Because real street food is real good…
Before that hot carne asada burrito is wrapped up…
A tale of three tacos: Asada, pastor y suadero… All great.
RECOMMENDED.
El Primo Tacos
corner of Brooks Ave. & Lincoln Blvd. (Venice)
Los Angeles, CA 90291
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Is it legit suadero? Like brisket?
Is the entire large boiling tin used for suadero?
Tortillas fresh made, or store-bought? They look pretty decent.
Why does the pastor in the taco not look shaved, just poor knife skills?
Suadero tasted legit to me. Indeed- like brisket. The boiling tin was multi-purposed for other meats too.
Tortillas tasted fresh, but admittedly I am not an expert on store-bought vs. fresh tortillas.
Shitty knife skills on that pastor. But the taste was damn good.
Interesting. What other meats were in the tin?
Looking at the second pic I think the sign says…Carnes:
I can’t make out everything but the cazo cuts tend to be buche,suadero,tripa,and chorizo. Cabeza/lengua is usually al vapor, which I see adjacent to the cazo.
This is a generalist stand. Any good one has:
-plancha/flat top
-al vapor/steam table
-cazo/pot
-trompo/spit for al pastor
-4 sauces (rojo,verde,avocado,pico de gallo)
-Onion/cilantro/radishes/limes.
-Maybe some type of escabeche/pickled of onions or carrots.
-On the spot fresh tortillas are 99% made by women. This stand appears to use tortillas from a local place. The appearance and the use of two tortillas gives me the hunch. And other masa based dishes are usually offered or verbally advertised.
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Sometimes I’ll ask nicely in my shitty Spanish, “Cousin/Brother, can you mix the asada and chorizo together?” If they have Cheese even better if they melt it on chorizo or asada/chorizo mix.
The tripas you want those babies extra extra crispy.
In LA we are lucky to have both specialist and generalist.
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Exactly.
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