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Compunding Words at MexiKosher

August 29th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Fun with puns!

Who doesn’t love a good pun? Or even better, who doesn’t love an awesome compound word. Combining giant and enormous gave us ginormous. Combining lion and tiger gave us liger. And combining terrible and institution gave us Ohio State University (yes, I know that is technically three words, but I stand by it). Now joining the ever-growing list of compound words is a restaurant named MexiKosher in (surprisingly) Pico-Robertson. I love a good compound word as much as the next guy, but could this new Kosher Mexican restaurant make a happy unvegan? I intended to find out. Continue Reading»

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Chicken, Kosher, Los Angeles, Mexican, mexikosher, Pico-Robertson, restaurants, tacos

A Simpler Meal at Tacomiendo

March 29th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Take it easy there.

On a funky little corner in Culver City, there resides a hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint called Tacomiendo. I originally read about them a long time ago because they served good food at cheap prices. Finally, after residing on my to-eat list for so long, I got around to taking a ride out to try them out. Not terribly hungry for this dinner hour, I skipped over the big ticket items like burritos and tortas. Instead, I went with their namesake, a taco. Continue Reading»

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Beef, Chicken, Culver City, Los Angeles, meat, Mexican, restaurants, tacomiendo, tacos

Tasty Tacos at Tinga

January 27th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A still life of Tinga.

On a Saturday night the girlfriend and I were sitting around feeling lazy. Neither of us had eaten dinner, and we weren’t terribly hungry, but we knew that we needed some sort of food in our systems. It had to be light, and as I looked over my list of restaurants I wanted to try, only one seemed to tickle our fancies. This was a remotely new (8 months or so) restaurant called Tinga, in Mid-City.

The interior of Tinga has a nice wooden atmosphere that is almost like a bar except that it is BYO. In the middle of the small seating area is a long communal table and the walls are lined with stools. The ordering takes place at the counter and although the full menu is on the side wall, they also have paper menus for those who don’t want to stare awkwardly over the shoulders of fellow patrons. Continue Reading»

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Beef, Los Angeles, meat, Mexican, Mid City, restaurants, short ribs, tacos, tinga

Too Much Creativity at Sky’s Gourmet Tacos

December 21st, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A great namesake.

Over and over again, a friend of mine has told me that I just have to go to Sky’s Gourmet Tacos. Considering I live so close, it took me a long time to finally make it there, but when I did I was expecting something pretty special. Before fusion taco truck became the coolest thing in LA, Sky’s was already serving up their own kind of fusion. In their case, the fusion is Mexican “with a splash of soul.” Since I’m a big fan of soul food, Mexican food and general food creativity, I was sure I would love Sky’s. Continue Reading»

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Los Angeles, Mexican, restaurants, sky's gourmet tacos, soul, tacos

A Little Stand Called Cactus Taqueria

October 28th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A taco stand with cheese.

Out in Hollywood, there is a little taco stand on a corner called Cactus Taqueria. Having heard a lot about this place, I felt that I needed to stop there to have a Mexican dinner before the Belle and Sebastian concert. I showed up and found the little stand in the corner of a parking lot on Vine. There were a few people waiting for their orders and another few groups eating out in the outdoor, yet covered seating area. It looked like a great place to find a good taco. Continue Reading»

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Burritos, Cactus Taqueria, Hollywood, Los Angeles, meat, Mexican, restaurants, tacos

Drunk Trucking at Tacos El Gallito

July 2nd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A truck worth blogging about.

In my experience, most taco trucks aren’t worth blogging about. It’s not that I feel like I am too good for them or that they aren’t interesting, but in most cases I have found that they all taste pretty much the same. This is not true of Tacos El Gallito. I stopped by here one night with no plans to blog, but just hoping to get a decent taco. Instead, I had one of my most legendary LA nights and wound up befriending a couple of their Mexican patrons named Toast and Reuben. I also fell in love with the truck and vowed to return to give them a proper unvegan review. Continue Reading»

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Beef, Los Angeles, Mexican, Mobile, taco trucks, tacos, tacos el gallito

A Bit of Pinches Tacos

May 20th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Taco or poorly wrapped burrito?

