The Great HBT Taco Thread

[slym2none]

Laugh all you want. IDC.

 

[kev211]

The best Baja-style tacos on the east coast were made at Choncho's Tacos in Williamsburg, BK, NYC. Too bad they closed down. Grilled or fried fish tacos. Had other stuff, but that was their specialty. Awesome.

Grilled is not Baja. Fried/Beer Battered is Baja, grilled is well... Grilled. An you guys stick to your Buffalo wings back there. We get the tacos

 

[slym2none]

Grilled is not Baja. Fried/Beer Battered is Baja, grilled is well... Grilled. An you guys stick to your Buffalo wings back there. We get the tacos

Nice of you to conveniently ignore the fact that fried was on the list I mentioned. They catered to the healthy set as well as the traditional, but yes, fried is traditional. Same with the soft corn torts, shredded red cabbage, crema, cilantro, and lime wedges.



Also, great coastalism. Like chicken wings are the only thing people here can cook.

FTR - I used to work for Choncho's Tacos. The recipes came from the west coast, including the carnitas, the toro (spicy beef), and the chipotle chicken.

Scoff all you want, these are authentic west-coast recipes from a west-coaster. I love when people think others that aren't from a certain region can't make a different region's recipes. Remind me to tell the story about how this NC white boy made pasole that a Hispanic woman said I couldn't make, them proceeded to eat a bowl every time I made it - that's how much she liked it.

 

[kev211]

Nice of you to conveniently ignore the fact that fried was on the list I mentioned. They catered to the healthy set as well as the traditional, but yes, fried is traditional. Same with the soft corn torts, shredded red cabbage, crema, cilantro, and lime wedges.



Also, great coastalism. Like chicken wings are the only thing people here can cook.

FTR - I used to work for Choncho's Tacos. The recipes came from the west coast, including the carnitas, the toro (spicy beef), and the chipotle chicken.

Scoff all you want, these are authentic west-coast recipes from a west-coaster. I love when people think others that aren't from a certain region can't make a different region's recipes. Remind me to tell the story about how this NC white boy made pasole that a Hispanic woman said I couldn't make, them proceeded to eat a bowl every time I made it - that's how much she liked it.

I guess the dancing banana emoji at the end wasnt enough to convey the joking tone in my post. I was just pointing out that grilled is NOT considered baja, while fried (yes, I read your original post and saw it there) is. Obviously there are all kinds of good food on the east coast. Im very aware of that. I just figured that in a light hearted thread about TACOS we could joke around a bit. Just having some fun. Dont take it so personally.

(Another dancing banana to show joking nature of post)

Now back to tacos

 

[hunter_le five]

C'mon guys. East coast. West coast. Tejas. Baja. Yucatan. Greece. Canadia. It doesn't matter where you're from, unless it's that last one. We are all united by tacos.

We are all One with tacos.

 

[WI_Wino]

We're having tacos tonight. Chicken slow cooking with onions and chipotles as we speak. Mmm. Tacos.

 

[kev211]

C'mon guys. East coast. West coast. Tejas. Baja. Yucatan. Greece. Canadia. It doesn't matter where you're from, unless it's that last one. We are all united by tacos.

We are all One with tacos.

Greek Tacos... Now thats a new one haha

 

[Qhrumphf]

Greek Tacos... Now thats a new one haha

Yeah, they're weird. Shaved meat off a spit, feta, pita instead of a tortilla, cucumber sauce instead of cilantro. But they're so good. Love me some greek tacos.

 

[kev211]

Yeah, they're weird. Shaved meat off a spit, feta, pita instead of a tortilla, cucumber sauce instead of cilantro. But they're so good. Love me some greek tacos.

Haha.. Oh ya. a Gyro

I think Greek taco sounds better than Gyro though

 

[hunter_le five]

I'm having mexican fish gyros for lunch.

 

[hunter_le five]

The Koreans, Indians, and Turkish all make pretty fantastic tacos as well.

 

[Fedora]

C'mon guys. East coast. West coast. Tejas. Baja. Yucatan. Greece. Canadia. It doesn't matter where you're from, unless it's that last one. We are all united by tacos.

We are all One with tacos.

What Hunter said. The only kind of tacos not welcome in this thread are sand tacos.

I was gonna make tacos for lunch but the wife had lasagna ready.

 

[hunter_le five]

The only kind of tacos not welcome in this thread are sand tacos.

What you got against shawarma?

Ooooohh I see, you mean sandy "tacos".

 

[Zekk]

Making lamb tacos tonight. Have a ton of leftover lamb from Easter. Tossing that in a corn tortilla with salsa and cheese. Taco Wednesday, it's a thing.

 

[WI_Wino]

Making lamb tacos tonight. Have a ton of leftover lamb from Easter. Tossing that in a corn tortilla with salsa and cheese. Taco Wednesday, it's a thing.

Every day that ends in Y is a candidate for tacos.

 

[slym2none]

I guess the dancing banana emoji at the end wasnt enough to convey the joking tone in my post. I was just pointing out that grilled is NOT considered baja, while fried (yes, I read your original post and saw it there) is. Obviously there are all kinds of good food on the east coast. Im very aware of that. I just figured that in a light hearted thread about TACOS we could joke around a bit. Just having some fun. Dont take it so personally.

(Another dancing banana to show joking nature of post)

Now back to tacos

All apologies. Dealing with a troll elsewhere RN and I got a little froggy. I jumped when I shouldn't have.

 

[kev211]

All apologies. Dealing with a troll elsewhere RN and I got a little froggy. I jumped when I shouldn't have.

No worries dood. Taco on!

 

[mikeasu]

I love tacos. But I usually prefer the even better street food, the Torta. There's a hipsterish chef-run taco place in Falls Church that also makes good tacos (but not as good as Pico in Chincoteague, but it's 20 minutes away instead of 3.5 hours), but they make a Cubana Torta that will destroy your heart but mother of god it's delicious.

Moved here from Tucson about 14 months ago, haven't found good street tacos/tortas yet. Although, a coworker just clued me into a taco shop in a gas station here in MD, R&R Taqueria - menu says they've got lengua/cabeza...making a pilgrimage there next week.
http://www.rrtaqueria.com/

 

[HoppyDaze]

same day caught Pacific Rockfish, homemade salsa from homegrown veggies...

 

[hunter_le five]

Shredded chicken desktaco

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[Fedora]

I had no tacos. Bah.

 

[hunter_le five]

I pity you.

 

[Fedora]

My life is in shambles. The self- loathing is strong.

 

[fsr_racer]

Had some leftover deer roast, so I made tacos.

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[Fedora]

Had some leftover deer roast, so I made tacos.

What other option did you have?

 

[afro_lou]

Hey, it's Tuesday somewhere, right?
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[1977Brewer]

You know, I take pictures of beer every damn day, but I feel weird taking pics of food.

We had chicken tacos tonight. Chicken in the crock pot with a can of RoTel, pulled and seared in the skillet. Good stuff.

 

[kev211]

You know, I take pictures of beer every damn day, but I feel weird taking pics of food.

We had chicken tacos tonight. Chicken in the crock pot with a can of RoTel, pulled and seared in the skillet. Good stuff.

You could put your beer next to the food and "accidentally" get the food in the photo with the beer

 

[Fedora]

Free tacos for lunch!

 

[hunter_le five]

Free tacos for lunch!

Same here!

Grilled tilapia on a bed of shredded cabbage, with pico de gallo, avocado slices, and habanero salsa, wrapped in corn tortillas. Free courtesy of ronald mcdonald.