I'm just about to eat some tacos al pastor!

If those were carne asada, yes.

That is not a good photo, but I am sort of jealous. I love tacos al pastor.

R3 agreed. This photo looks better.

R3 agreed. This photo looks better.

Isn't it basically shawarma?

Actually I am jealous, OP. It's my go-to at a favorite Mexican restaurant that I haven't been to since pre-COVID days.

R5, I think it tastes better than shawarma.

Actually, yes. Fuck you! I hope you love them.

You're about to get a bad case of Tacos el Farto

What does al pastor mean?

R10 Shepherd-style. Don't know why they're called that, but it's a type of spice-rubbed pork that was brought to Mexico by Lebanese immigrants.

[quote] Isn't it basically shawarma?

Nothing against shawarma, which I like, but it doesn't have a delicious pineapple marinade.

This quesadilla looks better.

So you think folks are gonna be jealous because you're eating food? If you were eating tacos at the same time that you were devouring a beautiful 7 1/2 inch penis perhaps! Otherwise, boring and we don't really care.

Do you dine often with your preacher, OP?

Yes OP

Fish tacos are the best.

I agree, but pastor is my favorite kind that doesn't involve seafood. A Honduran food truck a few blocks from me makes incredibly good ones.

I've tried lengua and cachete tacos and found them inferior to basic asada and pastor ones, though. Not sure why people from south of the Border set such store by those varieties—you're paying more money for less tasty food.

Tripas tacos are good.

I love seafood tacos and barbacoa tacos, in addition to al pastor. Not into lengua but my brother-in-law (gringo who grew up in Texas) thinks it's more tasty than basic asada, etc. I think it's a matter of what you're used to and have cultivated a taste for.

OP's tacos look dry.

I hope you don't have surprise anal later.

Al-fonso pastor, por favor.

I just had chillidogs. A serious mistake.

This thread inspired me to go get asada and lengua mulitas for lunch from a little Mexican cafe where I could watch someone's [italic]abuela[/italic] cook my food from the cashier's station. I regret nothing.

I need to find a source here in Kansas CIty of such fare. I guess I could also learn to prepare my own.

R25, that sounds really good actually.

Looks delicious OP. I just made Tejano Carne Guisado last night. Don't laugh, as the recipe IS from a Karen.

There seems to be an extra amount of sauce, so I took some and added some cooked chickpeas, corn, and black olives, for another dish. Almost like a Mexican Chana Massala! I served with some raw onion and coriander leaves.

Is it supposed to have pineapple in it?

[quote] I served with some raw onion and coriander leaves.

Are you British? We call that CILANTRO.

R29, I've seen them with chunks of pineapple in them.

The OP CLEARLY has VILE doodies.

I eat only sugar water, unicorn dust, unicorn sugar, and unicorn icing!

Disgusteeng OP!!!!!!!!

R30 Bully for you then. You sound uptight there are "foreigners" here; how ironic on a taco thread. No tacos for you!

Corn? When did I eat corn?

The meat in OP's photo looks like bacon, which doesn't appeal to me.

R24 has sold her ass to the devil.

People always talk about dire gastric effects of eating Mexican food, but I've never encountered any. How much oil/grease is in the Mexican dishes you guys are eating?

R30 Most people around the globe call it coriander. How did Americans come up with the word cilantro????

R30 Most people around the globe call it coriander. How did Americans come up with the word cilantro????

We call the seed/ground powder coriander. Only the plant is called cilantro.

No one will ever be jealous of you, OP. Except for John List. It's rumored he was eating tacos al pastor shortly before his arrest.

You type low HDL and high LDL.

R38 R39 It's the Spanish word, cilantro came into the U.S. through Mexican cuisine. We call cilantro seeds coriander.

I thought Brits enjoyed a little trash talk between countries?

R26, surely Kansas City has some decent tacos?

Who is this Al Pastor feller? Is he a gay? An instaho?

Help us, OP!

Is he cut or uncut?

R3, I don't think those are al pastor, but they do look good.

Is that tacos with a chopped-up priest in them?

r47 Yes.

Shepherds are ghetto so he's most likely uncut.

OP inspired me to get some tonight.

No lengua. No tongue. That's offal to me and don't do offal.

[quote]I'm just about to eat some tacos al pastor!

Try the friar. Fried it's drier.

[quote] Isn't it basically shawarma?

Same method, they use the spit to roast them, but they get to use the forbidden pork.

Mmmmm. Love spit roasts.

I don't object to trying the tongue (it's muscle meat after all, and the version I got was pretty finely chopped so there weren't any obvious texture differences from other beef varieties), but it didn't live up to other people's enthusiasm for it. Same with pork cheek, which I've also heard good things about.

Now tripe they can keep far, FAR away from where I'm eating. That's barely more palatable than chitlins in my book.

[quote] Same with pork cheek, which I've also heard good things about.

R55, is that what cabeza tacos are? Whatever they are, they're quite good.

Cabeza means melon or head, so I doubt it. The Honduran place where I tried them called them cachete tacos. They weren't bad, but the pastor blew them away.

[quote] but the pastor blew them away.

Mine did that once too.

[quote]Same with pork cheek, which I've also heard good things about.

Pork cheek in Italy is guanciale, which is very trendy.

I’ll have the tongue tacos.

And don’t give me any lip!

I’ll just have the tongue, thank you.

R55, the last time I tried lengua tacos, I thought the meat had a somewhat gamy taste compared to beef and much stronger than pork.

Tongue is not limited to Mexican food. It used to be a staple in delis, back when real delis were common. My father liked it, but I never did. The name alone is bad enough, but having seen it in the deli counter, lying there, looking like a tongue, it's hard to get the image out of my head.

[quote] Cabeza means melon or head, so I doubt it.

R57, thanks. I looked it up and cabeza refers to beef head -- which I don't know what fatty part of the head the meat is from -- but they're very good.

Is nobody else a fan of tripas? They taste better than they look.

R63 Fried, not soft, and they're amazing. Soft tripa has a weird bready texture.

R63 Fried, not soft, and they're amazing. Soft tripa has a weird bready texture.

R65, yes. I like that iron-y, crisp flavor, but get that a lot of people are not too into this cut of meat.

It's all about carne asada.