On occasion Taste Calgary randomly holds Taco or no Taco night. I first heard this on my FB feed when I saw couple of friends talking about it. THanks Shannon and Maria H!
I looked forward to this pop taquiera the moment I laid eyes on their obscure but enticing website. Dear Calgary restaurants, do you wanna draw me into your mystery event without having me question your prices, location, and availability? Post a picture of a luchador in your background.
Taco or no Taco Lucha or no...scrap that MORE Lucha?
We stumbled around downtown YYC wait for the hour to hit 4pm. The señorita grumped about how no one eats dinner at 4pm, but I insisted "SILENCIO! I must have these tacos"
They were worth it...sort of...
I have the tendency to be over excited about everything but out of the three tacos I had: Brisket, Veal, and Seafood, well it was about a 2 out of 3 stars. Their Brisket and Veal were succulent and packed with flavour. I read up on Taste's tweets and those babies were worth cooking for hours. THe shrimp head however wasn't what I thought it would be like. The seafood fixins were delicious but I struggled to eat the shrimp head. Maybe it was meant to have been fried to crispy oblivion but I sat there chewing the shells for a long time :S.
But I say that with love. I can't wait for Taco or no taco to come again. Because everything else was amazing. Their margaritas were spot on refreshing and the señorita was buzzed...err...pleased. And their churros, good lord I've never had anything that delicious.
I'm sure I'll visit Taste again. I often hear it from the mouths of reputable people who know a lot about food, but very little about luchadors. But that's just how life rolls the dice.