A Whole New World: Taco Trucks
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They are all the rage down in Los Angeles. There are too many blogs about them to name. So yes, it was time for The Taco Seekers to seek a Taco Truck. Matt hosts this edition of Gringos Take on Tacos, in which the Gringos take on El Tonayense.
Matt to the truck
Here I am! Can you guess where I am? It’s not by the mall, or by the park. It’s by the Best Buy parking lot. After you’re done finding the right T.V., or you got your new Xbox 360, stop by for lunch in the parking lot. Now: Let’s get down to the reason we blog: FOOD. As you can see,
Waiting in line, gazing at the menu.
you stand out on the side of the truck in line, and the menu doesn’t show what they have.(ex. burritos, tacos, tostadas, etc.) They only show what meats they have.(ex. pollo, carnitas, asada, etc.) They have almost every kind of soda you can imagine, including those mexican sodas with real sugar. Now: THE FOOD. I’ve been here before, and I had their burritos: Yummy, yummy, yummy, satisfactory yummy. But this time I had their tacos: one lengua, one carnitas, and one asada.
Matt's tacos
The carnitas did what it meant to do, however not the greatest carnitas, it was pure, real carnitas. The asada was really not intense, but satisfactory. Now the lengua: OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! The best lengua, if not the best meat I ever had! I don’t know how to describe it, it’s just great! But it’s not just their meat that’s good, it’s also the salsa. If you ask for mild salsa, they don’t give you the usual Pico de Gallo. They give you this partly sweet green salsa. It makes that lengua taste better! Here’s taco guy:
Hi there. I went for lengua, cabeza, and carnitas, the Holy Trinity of Taco Nation. Here they are:
Clockwise from left: cabeza, carnitas, and lengua.
The lengua here is the best I’ve had anywhere: rich, chewy, and full of flavor. The cabeza and carnitas are perfectly good. The salsa has a nice heat to raise a sweat on this cold winter’s day, though it doesn’t match the flavor profile of Guerrero’s. It is a very good taco truck, and I look forward to eating there again soon. Then I’m going to try the neck meat taco…
Burritos: Three peppers
Tacos:Four peppers
Best meat: Lengua
Selection of soft drinks: Four peppers
Salsas:Red: Two and a half peppers. Green: Four peppers
Service: Two peppers
Atmosphere: Whatever your car or the weather is like.
Overall: Four peppers
