Little House
Fish and chips in a Topo Chico tempura batter, fried airy and golden.1
Why go
Little House is a food truck parked on the patio of the Draught House in Rosedale, and its three specialties are wings, burgers and fish and chips.1 The batter is the detail: Topo Chico tempura, which fries airy and golden.1 Carbonated water in a tempura batter is a real technique rather than a local joke, because the gas comes out of solution in the fryer and leaves the crust open.1 The Infatuation's Nicolai McCrary calls the smashburger solid and says the fish and chips do the job after a couple of beers, and is direct that this is not a destination truck.1 The Draught House has been brewing on site since 1995 and runs 75 taps.3
Order this / avoid
- Order: the fish and chips, Topo Chico tempura batter.1
- Also: the smashburger, which the reviewer calls solid, or the wings.1
- Drink: from inside. The pub's own account is 75 taps with house ales and lagers brewed on a 7 barrel kit.3
What locals & experts say
- The Infatuation Austin, Nicolai McCrary:
They're battered in a Topo Chico tempura, and fried to an airy and golden finish.
The page is unrated under the outlet's policy for spots it wants to revisit, and the same page names it to their ranked fish and chips guide. Recorded as a listing and a description, never as an award.1 - Ranked in The Infatuation's Austin fish and chips guide. The review page carries it under their ranked best fish and chips roundup. A listing, recorded as one, with no position claimed since the page does not print one here.1
Good to know
- Hygiene: the truck has no record, the pub it parks at does. One health permit never carries two trading names, so that permit is the pub's and not the truck's.2
- So read it as two businesses at one address. Food from the truck, beer from inside. The pub's inspection record does not cover the kitchen your food comes out of, and an empty result for the truck is not a clean inspection.2
Verdict
could-visit — A truck on a pub patio doing wings, burgers and fish and chips, with one detail that lifts it above patio food: the fish is battered in Topo Chico tempura and comes out airy. The Infatuation names it to their ranked fish and chips guide and says in the same breath that it is not a destination truck, which is the honest ceiling. The reason to go is the combination, since the Draught House behind it has been brewing on site since 1995 across 75 taps.