Seafood Food Trucks in Richmond, VA

Signature Dish:
Famous Yum Yum Rolls has Fried Chicken, Macaroni & Cheese, & Collard Greens with a dipping sauce

About Us:
Our Story-EST 2017

Every great meal starts with a story and ours began with a dream, determination, and a whole lot of love for good food. What started as a small idea selling home-cooked dishes right from my kitchen grew into something much bigger. I worked hard, juggling two corporate jobs, saving every dollar I could until I could buy my first food truck. That’s how Mobile Yum Yum was born from humble beginnings and a deep passion to share flavorful, comforting food with my community.

From day one, my mission has been simple: to feed people from the heart. Every dish from our famous Yum Yum Rolls to our Jerk Chicken Tacos, Caribbean Nachos, and Vegan Bowls is made with soul, inspired by my roots and a love for bringing people together through flavor.

As our business grew, we decided every great meal deserved a sweet ending and that’s when SweetTooth Ice Cream & Funnel Cake Truck rolled out! Now we’re proud to bring both savory and sweet joy to events all over Richmond, VA and beyond.

Whether we’re catering a wedding, feeding families at a festival, or serving ice cream smiles to kids at a school event, our goal remains the same to create experiences that taste like happiness and memories that last long after the last bite.

Signature Dish:
Paninis, Paella, and Ratatouille

About Us:
I am Laura Daab, the Chef/Owner of Bikini Panini food truck and have been an avid cook most of my life. My favorite memories come from the yellow kitchen in my childhood home where my mom cooked and baked constantly. Learning from her and inspired by my favorite cuisine, I focus on Coastal Mediterranean cooking that incorporates lots of fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients.

Starting Bikini Panini was an unplanned opportunity and reinvention for me. My degree is in Marketing Communications and I was a theatrical producer for 20 years with a company I owned with my husband, Jim. We were hit hard by the Great Recession and shut our doors 5 years ago. I struggled to find a full-time, corporate job so I freelanced as a house painter, Marketing/PR Manager for a local theatre company, and worked on a frozen yogurt truck for a while.

One day, Jim drove by an auto auction near our house in Church Hill and saw a food truck being cleaned-up for sale. We bid on the truck and won! It’s a cute little step van that was repossessed from a Panini business in DC. “Why reinvent the wheel?’ I thought, so I spent the next 3 months fixing up the truck and developing my menu that along with 5 different Panini sandwiches includes Paella, Ratatouille with Curried Couscous and assorted baked good, ice cream and Italian Ices. I recently added a Kid’s menu that includes a Grilled Cheese Panini and a Breakfast menu with a Spanish Torta, Breakfast Panini and other goodies!

I’ve been in business since January of 2017 and have done very well. It’s challenging, rewarding, tiring, gratifying, and glorious! I belong to the Richmond Food Truck Association and I work pretty much all over the Metro Richmond Area. I’ve been a featured chef several times on WTRV’s “Virginia this Morning” demonstrating cooking segments of my food on Bikini Panini. Bikini Panini was also voted Best Food Truck in Virginia and featured in an article titled, “Top 50 Best Food Trucks in the US” by Eat This, Not That food magazine. You can find Bikini Panini at breweries and wineries, corporate lunches, street festivals, block parties, fundraisers, private events, weddings…pretty much any kind of an event that needs mobile food.

I’m working at what I love and have learned there is always time for another adventure and a challenge to reinvent oneself! Cheers!