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It’s flavor , it’s heat, it’s simplicity. It’s a great taco.

One place I keep going back to and stand by as one of LA’s best tacos is Sergio’s Tacos in Commerce (also a location in Montebello). If you like your tacos spicy you will love Sergio’s. The salsa roja has a good amount of heat to it but it’s also very flavorful. And the heat doesn’t hit you right away, it’s the flavor you first taste, then the heat says – “hey how ya doing you may start to feel me in a second.” Read the rest on GreatTacoHunt.com

Tacos carnitas de pato with duck confit at Cacao Mexicatessen. Photo by A. Fishbein for the LA Weekly. Read J. Gold’s review of Cacao here.

The blackened shrimp taco is magic.

I thought I knew what a gourmet taco was. Then I tried Knockout tacos, a gourmet taco truck that launched this summer. Knockout taco truck is piloted by Chris Goossen, former head Chef at Bottega Louie and El Pearl Cantina. At El Pearl Cantina Goossen had a menu consisting of 42 different tacos!

The taco menu at Knockout Taco is paired down to 10 different types of tacos ranging from carne asada to tacos de papa and fish tacos; habanero albacore and Hawaiian Tuna Poke. I ordered the blackened shrimp taco, carne asada, habanero albacore, and bbq burnt ends taco.

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Danny Trejo, Mr. Cartoon, Tacos… the dorks and the Hollywood executives that love them at ComiCon lucked into the holy trinity of LA culture last week when they got served free tacos from a truck promoting Danny’s latest movie, Machete. Also check out the “making of” Mr. Cartoon’s Machete truck below.

Pictures via FirstShowing

hot, spicy, and greasy with flavor

The tortillas were hot and well oiled, the salsa was spicy and the meats were greasy with flavor. The al pastor was bordering on being too crisp, the strips of achiote coated pork had a pork skin like texture to them and the asada sans a few stray bits of fat went well with the peppery salsa roja. The roja had a decent sting to it which had me puckering at my bottle of coke more frequently than usual. The meats didn’t seem to be of the highest quality but the taquero got the best out of them…

Read the full review on GreatTacoHunt.com

You wouldn’t think that North Korea would be a big marketing draw in the United States, although a couple of North Korean style eateries in K-town seem to be doing just fine, using images of Kim Jong Ill AKA “Dear Leader” to create a certain atmosphere. The Pyongyang Express is the city’s latest fusion taco truck, blending North Korean specialties and iconography with tacos, burritos, and quesadillas. Perhaps the truck’s owners are hoping to capitalize on North Korea’s World Cup entry (even though the DRPK hasn’t actually purchased an authorized World Cup broadcasting license). Below is an interview with the truck’s official mouthpiece, Sun-Hee Kim. The truck promises subsidized food in the true spirit of the North.

UPDATE: Noted in the comments, it’s E3 (videogame conference) in downtown LA. One of the games being marketed is Homefront, which is about North Korea invading America. Given the over the top marketing and graphics, it’s quite possible this truck is part of a viral marketing campaign.

Who is the owner of the truck?
Pyongyang Express owns North Korean BBQ company. North Korean food is not new to Koreatown, but this is the first truck and best North Korean BBQ.

Can you explain a little more about how the food is subsidized?
The cost of food is cheaper than many BBQ truck because we just care about people eating. Not money. Just like DPRK provide foods and doctor to my country people, we will show Los Angeles great welcome to our Pyongyang Express BBQ truck.

What are some differences between North and South Korean food?
North Korean people take much honor and care in every ingredient use in recipe. Unlike very fast, tasteless food. Pyongyang BBQ cater gourmet food and should not be considered street food.

Is the truck infused with the spirit of Juche? How does this come out in the truck?
North Korean peoples believe Juche is the guide to life! It has make us come to LA and open Pyongyang BBQ. We have infused Juche not only in our foods and picture on truck, but we will revolutionize North Korean way of life to people here.

Are you concerned by the problems between the Government of the USA and of North Korea and how it will impact the business?
Pyongyang Express do not care about silly politics here, we want to build a better America. We want to show great North Korean BBQ to everyone who wants to eat good foods. People do not care about politics when they see and taste the BBQ at very cheap cost.

“You know you live in LA when the choice of toy cars at the drugstore is a Lamborghini or a Taco Truck” – cnelson via Send2Taco

Jake shreds while holding a taco. This is the taco lifestyle at its finest. Picture by RusPix.

Lets face it, at King Taco it’s all about the hot sauce

I used to just order carne asada at King Taco. Their al pastor is a little too sweet for me and the carnitas doesn’t really go with the hot sauce. But recently I’ve been ordering suadero and I like it a lot more than the carne asada. The suadero (beef rib) has a little more bite to it. It’s not overly beefy and doesn’t have the citrus flavor the asada does. It’s perfect for the hot sauce.

The King Taco at 3rd and Ford Blvd in East LA is my favorite King Taco for the simple fact that you can order from the truck. This King Taco is also one of the busiest locations but the lines are never very long because there are so many windows to order from. And unlike the Pico and Alvarado location nobody while chase you off with an orange cone.

Read the complete review at Great Taco Hunt.