How Mexico City’s humble taco went from market stall to Michelin star
2 months, 3 weeks ago

How Mexico City’s humble taco went from market stall to Michelin star

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Diners queue for tacos at El Califa de León in Mexico City The taquería that made headlines after it was crowned with a Michelin star is El Califa de León, a 10ft-by-10ft taco shop tucked behind a row of street stalls selling colourful clothing items in the working-class San Rafael neighbourhood. “It remains an affordable taco, no matter what anyone says.” open image in gallery Mario Hernández, co-owner of the Michelin-star-winning El Califa de León in Mexico City In addition to El Califa de León, 11 other taquerías made it into the Michelin Guide, albeit without a star. open image in gallery Tacos at Barbacoa Gonzalitos Since becoming a food and travel writer some seven years ago, I’ve witnessed how Mexico City’s popularity has grown among travellers. El Califa de León’s tacos are a testament to the excellent street food in Mexico City – as are all the taquerías mentioned here.

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Where Mario Lopez goes for the best Mexican food in Los Angeles
3 months, 1 week ago

Where Mario Lopez goes for the best Mexican food in Los Angeles

BBC  

Where Mario Lopez goes for the best Mexican food in Los Angeles Getty Images The actor and born-and-bred Chicano loves hole-in-the wall Mexican food. Best birria tacos: Birrieria Gonzalez "I don't really go to a lot of high-end Mexican restaurants," says Lopez. Best Mexican style seafood crudo: Mariscos el Faro Lopez also loves Mariscos el Faro, a mariscos truck in …

The best tacos in L.A., according to L.A. Times readers
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The best tacos in L.A., according to L.A. Times readers

LA Times  

L.A. Times Food writers ate hundreds of tacos to identify the 101 best tacos in L.A., an endeavor that took months. It’s made with fried and braised mushrooms, salsa macha and hibiscus onion.” 1254 S. Figueroa St., Unit 806, Los Angeles, level8dtla.com/location/brown-sheep-taqueria Aileen Cho calls a new taqueria in Eagle Rock “a local gem,” and elaborates, “Taco Social is easily …

Celebrities, chefs and athletes share their favorite tacos in L.A.
5 months ago

Celebrities, chefs and athletes share their favorite tacos in L.A.

LA Times  

Everyone in Los Angeles has a go-to taqueria. Read the guide Memo Torres, L.A. Taco journalist, landscaper: “There’s so many different styles of tacos: If you want a Sonora-style taco, Sonoratown; Sinaloa-style, La Carreta; you want a good street taco, Brothers Cousins Tacos; a good shrimp taco, Mariscos Jalisco; something innovative, I’ll go Evil Cooks, Macheen … My favorite taco …

A taco glossary: Words you need to know to order tacos like a pro
5 months ago

A taco glossary: Words you need to know to order tacos like a pro

LA Times  

When ordering tacos in Los Angeles, it’s helpful to have some Spanish terms and phrases at the ready. Carnitas: Shreds or bits of pork, literally “little meats,” typically from pork butt or shoulder but sometimes with pork belly or other cuts, braised or slow-simmered in lard preferably in a large copper cazo. If you want your carnitas meat to be …

We ate hundreds of tacos to find the 101 best. Here’s how the whole process went
5 months ago

We ate hundreds of tacos to find the 101 best. Here’s how the whole process went

LA Times  

That’s the most tacos Food reporter Stephanie Breijo ate in a single day while researching our latest team guide, the 101 Best Tacos in Los Angeles. Food How L.A. reached peak taco Los Angeles is the world’s most taco-diverse city with an explosion in regional Mexican tacos plus Korean, Black, vegan and more. There was no denying that tacos are …

It’s the first taquería in the world to get a Michelin star. Here come the two-hour lines
7 months ago

It’s the first taquería in the world to get a Michelin star. Here come the two-hour lines

LA Times  

The taco guy didn’t quite get the fuss. Declared one commentator on the social media platform X: “In my opinion — and call me a hater if you want — neither El Califa de León, or Mexican cuisine in general, needs the validation of the gastronomic marketing company of the tire-maker Michelin.” An employee tosses a tortilla on a griddle …

