need to be a chef - you just need to produce something that you love and that you want other people to love."
THE WAY WE ROLL "It's not just meatballs," says David. "We do vegetarian and sweet ones as well - we're working on little Nutella balls." It's a meaty recipe for success.
For Delectaballs truck locations, see facebook.com/delectaballsfoodtruck

Source: Adelaide Now, 13th January 2014