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| - I find this establishment's lack of quality disturbing.
I work down the street from this place and had been eyeing it for a while; however, a place in the same vicinity, Tacos Sahuaro, is so good, that I kept putting it off... I wish that I had continued that behavior.
Looking at the pics and reviews, I expected this place to be moderately good. I understand there is some margin on reviews depending on other's determination of what is quality and not; however, this goes beyond margin into Styrofoam tongues.
When I went here, I was a little dismayed by their choice of protein for their tacos. Steak(carne asada) and chicken only. This threw up (that is a pun in relation to what eating here might make you do) a red flag that I should've heeded.
Where's the carnitas, cabeza, lengua, al pastor, and other items you see at most taco shops... this is total gringo fodder.
The guy working the drive through window's customer service was not very pleasant... I almost felt like I was bothering him. The interior looked a little dirty from what I could see, but it's a taco shop so I overlooked it.
I ignored all these instincts and ordered 2 tacos of each and a carne asada quesadilla.
I took them home and dived into the chicken taco first.
It was ok... Kind of sesame oil/soy heavy, which made it taste more like an asian chicken salad than a taco.
I moved onto the carne asada and, the horror, the horror.
I took a few bites and was not impressed by the taste at all, so I looked down and I saw several under-cooked pieces.
Besides the improper food temp, the flavor was not desirable. Not enough marinade or time, so all that came through was how low grade the beef was, which is what the marination and nice sear is supposed to combat.
The Quesadilla was a complete failure. Same temperature issue with the carne asada, and the poor flavor mixing with the cheddar-jack sysco cheese forced out a childhood memory of eating a grade school cafeteria cheeseburger... Every bite brought me back to 3rd grade and the worst cheeseburger I have on memory.
I ended up throwing everything away as, if the carne asada was under-cooked, I was not going to test my luck even further on the chicken.
My two cents:
If you are going to do 2 proteins only, nail them.
Do not, under-cook them, under-season them, over-season them, or fail to make them shine in any other way, as there is no incentive to patronize the establishment.
I have a feeling most of these reviews were done the waking side of a near blackout/2am taco binge as this place is not worthy of 3 stars let alone 4.
You can literally get better carne asada or chicken at a *bertos place.
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