The secret ingredient in these meaty tacos makes Whittier your next taqueria destination
7 months ago

The secret ingredient in these meaty tacos makes Whittier your next taqueria destination

LA Times  

Peering over the counter at Tacos La Carreta in Whittier, I watch the cook in front of the comal assemble chorreadas — one of the specialties that defines José Manuel Morales Bernal’s quickly growing enterprise of Sinaloa-style taquerias. The view of the ordering counter and open kitchen of Tacos La Carreta in Whittier Bill Esparza wrote about the first iteration …

La primera taquería mexicana en conseguir una estrella Michelin es un minúsculo negocio
7 months ago

La primera taquería mexicana en conseguir una estrella Michelin es un minúsculo negocio

LA Times  

El chef Arturo Rivera Martínez, recién galardonado con una estrella Michelin, se puso frente a una parrilla increíblemente caliente en el primer puesto de tacos mexicanos que obtiene una codiciada estrella de la guía francesa de restaurantes, e hizo exactamente lo mismo que lleva haciendo 20 años: dorar carne. Anuncio El chef Arturo Rivera Martínez, recién galardonado con una estrella …

The first Mexican taco stand to get a Michelin star is a tiny business where the heat makes the meat
7 months, 1 week ago

The first Mexican taco stand to get a Michelin star is a tiny business where the heat makes the meat

Hindustan Times  

MEXICO CITY — Newly minted Michelin-starred chef Arturo Rivera Martínez stood over an insanely hot grill Wednesday at the first Mexican taco stand ever to get a coveted star from the French dining guide, and did exactly the same thing he's been doing for 20 years: searing meat. The first Mexican taco stand to get a Michelin star is a …

Column: Cal-Mex is having a moment in New York. But how does it taste?
9 months, 1 week ago

Column: Cal-Mex is having a moment in New York. But how does it taste?

LA Times  

Customers line up at Los Tacos No. New York, like Los Angeles, has become a de facto suburb for Mexico City’s hip set, with culinary ideas flowing among the three cities. There’s an outpost of Dos Toros, an OK burrito chain started by two brothers from Berkeley in 2009, for the same reasons Cleghorn cited, that now has locations across …

6 unique tacos that could only exist in Los Angeles
1 year, 1 month ago

6 unique tacos that could only exist in Los Angeles

LA Times  

In Los Angeles, the taco has for decades served as a canvas for diverse chefs who have long called the city home and likely grew up folding convenient ingredients from their own cultures into tortillas. Duck birria tacos at Baar Baar The duck birria taco is, in chef Sujan Sarkar’s words, “the perfect marriage between Mexican and Indian cuisine.” Sarkar …

A Michelin-guide taqueria is coming to Grand Central Market this fall
1 year, 2 months ago

A Michelin-guide taqueria is coming to Grand Central Market this fall

LA Times  

Villa’s Tacos Grand Central Market Villa’s Tacos, which makes some of L.A.’s most celebrated tacos, plans to open a location at Grand Central Market downtown as early as next month, bringing freshly pressed blue corn tortillas, char-grilled meats and family salsa recipes to one of the country’s most historic food halls. “Being part of something so amazing like the Grand …

‘Asada’ Is an Essential, Flavor-Filled Intro to Mexican-Style Grilling
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Asada’ Is an Essential, Flavor-Filled Intro to Mexican-Style Grilling

Wired  

Lopez runs the famed Los Angeles restaurant Guelaguetza, and Cabral is the editor in chief of the food and culture website L.A. Taco. A few years back, Lopez and Cabral wrote the outstanding Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico, easily one of my top five cookbooks since it came out in 2019. For what you might call the …

Jonathan Gold’s birthday and Taco María’s next chapter
1 year, 4 months ago

Jonathan Gold’s birthday and Taco María’s next chapter

LA Times  

Carlos Salgado’s influence on Southern California cuisine, plus Bill Addison’s newest shawarma picks, breakfast memelas, “The Lincoln Lawyer” taco crawl, enigmatic doughnuts, a $600,000 wine heist, a hot new Korean-influenced sushi spot and a new Crazy Thai Burger. A birthday wish When word came this week that Carlos Salgado’s Michelin-starred restaurant Taco María would be closing until next year — …

