Couscousit

There's this no-name taqueria up on the Highway that I discovered a few months ago when I was hungry and didn't feel like eating any Asian food. I remember Amy, Karen and Sarah stopping to pick up some 'Com, and making them go from taco shack to taco shack in order to find the taqueria of least sketchiness to fill my taco craving. We ended up stumbling upon this joint, simply because it was the largest and wasn't attached to a grocery store, so I didn't immediately feel that there would be any language barrier.

Turns out this place has a name, which I'll post as soon as the transaction pops up on online banking, as well as a drive through. But what's really cool is that they offer $1.60 tacos, everything from melt in your mouth carnitas, to slightly charred al pastor, to tangy chorizo, cochinitas pibil, and asada. Each taco is topped with some diced white onion and cilantro and is served with an earthy red chile paste-y sauce and green tomatillo salsa. I haven't had a bad one here yet.

Each time I come here I try and order something else: flautas, sopes, quesadillas or tacos, each time with a different meat inside. Here's a picture of the chorizo quesadilla, served with rice, beans, salad, radish and a lime wedge. Although this tasted great and was filled with a very generous portion of chorizo sausage, it was quite oily (which you will find is a symptom of many chorizo dishes), so I would recommend sticking to tacos if ordering this meat.

The "mama" of the place knows the menu in and out and speaks fluent English (although some of the food is untranslatable...have courage!) but if you see a younger woman behind the counter, beware: she has no clue what is made with what and what is in what, and you won't get much help from the cooks since they only speak Spanish. All in all, though, you can't go wrong.

So when driving north on Buford, look for 1st Wok and Discolandia on your left, you will see the taqueria soon after. I'll update you as soon as I can with the establishment's details, but in the meantime, feel free to embark upon a little treasure hunt!

# posted by Unknown @ 11:40 PM