A new red food truck rolled onto the food scene in Asheville last month. Although the truck’s punny name is Bun Intended, the fresh-made, authentic Thai food and steamed buns it offers are no joke.

Max Goldrich is finding out pretty quickly what it takes to run a food truck. The night before opening Bun Daddy, a steamed bun food cart at the corner of Egan Drive and Whittier Street, on April ...