‘I miss it tremendously.’ Readers share their favorite spots to eat in Mexico City
1 year, 4 months ago

‘I miss it tremendously.’ Readers share their favorite spots to eat in Mexico City

LA Times  

“Everyone has a ‘list.’ That’s your running, messy sheet of restaurants and sightseeing options for your favorite city that you only share with relatives or friends,” writes Times Food editor Daniel Hernandez. But the only place I ate at twice in my two weeks was a taco stand in the middle of the fancy Polanco neighborhood — near the Maserati …

Appreciation: Farewell for now, Taco María. We didn’t deserve you
1 year, 4 months ago

Appreciation: Farewell for now, Taco María. We didn’t deserve you

LA Times  

Carlos Salgado opened Taco María in Costa Mesa in 2013, propelling an exploration of what Mexican food and a Mexican chef could be. Taco María’s Twitter account stated the truck was named after the matriarchs in Salgado’s family and would focus on “Chicano cuisine.” As food editor for OC Weekly at the time, I found Salgado’s proclamation preposterous. My wife …

From a modest farm to Mexico City’s fanciest restaurant
1 year, 5 months ago

From a modest farm to Mexico City’s fanciest restaurant

LA Times  

“We set out to do everything with respect to nature,” said Orlando Reyes at his small hillside farm in Santa María Pipioltepec. If you dined at Pujol — the most heralded and admired restaurant in Mexico City, handily, by chef Enrique Olvera — around March, and if you had any dish featuring flor de calabaza or squash blossoms, I might …

Beyond the burritos: How Mexico City’s foodie scene got a serious upgrade
1 year, 6 months ago

Beyond the burritos: How Mexico City’s foodie scene got a serious upgrade

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I can’t help but think he’d be more supportive of the latest trend shaping Mexico City’s food scene – a …

Column: Choco Taco isn’t ‘authentic,’ but this Mexican respects it. Sorry, Diana Kennedy
2 years, 4 months ago

Column: Choco Taco isn’t ‘authentic,’ but this Mexican respects it. Sorry, Diana Kennedy

LA Times  

The recent passing of two Mexican food legends sparked grief across the world. She never missed a chance to trash how the cuisine had developed in the United States, starting with her first book, 1972’s “The Cuisines of Mexico.” “Far too many people know Mexican food as a ‘mixed plate,’” she wrote, her sneer vaulting off the page. Reading “The …

From birria tacos to chilaquiles, Claudia Sandoval's culinary border tour is proof food unites us
2 years, 7 months ago

From birria tacos to chilaquiles, Claudia Sandoval's culinary border tour is proof food unites us

Salon  

I could listen to Claudia Sandoval, the winner of the sixth season of "MasterChef" who went on to become a bestselling cookbook author, talk about food all day. The best part of it is that food on the border is exactly that — it's a blending of all of the cultures that have come to that border, whether it's indigenous …

Guide: Where to get top-notch tamales in Los Angeles right now
3 years ago

Guide: Where to get top-notch tamales in Los Angeles right now

LA Times  

Tamales rate among the essential staple foods of Southern California. During an early December visit to Angry Egret Dinette, Wes Avila’s then brand-new takeout operation in Chinatown’s Mandarin Plaza, I noticed he’d painted a sign on its window: “Tamales available for the holidays.” I placed an order online, and on Christmas Eve we were unwrapping corn husks revealing fluffy masa …

Roberto Santibañez: What Americans Get Right About Mexican Food
3 years, 5 months ago

Roberto Santibañez: What Americans Get Right About Mexican Food

Huff Post  

Isabella Carapella/HuffPost It’s refreshing to speak with cookbook author and professional chef Roberto Santibañez, the man behind New York’s Fonda and DC’s Mi Vida. Although he’s clear-eyed about the problems plaguing Mexican immigrants working in kitchens all across the United States, the chef is quick to note that there’s more good in the food industry than people realize. It’s amazing …

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