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Twitter Helps Diners Go A La "Cart"

In a city always hungry for the latest sensation, L.A. is all a-Twitter about food trucks. A moveable feast of every kind of food imaginable - or unimaginable.

Like a Korean kimchi quesadilla, reports CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker.

"Best street food going in Los Angeles right now, folks," said customer Paul Cohen.

Lines of the hip and the hungry forming all over town for dishes like a 100 percent grass-fed beef hotdog.

Fans zero in on the latest location of their favorite trucks by constant Twitter chatter. Truckers tweet their every move, fans pick it up and pass it on, reaching thousands.

"You just follow them and go on it and they'll tell you where they're at," said Elizabeth Tell.

There's a street food explosion underway and one truck lit the match: Kogi, a fanciful fusion of Korean and Mexican fare that has more than 46,000 followers on Twitter.

"It just happened at the right time with the right people," said Alice Shin of Kogi. "L.A.'s just been wonderful to us."

Whitaker went to different trucks, trying Japanese fusion, gourmet Mexican and architecturally themed ice cream.

"I'm going to be so overweight when I get finished with this story," he joked.

Just tap Twitter and hit the streets. You might find wine tasting inside, organic hot dogs curbside.

"Really, what wine doesn't go with hot dogs, right?" asked Susan Moore of Let's Be Frank.

You know a trend is really trendy when it goes viral. Dan Delaney is eating his way across the country one truck at a time for his Webcast.

"It's a guilt-free way to have a little bit of luxury in your life when you maybe don't want to spend so much money," Delaney said.

An average truck meal costs about $5. With many restaurants boarding up these days, it's a real treat to see these trucks driving up. Susan Feniger made her name taking street food upscale in her restaurants. Now she's putting it back out on the streets.

"Having just opened this restaurant and this taco truck, this is lot less expensive than a restaurant," Feniger said.

Giving a whole new meaning to eating out.

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