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| - Oh Roseangel, I had such high hopes for you. Your claims of being a modern taqueria combined with your wide selection of taco offerings had me hoping - could this be as good as Momocho?
We arrived around 6:30 on a Friday night. There is absolutely no room to wait, so several diners were smooshed up near the door waiting for a table. There were lots of tables available but we still waited a few minutes to be seated. Not a huge deal, but again, no waiting area.
We were seated by the window at a small two-top. We were poured water and our waitress took our drink order. About 15 minutes later our waitress stopped back to let us know our drinks were coming from the bar and she could take our food order. I asked about the duck nachos - they were out of duck. I should have taken that as a sign. I had come for the duck. For a brief moment I looked longly out the window at Happy Dog and wondered if we should cancel our drinks. Instead we ordered two chorizo corn dogs, and three tacos each - hanger steak, braised pork, spicy chicken, grilled pork, grilled walleye and spicy lobster.
Finally our drinks came and ten minutes later our appetizer. The chorizo itself had a lot of flavor but the batter was very lacking. It needed some salt or honey or something to give it some oomph. The hot mustard was neither very hot or very mustardy. I can say this with all honesty because I hate mustard and I was able to eat it. As a trio of flavors, they were underwhelming. There was nothing tying all three flavors together. The corn dog was just okay.
I think it was probably 45 minutes to an hour after we finished our appetizer before our tacos arrived. We started keeping track of time by how many times the girl across the street at Happy Dog went out for a smoke break. The tacos looked pleasing enough - I wish I could say the same for the taste. Bland, bland, bland. Bad flavor combinations. The spicy lobster was not; neither was the spicy chicken, unless you consider char to be spicy. The hanger steak was overcooked. The walleye and pork were walleye and pork. Everything was just so underseasoned. Bland grilled pork was matched with bland potatoes. Cold non-spicy lobster was paired with what could have been cooling cucumbers - had the lobster actually been spicy. I rarely reach for the salt in a non-chain restaurant but the food so desperately needed it here. And hot sauce - PLEASE put hot sauce on the table.
On the bright side, the strawberry basil margarita was fantastic. It's just too bad it takes 25 minutes to get a drink from the bar.
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