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| - having heard so much about these folks, and being from california, where i eat tacos almost every day, i passed by the pop-up on bernard last night.
we tried the lamb tacos and vegetarian tacos, each order of 2 tacos was like $7-8. overall, not very impressed. the lamb was tough, overcooked, and under-seasoned with a questionable flavor combination, even if they were going for a lebanese-style shwerma or turkish-style doner. the vegetarian tacos reminded me of vancouver somehow or berkeley: staid, with a deep, longing glance at the 1970s. overall, the quality of the ingredients seemed about what one would expect in montreal during the winter, though the (very large) tortilla itself was gritty and factory-made, it tasted like ours taste when they're 2-3 days old. there was also a banh mi taco (which the server managed somehow to mispronounce! and which, by description, seemed to go the banh mi xiu mai route, which i don't mind at all), and an octopus taco at an eye-popping $12, the price ruling it out on principle.
now, these guys are shooting for the sf/la-style nouveau taco, and they seem to be doing it earnestly. but aside from the fact that i just felt like i was eating the product of a mediocre cook, the tortillas bummed me out, the cost to quality struck me as a bit unfavorable, and overall, the whole thing just seems to be trading on the novelty rather than any great passion or skill. that said, they're sure to improve.
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