It is bigger than your typical corn tortilla
I finally made it to El Ruso last Saturday. It was good, but I wonât be going back.
He had asada, chile colorado, and birria de res. I ordered one of each.
The asada was good, but I much prefer Tire Shopâs asada.
I agree that the salsas could use improvement.
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This is hilarious. My brother in law just introduced me to the Whole Foods bacon- at the same price as everything else in the bar itâs by far the most worth it. Almost as cost effective as making it yourself and then your hair doesnât smell like it all day
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can you elaborate a bit? is tire shopâs simply cooked better?
I got more mesquite in Tire Shopâs asada and it was more luscious and glistening and straight-off-the-grill salty, steaky deliciousness. The first time I had Tire Shopâs asada, I thought âgoddamn, that is good.â I didnât get that El Ruso.
Also, atmosphere. Tire Shop is a party. The people working seem generally happy.
Maybe it was an off day, but there was a bit of a negative cloud that hung over El Ruso when I was there. Interactions between the taquero and his servers were a little tense. Tough to pinpoint, but there was a weird vibe.
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Exactly!! Itâs probably 1/3 of the price when compared to the yield of uncooked.
They make it up on heavy breakfast burritos and weighty oatmeal. LOL
When thereâs a small tent where the toddler daughter was hanging out, you know itâs different atmosphere at el ruso
Yeah just buy a whole lb of it!
How did the harryâs berrys taste? Wasnât aware that it was strawberry season.
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The Mara des Bois strawberries are very sweet and concentrated with flavor with a floral note this week. The Gaviotas were a bit watery but this is the first week Iâve seen it at the Wed Santa Monica market. Iâve seen Seascape at other vendors but havenât tried it. Itâs nearly always strawberry season in SoCal. 
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Use Japanese to remember strawberry season easily!
Ichi = One
Go = Five
Ichigo = Strawberry
In Japan, strawberries are typically in season from the first to the fifth month of the year (Jan - May).
Is the strawberry season the same here in SoCal?
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For us in NorCal they run around April (May is usually the better part of the early season for a few pick your own farms) till about September ish but even for some of the premium SF Farmers Market vendors donât seem to be on the level of Harryâs Berries (with some rare exception that come close but not the same).
We now can get strawberries from Saga prefecture (both red and pink/white kind) through certain channels, though it remains to be seen how good they are.
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Hmm⌠Sounds like the ichigo thing might not work for us, then.
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I used to work in Oxnard, right around acres and acres of strawberry fields. They started picking in January.
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Itâs hard to find strawberries that are as consistently good as the ones in Japan here.
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I hate giving this guy compliments (it really goes to his head), but @JLee has been killing it at his Pearl River Delta pop-up this past week. As of right now, itâll extend until the end of this week. The Macau pork chop bun (on bolo bao), char siu, and soy sauce chicken have all been on point. Rumor is he might bring back the hainan chicken before the end of the pop-up runâŚ
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love it!
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Yes, but I will take strawberries that I can afford over strawberries that are perfect.
And very happy to have Harryâs Berries when I want to splurge.
By the way, my opinion: Harryâs Berries are better than Japanese strawberries.
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Wait, wait. What is a Bacon Bar???
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