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New Mexican Restaurant on Washington

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  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    ANFIELD wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]

    yeah, I was thinking about good parrillada after watching bourdain's paraguay episode

    uruguay, but all those places are the same. :wink:

    whoops, I'm dumb. :) and no, they're not all the same - I should know better. and I think I've been to uruguay via iguazu (same with brazil). er. if that's the right one. I failed geography.
  • anfield
    anfield
    ANFIELD wrote:

    NYT mag this week

    Raul Cisneros, the manager of El Parian, explained to me that while the right cut of meat is essential, so, too, is resisting marinades and other chicanery. “We only put powdered garlic and salt and pepper, and that is it,” he said. “Most people put too many spices or marinate it. You just need very fresh meat and a very hot grill, and that’s it.”
    Cisneros is referring to "flap meat" as the right cut for carne asado tacos rather than what might we might consider a "better" cut. (Skirt steak at a pinch as an alternative.) Apparently, traditional butchers usually don't sell this "lesser" cut or often will try dissuade one from buying it. Anyone know a Mexican butcher in SP who might sell flap meat? AFN, Sneaky...Bueller, anyone?
  • sneakyonstmarks
    sneakyonstmarks
    Try going to Paisanos, the butcher shop on Vanderbilt and Prospect has been gone for like 16 years!!You can go to the Mexican butchers in sunset park also.
  • sterlingguy
    sterlingguy
    hey, just want to share some love with the person who just posted about baja-style fish tacos... my wife and i used to caravan from the bay area to baja mexico every holiday season to surf down the sea of cortex side and up the pacific side (we even had an unofficial wedding ceremony on the beach of santa rosaliita). man, where can i get a fish taco like that in this city???
  • arches
    arches
    ANFIELD wrote:

    Cisneros is referring to "flap meat" as the right cut for carne asado tacos rather than what might we might consider a "better" cut. (Skirt steak at a pinch as an alternative.) Apparently, traditional butchers usually don't sell this "lesser" cut or often will try dissuade one from buying it. Anyone know a Mexican butcher in SP who might sell flap meat? AFN, Sneaky...Bueller, anyone?
    This article talks abt flap meat. Most of the recommendations are local to SF, but they also suggest Costco as a source. I'll take a look next time i'm there.

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/03/16/FDG2BBNBS01.DTL
  • smokin joe
    smokin joe
    SterlingGuy wrote: hey, just want to share some love with the person who just posted about baja-style fish tacos... man, where can i get a fish taco like that in this city???
    can anyone else report on the fish tacos at los muertos?

    unfortunately, most of the mexican restaurants in nyc seem to be run by people from central mexico--puebla and el d.f.--who wouldn't know a fish taco if it bit them in the culo.
  • rockergirl77
    rockergirl77
    Is it just me or has no one mentioned Tacos Nuevos Mexico on 5th? I heart the spicy pork sopes there! I'm going to try Tacos of Death tonight. . .
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    RockerGirl77 wrote: Is it just me or has no one mentioned Tacos Nuevos Mexico on 5th? I heart the spicy pork sopes there! I'm going to try Tacos of Death tonight. . .
    Thought you were going to Fire Island this weekend...
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    Smokin' Joe wrote: [quote=SterlingGuy]hey, just want to share some love with the person who just posted about baja-style fish tacos... man, where can i get a fish taco like that in this city???
    can anyone else report on the fish tacos at los muertos?



    I had them- they were bland. It was ALL bland.
    Have to try the burrito...
  • sneakyonstmarks
    sneakyonstmarks
    Yeah try los burros, last time i ate them from taqueria de los pinches muertos i had so much gas that i could have supplied the energy of PH from what was coming out of me and the smell, oh my!! But the burro was good.In the next couple of days i will write about my early morning excursion to Sunset park at 6 in the morning. Since i am not boozing i have not been able to sleep, so got out of bed feeling tired but hungry, took the R train to 53rd street and got myself a torta and walked all the way back home, stoping along the way inthe Panaderias that were open. Anyhow, Sneaky has his first real job in 8 years, excited because i am getting paid well and i like it.
    So enjoy first Saturday suckers and drink up for me and most of all stay sane!!
  • rockergirl77
    rockergirl77
    I checked out Tacos of Death over the weekend. It's not really an "authentic" Mexican taco house - the menu is much more like a California style burrito place (like Uncle Moe's). After everyone's reviews I didn't even try the tacos. I got some kind of super ultimate burrito instead (with carne enchilada).

