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Los Taquitos de Puebla: Under the Radar? |
Ever since our South Philly Taqueria Tour, I’ve been jonesin’ for another Mexican food fix. So when I learned that I missed out on Los Taquitos de Puebla’s Tacos al Pastor, I knew that I had to go back… even if it was for takeout.
Doing my best NASCAR impression as I looked for parking, I had to laugh as I saw throngs of people queued up for steaks from Genos. I could only hope that the restaurant didn’t have a “Spanish Only” policy… |
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Real tacos al pastor in Italian Market area? |
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Los Taquitos de Puebla is open! Craig LaBan wrote it up in his offal article last Thursday, for their tacos de cabeza and tacos de ojo. I wasn't up for trying those, but I had their tacos al pastor and they're by far the best I've had in Philadelphia. They do have a trompo. It wasn't on this afternoon when I went, but the tacos tasted like they had been cooked that way--dry-ish (rather than the saucy meat you get elsewhere) fatty, flavorful slivers of pork, with cilantro and onion, on doubled little tortillas. Two delicious salsas, a red one made with dried chile and an especially delicious green one of tomatillo and avocado. They brought out a "salad" plate as soon as we sat down, with fiery onions marinated with habanero chile, nopales with onion, a little pico de gallo, cucumber and radish slices, and lime for the tacos. Delicious. |
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DON'T make the mistake of limiting your South Philly taco intake to La Veracruzana and La Lupe. Los Taquitos de Puebla is too good to miss, and just as the cuisines of Puebla and Veracruz (neighboring states in Mexico) have marked differences, not least of which are the differences in local agricultural products, no two South Philly tacos are exactly alike. |
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