A 6pm shoulder surgery at CPMC(originally scheduled for 1pm. I love my job!) afforded me a perfect opportunity to hit up a taco joint near the hospital I had been Jonessing to try. By the time I left my house (I was in need of a short nap after the inaugural CitronandLemonade.com festivities last night) I had a meager 30 minutes to get my self to the O.R. If I was going to stop by L.P.G (La Parilla Grill) and still be on time, my taco acquisition strategy would have to be flawless! A brilliant last second decision to take Leavenworth instead of Hyde, and a prime parking spot directly in front of the restaurant, combined to make me confident I would succeed in tonights taco mission. The L.P.G. menu claimed I had the opportunity to partake of "the best chicken in town" at their establishment, so two chicken tacos were the approved solution for my taco fix. Phase 2 of my taco plan required me to get my food to go. Parking in the city is always a challenge, and I was running out of time. I would have to eat my tacos on the road if I was going to make it to the O.R. on time. I knew my parking karma reserves were full when I spied a spot half a block from the hospital entrance on my first trip by. I flipped a quick (mostly legal) u turn, and pulled my car into the space the taco gods had blessed upon me. With a good 5 minutes to spare, I leisurely chewed each and every bite of tasty taco till both were gone. The chicken was delicious, the guac was creamy, and the tortillas were tender as can be. Success! My acquisition scheme had worked to perfection. Its amazing what one man can accomplish in the pursuit of tacos with a little planning and a little luck (or was it divine intervention?)!.
you should have a thai taco in solidarity with the taco quality comptroller- a little curry or pad thai never hurt any cartoon taco masquerading as La Spears circa 2003.
ReplyDeleteHad the fish tacos at Chevy's on Howard St. Average.tres Agaves are the best I've had.
ReplyDeleteCame across this juicy tidbit about the tortilla's CORN origins today:
ReplyDelete"1519 - When Hernán Cortés (1485-1547), also known as Hernando Cortez, and his conquistadores arrived in the New World on April 22, 1519, they discovered that the inhabitants (Aztecs Mexicas) made flat corn breads. The native Nahuatl name for these was tlaxcalli. The Spanish gave them the name tortilla. In Cortés' 1920 second letter to King Charles V of Spain, he describes the public markets and the selling of maize or Indian corn:
This city has many public squares, in which are situated the markets and other places for buying and selling. . . where are daily assembled more than sixty thousand souls, engaged in buying and selling; and where are found all kinds of merchandise that the world affords, embracing the necessaries of life, as for instance articles of food. . . maize or Indian corn, in the grain and in the form of bread, preferred in the grain for its flavor to that of the other islands and terra-firma."
Will you continue to argue against history, S.T.U.D.? Give in already!
Well written article.
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