Let it roll

NISSAN diesel trucks along the roads are a dime a dozen. However, if you happen to chance upon one that has been retrofitted and has a custom-made wrap of the Singapore skyline pasted on both its sides, you may have just caught the Coffee Bandits in action. Operating on a different model from most food trucks that cater only for events, Coffee Bandits - a food truck that first started its engine in August 2014 - is the only one that sells speciality coffee at regular places on fixed days of the week. Its coffee is a blend from different regions, such as Brazil, Mexico, parts of Africa and sometimes Guatemala.

It is easy to shrug off a dramatic name like Coffee Bandits as a marketing ploy to attract customers' attention. However, the name is inextricably linked to the food truck's history.

Say Cheryl Ong and Jessica Chow, founders of the business: "In the midst of going through the licence application process, we encountered some hurdles that got us thinking - jokingly, of course! - we should just do away with licensing, go ahead and operate, and run when the authorities catch up, just like bandits!"