Monday, February 8, 2010
Tijeras ~ Downtown
Fashion District ~ Los Angeles
(1 tacos)
Sunday, February 7, 2010
#46 ~ Downtown
Michael Levine Inc. ~ 920 S. Maple Ave. ~ Los Angeles
(3 tacos)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Cemitas y Clayudas Pal Cabron ~ Huntington Park
I actually first read about Cemitas y Clayudas Pal Cabron from the Teenage Gluster blog. At the time, I was actually more enthralled at the wall paintings than the food. I just found them so amusing, but then I finally re-grouped and read Teenage Gluster’s description of the food and it definitely sounded very appealing. Knowing that Pal Cabron, for short, was owned by sister and brother, Bricia and Fernando Lopez, whose family also owns Guelguetza, I wanted to check it out even more. About a month after that post, I got invited via Gluster to a Cemitas Party hosted by the restaurant. How could I say no to that?
Walking in, the first place I looked was up and there they were, 11 women painted on the wall. From modest to quite naughty, each of the women represents 1 of 11 cemitas, while a 12th cemita isn’t. By the way, if you’re not familiar with what a cemita is, it’s a Mexican sandwich that is different from a torta in that the bread is a sesame-seeded egg roll. Traditional ingredients include sliced avocado, white cheese, onions, a Chipotle sauce and some type of meat and that’s pretty much what you’d see on a Pal Cabron Cemita.
At this gathering, all the cemitas were out for sampling as well as a Clayuda. Thankfully, the cemitas were cut into smaller sections, which made easy to try quite a few of them, if not all. So I present to you the Cemitas Sandwich Menu presented with their female counterparts, starting with La Tetanic, a Breaded Chicken Cemita.
La Muy Muy: Breaded Beef or Pork Cemita
La Gordis: Pork Head Cheese Sandwich
La Mas Cabrona: Breaded Beef and Pork Head Cheese Cemita
(6 tacos)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
La Chicken ~ Little Tokyo
Watch out, Tomás, Ricardo and Enrique! Japanese taco scientists in Little Tokyo have recently developed a chicken taco with a taste so luxurious it could only be compared to one thing….
Industry analysts expect our hometown taco engineers to counter with a deluxe carne asada featuring factory-installed hydraulics and Virgin of Guadalupe paneling.
La Chicken
228 E. 1st St.
Los Angeles
www.lachicken.com
(6 tacos)
