Route opens for food trucks

Almost 10 years after the City of Perth controversially removed its last street vendor - a hot dog stand - from the city centre, it is about to allow a food truck trial.

A planning committee has recommended a four-month trial from February for up to 10 food trucks to operate in the city from set locations and the council is likely to vote on the move on Tuesday.

It would be restricted to food trucks and would not include carts or trailers.

Roy Chin, who has sold gyoza from his Jumplings Tasty Dumplings truck outside the CBD for two years, said the prospect of Perth opening its doors to the increasingly popular way of dining was huge.

"They removed the hot dog stand and that was the whole direction we were heading," he said. "Ten years after, we've moved to the direction where we say, 'No, food trucks are actually good'."

Jose Wynn Rees, who has operated the Comida do Sul Brazilian food truck for about a year, said he would trade in the city as much as he could rather than rely on social media to give his location.

Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi said food trucks were a trend the city could embrace.