Saturday, August 15, 2009

Taco Zorro


NA and I followed Bandini's recommend on a taco place on Sherman Way near Coldwater. Taco Zorro.

We had a hard time finding it, the street address was way off and we don't really remember where it is.

By the time we got there taco hunger had taken over and I was so overwhelmed that no exterior shot was taken.

Standard test is an asada and a al pastor or carnitas taco. The asada was the bite we were looking for up there with the better efforts. If "Tacos Por Favor" is the gold standard with a 5, I rate this asada around a 3.5 The al pastor was an off season variant that did not satisfy - sorry guys but the la Playita truck on Glencoe just blows the rest of you guys away. I'd crawl on my knees over broken glass for the la Playita al Pastor. Thes salsa was excellent but the chip count was a bit light.

Fully stocked drink box with all our favorite Mexican soft drinks including the mandatroy Jarritos and the hiecho in Mexico cokes.

All in all a "dos mas" place. We'll be back. We saw some burritios being put together that looked quite promising.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Fantastic Poblanas

Ok here we are again - this time a Poblanas place on Victory about two blocks east of Sepulvenda. The place is small - 4 small booths inside and some white pvc patio furniture out on the sidewalk in front.

Nice people here, family run and the family cares.











The menu has some "exotics" as we like to call them. I'll leave aspect that to your imagination.





This gives you a hint of the mint.





The product with the string cheese option. Have mercy.






Since the place is small and the AC is not so good we almost always take um back to the office. Here one of the crew rips into a fine example of Valley Mexican at its best.




Who knows what tomorrow may bring - after two days running on the Mexican side we'll probably move on to something else. There is a great Thai place between the strippers supply store and the Spearmint Rhino Gentleman's club a little further east on Victory, just across from the cement plant.

Yeah

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Day One High Grade Mex on White Oak and Vanowen

Today we went to Salsa and Beer on the corner of White Oak and Vanowen in the San Fernando Valley.

Our friends from Argentina alerted us to this place, we went there a few weeks ago and it was a powerful moment. Everything is outstanding, the bean dip is fantastic and the seafood is as good as Cabo's. Enough talk here are the pix...


Very colorful and popular with the locals.






NA got the fish tacos, most excellent. Real fish too. It slows down the order, we think they cook these to order.




Next up comes the Asada - RD and HD did some serious work on these. Huge portions of the highest grade.




RC went out of band with the nachos plate. Amazing presentation, the guac here is first rate, but we keep scraping the bottom of those bean dip bowls and asking for more.



Finally their "wet burrito". I prefer dry but this is how they do it. No black beans offered, you either go pinto or none. Pintos are a serious challenge to my overloaded digestive system so I go sans.

No fooling around - if you want a wet burrito - this is the wet burrito you want.

So that's it for today - check back in tomorrow for more valley lunch adventures.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

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