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| - I stopped by the other day and got some pork tamales- I liked them. -better than the rajas tamales. The pork was shredded and the shell was flavorful. I bought some store made salsa too. It had no label, just a price of $3.95 for a half a pint. Holy S#%+! It was hot!!. It had pieces of avocado and cilantro in it and was watery, not chunky- a good salsa is watery, not chunky. Pico De Gallo is chunky, not watery. I liked it "a lot!" I'm considering giving another star...
Been there a couple of times now. I had the Al Pastor Tacos my first time. They were pretty good. Not great. I was disappointed in the lack of condiments. They did have some roasted jalapeños sitting out that were good, but I want the works on my street taco- salsas, lime, cilantro, onion. Even on a cart in Mexico, you get the works. They had almost nothing.
This time I got tamales and chicharrones gorditas, (that's the pork rinds with meat and fat still attached.). The tamales were ok but, again, disappointing. They didn't roast the meat down- it was cubed pork loin. It should have been shredded pork butt. I assume they cubed the pork to save time. This is also why I didn't think the tacos on my previous visit were good, because the pork wasn't roasted, it was sautéed. It should have been marinated pork butt sliced off a rotisserie. They just cut up some pork and cooked it in a pan with tomato sauce and pineapple- again, short cuts to save time.
The chicharrones were pretty good, but already stale from sitting and I thought they were too dry besides- no fat content.
All in all, still better than your average MexAmerican restaurant with "Loco" in the title somewhere.
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