No tripa, por favor.
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fancycwabsSo, as mentioned in the previous post, I tried out Taco Loco for lunch today.
It's not located in the best part of town:
It's pretty much a shack--you'll observe the Tacomobile parked in the back. Beyond that is a little eight-unit trailer park. When I arrived, I was the only customer, but the sign out front said they were open, so I went on in and walked up to the counter, where I was presented with a menu:
As predicted, there was no English spoken there. and my grasp of Spanish is arthritic at best, but I probably would have been fine, had they not been out of everything but chorizo and suadero. Or at least that's what I think he said. I ended up ordering one suadero and one chorizo taco, although I was wanting something more akin to two of each, for the proud display when I got back to work.
Do they look delicious? Do you like cilantro? Did they spill all over the front seat of the car? As it ends up, they were pretty good, but not really the revelation that I'd been led to believe they were. Even the chorizo was a little on the bland side--maybe they needed some salt. I do intend to venture back, however.
Memphis actually has quite a few taquerias that don't get advertised and don't get a whole lot of gringo traffic, probably because they're not the food we're accustomed to ("What do you mean they don't have nachos?"), and they don't serve alcohol. It doesn't help that back in the 1950s or '60s a couple from West Memphis took a trip to Mexico and decided to create their own terrible, terrible restaurant, called Panchos which native Memphians (and particularly West Memphians) seem to LOVE (and you Never, Ever have to add salt). I guess it was better than no Mexican at all--but only slightly better.
It's not located in the best part of town:
It's pretty much a shack--you'll observe the Tacomobile parked in the back. Beyond that is a little eight-unit trailer park. When I arrived, I was the only customer, but the sign out front said they were open, so I went on in and walked up to the counter, where I was presented with a menu:
As predicted, there was no English spoken there. and my grasp of Spanish is arthritic at best, but I probably would have been fine, had they not been out of everything but chorizo and suadero. Or at least that's what I think he said. I ended up ordering one suadero and one chorizo taco, although I was wanting something more akin to two of each, for the proud display when I got back to work.
Do they look delicious? Do you like cilantro? Did they spill all over the front seat of the car? As it ends up, they were pretty good, but not really the revelation that I'd been led to believe they were. Even the chorizo was a little on the bland side--maybe they needed some salt. I do intend to venture back, however.
Memphis actually has quite a few taquerias that don't get advertised and don't get a whole lot of gringo traffic, probably because they're not the food we're accustomed to ("What do you mean they don't have nachos?"), and they don't serve alcohol. It doesn't help that back in the 1950s or '60s a couple from West Memphis took a trip to Mexico and decided to create their own terrible, terrible restaurant, called Panchos which native Memphians (and particularly West Memphians) seem to LOVE (and you Never, Ever have to add salt). I guess it was better than no Mexican at all--but only slightly better.
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THESE KAYSUHDIYAS ARE DEELISH
Date: 2007-12-11 09:38 pm (UTC)NOTE TO WORLD: I will stop making people watch this video as soon as it stops being hilarious.
Re: THESE KAYSUHDIYAS ARE DEELISH
Date: 2007-12-11 09:58 pm (UTC)Re: THESE KAYSUHDIYAS ARE DEELISH
Date: 2007-12-12 02:22 pm (UTC)Thank you so much...I laughed and laughed and so on.
Montezuma's revenge?
Date: 2007-12-12 02:25 pm (UTC)Did they see you taking pictures of their stuff? Probably thought you were from INS.
Re: Montezuma's revenge?
Date: 2007-12-12 02:27 pm (UTC)