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Tabassum

4.3 (54 reviews)
InexpensiveFood Trucks, Uzbek, Halal
Closed • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Spinach Vegan Samsa
Philip S.

It's great to see these guys are still in business! I remember them two years prior to the pandemic. They were parked outside my office complex and their big pie display on side of their truck sparked my attention. Back then the young gentleman told me that he was just starting this business. He then kindly explained to me all the delicious varieties of pies he had to offer. After trying their beef, mushroom, and spinach pies... I have always been very satisfied with their food. The exterior texture of the pastry is very soft and had just enough crunch to it. Once you start digging in you really can't stop, haha. You can taste all the delicious ingredients inside the pastry. Slightly moist, not heavy on the sodium, but just right... at least for me. Now that they are back, I saw they had more additional items on their menu, fantastic! Once again I went for their Spinach Samsa. :) Next time around though I plan on trying their other new items. Highly recommend everyone if you want something savory in a small pastry form and that doesn't make you feel overly full. Oh I also had their Carrot Salad, also a very good, however it was a bit on the garlicky side. Enjoy!

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Kathy N.

I tried one of their pies earlier today at the Sodo flea market. It was okay. I asked for the curry chicken pie and either they skimped on the curry or they gave me the wrong pie (not sure what else it could've been because it was chicken but they have no other chicken pies on their menu) because there was no curry flavor. Pretty disappointing in that regard. The pie was a little bigger than my palm and very stuffed with filling. The bottom of the pastry was very soggy, but on the upside that meant the filling was hot and juicy. It was $6/pie, up from $5

Shaina W.

I was so excited to see the Tabassum food truck with these vegan hand pies at our church community event tonight!! I wasn't expecting to find a lot of vegan options, so this was awesome, and they were delicious!! The mushroom potato one was my favorite, it had a delicious blend of savory spices with a little bit of sweetness reminding me of curry with cinnamon. Fantastic!!

Final bites of a chicken roll. D-lish!
Daria L.

You are incredible! Delicious food. I didn't know what to expect while ordering. Everything was delicious. Thank you for being friendly too.

Butternut squash samsa
Huong L.

I'm surprised that this food truck doesn't have a lot of people waiting in line for their food. This place was at the South lake Union farmers market and we had the butternut squash samsa. It was a plain simple dish but flavorful, flaky and light. For $5, you can get a quick decent light lunch. I definitely would want to try their other dishes if there wasn't so many other things to try at the farmers market :)

Beef Samsa ($5)
Jenn C.

Delicious!! Saw this "savory pie" food truck in the parking lot at Growler Guys and wasn't sure what to expect. I ordered a beef samsa ($5) and was very impressed when the guy reached over and immediately handed me one. I figured it might not be warm, but it was piping hot! The outside is nice and crisp and flaky, and the inside was heated through and super flavorful. Typically I'm the person who douses their food in hot sauce, but this was so flavorful I didn't even miss it (you can add sriracha for $0.10) The beef filling does have a very strong cumin flavor, FYI, in case that bothers people. It reminds me a lot of the cumin lamb skewers you can get on the streets in Beijing. For $5, the pie was a bit on the small side, but it was packed with filling and flavor, and for food truck pricing it's really not bad at all. I highly recommend trying this if you ever come across it. I was so impressed I had to write a 5star review while still eating the pie :)

Plov ($10) - Traditional Uzbek rice dish
Courtney L.

According to Google, Tabassum appears as the one and only contender for Uzbek cuisine in the Seattle area. Their menu is comprised of mainly samsas - flaky hand-pies stuffed with savory meat and/or veggie filling - but also offer a rice dish known as Plov and a couple salad sides. I had to try the Plov ($10) which is a traditional Uzbek staple. It's a delicious combination of cumin-spiced rice, pieces of lean beef, garbanzo beans, shredded carrot and raisins with notes of garlic throughout. For what appears to be a simple-looking dish, I was astonished to find the rice so aromatic and packed with such bold flavors. I thought it could have used a little more beef and carrots, but nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed it! I've also never experienced quicker food truck service as everything appears to be already pre-made and packed. Right after I ordered, the truck owner just reached into a heated chamber behind him and pulled out my rice. In less than two minutes, I had ordered, paid and received my lunch. Of course I always prefer for my food to be freshly made, but in this case, I don't believe it made any difference. If anything, it allowed the rice to absorb more of the spices! Thank you, Tabassum, for introducing Uzbek cuisine to myself and the Pacific Northwest! Seattleites, if you ever see this cute red truck in the area, be sure to stop by for a bite because who knows when the next opportunity will arise!

No cooking in large Mercedes van. Just delivery system for food cooked in central kitchen & held in hotboxes. 2 trucks/vans, so 2 locations
Earnie G.

Three stars is A-OK, and that's what this food truck is. Tabassum is actually two trucks, and they are out at the same time in different locations. So, Uzbek food is good. In fact, it's delicious. But it's not rock your world with the best thing you ever ate good. It's just good. The pies are flaky on the outside and flavorful on the inside. They are served piping hot. I also had the beet salad, which is good but with an odd spicing combo that takes some getting used to. The food is not made in the trucks. The trucks are basically serving platforms for the food that's been made in a commissary kitchen and then kept hot in holding cabinets on the vans/trucks. The equipment is all modern (top end warming cabinets and new Mercedes vans), so there is obviously some money behind this business. Worth a try, but not something I would seek out again. (I say again because I went to the Bothell location--which was T-Mobile--and it was about as out of the way as you can get.) If you see the truck around, make a stop and try Uzbek food. But don't make a special trip just to try it.

Beef Samsa and Vegan Mushroom Samsa

We've been trying to take advantage of the Beverly Food Truck Park near us when we can. Tabassum is definitely one of our favorites so far! Their Samsas are so dang good! We got two Chicken Curry Samsas, a Beef Samsa, and a Mushroom Vegan Samsa the night we visited. They were way bigger than we were expecting when we opened the boxes! For only $5 each, these are a steal! They are full of meat and other fillings. Two were more than enough for each of us. When we got there, it was maybe 30 minutes before they closed so they were out of a few different things but I can absolutely see why. We're hoping we can visit again soon to try their Plov and desserts!

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Jon L.

Tabassum is a new Uzbek food truck offering up samsas which are a popular dish in Uzbekistan. I tried out this truck recently when they were in attendance at a food truck event at the Fremont Sunday Market. Samsas are basically a puff pastry with filling and is like the Uzbek version of a meat pie. Tabassum offers up 5 samsa varieties, including a veggie and sweet option alongside the usual meat options. They also have a couple side salads available. On my visit to the truck, I ordered the beef samsa ($5) and a beet salad ($3). The samsa was good with a decent size filling of beef that was full of cumin flavor. And the beet salad was terrific. Beets were shredded up and served cold making for a refreshing end to my meal. I hope this truck does well so it will eventually lead to a Uzbek restaurant opening in the area. I have had home cooked Uzbek food before and enjoyed it. Particularly a rice dish called plov. I happened to check the truck's website and noticed in one of the posts that they served this very dish at one of their recent truck's stops. Hopefully it becomes a regular item on the menu, so I can give it a try.

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Originally recommended to me by a friend from the region. Always fast and delicious! Food truck is at 15th and Republican these days.

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This was really good! I had the chicken curry samsa and the beet salad. The pastry was super flaky and good. I will definitely be back!

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I have tried their plov and carrot salad. I thought both were overpriced. I probably wouldn't get them again.

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It's terrible to find this place, not informative and false information in web site, false schedule

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