Mexicali-style taco truck Asadero Chikali

Ana Perez prepares a barbacoa vampiro at her family-owned taco truck Asadero Chikali. For the past three months, they’ve set up at an auto dealership lot on South Atlantic Boulevard in East Los Angeles serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Carne asada taco from the taco truck Asadero Chikali.

The handmade flour tortillas on the family-owned taco truck, Asadero Chikali.

A barbacoa vampiro gets toppings at the family-owned taco truck Asadero Chikali.

The family-owned taco truck Asadero Chikali.

Handmade flour tortillas get grilled for vampiros at the family-owned taco truck Asadero Chikali.

Ana Perez and her family own the taco truck Asadero Chikali. The business started out of her mother’s house, and eventually they saved enough money for the truck they bought last October. For the past three months, the truck has set up at an auto dealership lot on South Atlantic Boulevard in East Los Angeles, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.

A partial menu at the taco truck Asadero Chikali, a family-owned business serving breakfast, lunch and dinner in East Los Angeles.

Rudy Valle and son Jordan Ventura, 7, are regulars at the family-owned taco truck, Asadero Chikali, in East Los Angeles. They come two or three times a week. Today was a quick taco lunch before going to a birthday party later.