Just recently, West Hollywood’s Pinches Tacos branched out to Culver City and my buddy, Waldo, decided we had to try it out. I didn’t really know anything about the original place, but I figured it had to be good enough to build a second location. Since he was picking up, I checked out the menu online and found two tasty-looking tacos. The first was Pollo Mole and the second was Carne Asada. The menu was pretty vague about what came in each, so asked Waldo to order them without vegetables. He is a firm supporter of the unvegan way, so he was happy to get them ordered correctly. Continue Reading»

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Culver City, Los Angeles, meat, Mexican, mole, pinches tacos, restaurants, tacos

A Little Local at Casita Taco al Carbon

April 23rd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

What's the deal with this lettuce?

Well I needed something in walking distance and I wanted something good. Not knowing what I would find, I took a walk down Magnolia Boulevard and stopped at the first Mexican place I found. It was called Casita Taco al Carbon and had the look of something awesome. I took a while deciding what to order, as I often do when visiting a Mexican place for the first time. I never know what’s going to be the best, whether it be a burrito, taco or something more interesting. Since the name of the place had “taco” in it, I figured that would be a good place to start. Continue Reading»

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Al Pastor, Casita Taco al Carbon, Los Angeles, meat, Mexican, Middle-Eastern, north hollywood, pork, restaurants, tacos

Further Fusion at Kabob Express

January 25th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Not flashy

Joining the flashy and stylish trucks at the Haiti Fundraiser was an old-fashioned looking truck called Kabob Express. Fusion is a pretty big part of these trucks and Kabob Express has embraced that with their Mexi-Terranean fusion. Mexican and Mediterranean food is kind of a fusion match made in food heaven. Schwarma is awesome and that succulent meat can be thrown in pretty much anything to make it taste better. Kabob Express knew that and took advantage of it by offering schwarma in tacos and burritos. Hoping to save room for more food, I ordered myself a Mexi-Terranean taco. Continue Reading»

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food trucks, fundraiser, haiti earthquake, meat, Mediterranean, mexi-terranean, Mexican, t-lofts, tacos, West LA

The Launch of the Komodo

January 11th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Invite only!

Last week I was invited to an event called TOAST N’ TASTE, presented by Urban Daddy. The event was by invitation only, so first off, thanks to Dana for the invite. Not only did I feel awesomely elitist for being invited, but the event was free and featured the launch of the Komodo Truck. This newest truck in LA has confirmed the trend that many food trucks have been leaning towards. Basically they make some good food and stick it in tacos (and burritos in Komodo’s case, although on this night they were only making tacos). I suppose the idea is to keep withe the concept of street food and to make it easy to eat. Fine by me, as long as it tastes good. Continue Reading»

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Cigars, doheny mixologists, food trucks, komodo truck, Korean, Los Angeles, Mexican, Mobile, nicaragua, tacos, toast n' taste, urban daddy

Rants and Raves

Meat Hall of Fame

August 11th, 2009

Just when I thought hall of fames were becoming a tired concept (there’s a Robot Hall of Fame?!), I discovered the Meat Industry Hall of Fame. At first, I hoped this might be a place to showcase the best and most famous meats. Inductees could be the porterhouse steak or buffalo wings. But then I got scared. If this is anything like sports hall of fames, the meats would have to be retired and I would be stuck watching reruns of their greatest hits on Food Network Classic, rather than enjoying them on my plate. Fortunately for unvegans of the world, our favorite meats are safe. The Meat Industry Hall of Fame isn’t around to thank meats for feeding us, but to thank the people that help to bring those meats to our plates.

Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State. No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries. While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery. The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

‘tacos’

Compunding Words at MexiKosher

A Simpler Meal at Tacomiendo

Tasty Tacos at Tinga

Too Much Creativity at Sky’s Gourmet Tacos

A Little Stand Called Cactus Taqueria

Drunk Trucking at Tacos El Gallito

A Bit of Pinches Tacos

A Little Local at Casita Taco al Carbon

Further Fusion at Kabob Express

The Launch of the Komodo

Rants and Raves

Meat Hall of Fame

Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

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