Dining
BY SARAH HERNANDEZ
Mom’s Toast ($10) has chopped shrimp, ground pork, gochujang chili sauce, napa cabbage and fresh herbs.
The JapaJam Burger ($15) is a 6-ounce all-beef patty with tomato jam, pepper jack cheese, tempura onion strings, a fried egg and Chinese barbecue sauce.
PHOTOS COURTESY THE PEACHED TORTILLA
The Peached Tortilla to mark 10 years at agship What began as a food truck in Austin in 2010 has grown into a multilocation business combining Asian and Southern comfort food and drinks. What’s on the menu
Eric Silverstein opened The Peached Tortilla’s agship restaurant on Burnet Road in December 2014.
it’s more represented in the restaurants. Items like our Mom’s Toast, which is a version of shrimp toast, which is a traditional Chinese dish, or South- ern Fun, which is a version of chow fun.” What else? In 2018, Silverstein opened Bar Peached, a bar-focused concept, in the Clarksville neighbor- hood, o ering beer, wine, sake and cocktails. The Peached Tortilla also has locations in Cedar Park and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport; event and catering venue Peached Social House; and the food truck for catering events. “I think Austin still embraces the story of the small guy, whether it’s a food truck or a food trailer, evolving into a restaurant,” Silverstein said.
Founder and owner Eric Silverstein said he was inspired by food trucks in Los Angeles and New York, and wanted to create a fusion concept. Sil- verstein was born in Tokyo and raised in Atlanta. The opening of The Peached Tortilla restaurant on Burnet Road in December 2014 allowed him to experiment more and o er more items inspired by meals he grew up with. “Asian comfort food, to me, is kind of the food I grew up eating,” Silverstein said. “I wouldn’t say it’s represented heavily on the truck. I would say
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