    The chips were warm & freshly made, the pico/salsa was so fresh and flavorful that I'm wondering if it wasn't made to order, and the burrito was delicious. I'm a fan of Rachel's and Uncle Moe's, but the flavors in this burrito were much more fresh and distinct tasting than those. I could taste every single separate ingredient on it's own. It came with a little side of red and a little side of green and some extra chips. The service was good but the atmosphere was a little bland. Either way, I'm definitely going to get my delivery on with this place soon.
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    Smokin' Joe wrote: can anyone else report on the fish tacos at los muertos?
    Do they have fish tacos? I don't see them on their menu, but I have seen some discrepancies between the print out and in-store menus...

    Anywho, I had a carne asada burrito for lunch. Very good, very fresh. I can see how some might think their food bland, but I think that it's not overpowering the natural flavors of the ingredients. I also like the fact that the meat was grilled to order, not pre-cooked, stored and scooped out of a steam heated bin.
  • sneakyonstmarks
    sneakyonstmarks
    I think the Bartenders and cooks from PApatzuli just opened their own taqueria and if right is set to be one of the best Taquerias in Brooklyn!!

    Via www.eater.com
  • arches
    arches
    Thumbs up for the mole (turkey) burrito. Pretty tasty. Also appreciate that i didn't need to take out a mortgage to add guacamole (the "super" buritto with guacamole is a $0.50 upgrade).
  • evan
    evan
    had fish tacos which were pretty bland. the mahi mahi is definitely better than the catfish. the fish tostadas were much better. the burritos are the best thing going over there, along with the agua fresca.
  • brooklynlager
    brooklynlager
    i think the super nachos are just super!
  • brooklynlager
    brooklynlager
    also i had brunch there the other day....think i had the breakfast burrito, it was giant, thing weighed like 5 pounds and came with potatoes....i don't think i ate anything else until midnight! I definitly like this place.
  • evan
    evan
    i had the super nachos and they were good but they definitely needed more cheese.
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    MOD NOTE: sneaky, I split your off topic (as in totally about a restaurant near BAM, not a restaurant on washinton) post to Ft. Greene et al board.

    - AFN
  • housebroken
    housebroken
    We have eaten there 3 times already and think they are great. The burritos are awesome and my husband loves the Super Quesadillas. Definitely a great addition to the neighborhood.
  • rockergirl77
    rockergirl77
    I ate there again last weekend. I think I'd move in if they'd let me. The quality is consistently great, it's the freshest pico I think I've ever had, the service has been some of the friendliest and most attentive I think I've ever encountered in NY, and of course the burrito was, once again, delicious (and only $7.50!).

    PS: Its BYOB right now!
  • sneakyonstmarks
    sneakyonstmarks
    i think i am in love with rockergirl!!!haha
  • ajack
    ajack
    arches wrote: [quote=modsquad]What's the difference between new Mexican and just regular Mexican?
    Once a new Mexican restaurant is open for a week, it become regular Mexican. :)

    There is a difference btwn New Mexican cuisine and Mexican cuisine....but I think in this case it's just a matter of title confusion.


    I got all excited over the thread title because I thought it was about a New Mexican restaurant (which is hard to find around here) as opposed to Mexican.

    I was in New Mexico last summer and couldn't get enough of the green chile.
  • rockergirl77
    rockergirl77
    ajack wrote:
    I was in New Mexico last summer and couldn't get enough of the green chile.
    I lived in New Mexico for a while years ago & I still long for the smell of the roasting green chiles in the late summer. I don't even know where you would find any really good chiles from someplace like Hatch around here, much less where you could roast them. Please let me know if you ever find any place decent & I'll do the same.
  • sneakyonstmarks
    sneakyonstmarks
    can go to Sun set park , very easy to find in the Mexican Bodegas
  • rockergirl77
    rockergirl77
    sneakyonstmarks wrote: can go to Sun set park , very easy to find in the Mexican Bodegas
    Really? Like specifically anaheims from hatch? I saw anaheims once at fairway. They had them labeled "amahein chiles"

    [edit - I guess I mean chiles grown in Hatch, which have since taken on the name hatch themselves.]
  • sneakyonstmarks
    sneakyonstmarks
    i actually got a bunch of them on FRESHDIRECT, STILL HAVE THEM IN MY CUPBOARD
  • rockergirl77
    rockergirl77
    sneakyonstmarks wrote: i actually got a bunch of them on FRESHDIRECT, STILL HAVE THEM IN MY CUPBOARD
    Ooh I didn't know they had them. That's a good idea. I can just freeze them and make rellenos and tortilla soup from them all winter.

    Still, too bad there's not a good "New Mexican" restaurant that anyone knows of. I actually did think that the green sauce that comes on the side at Tacos of Death reminded me a lot of a fresh roasted green chile flavor.
  • whatchuwant
    whatchuwant
    Next he's going to invite you over RockerGirl....watch out for the Sneaky one... :wink:
  • sneakyonstmarks
    sneakyonstmarks
    hahahhaahhahh..
    have you tried Taqueria DF on 5th ave?
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