Day 70: El Castillito

It has been brought to my attention that lately my posting has been lacking a certain level of quality that the Daily Taco readers have come to expect. I am going with the easy scape goat and blaming day light savings for my lack of inspiration. My most creative hours are between 10 and Midnight, and when I am getting ready for bed at 7:30 because it has already been dark for 3 hours, it severely cuts into my blogging time. That being said, I am beginning to adjust, and hopefully my posting skills will re-emerge like the magical Phoenix after they had burned so brightly for the first 60 days. On to the tacos. Yesterday was another trip to the Mission. With the arrival of Guitar Hero III in stores a week ago, Wednesday was the perfect opportunity to head for the Marquis house for some tacos and some video games. With Jess and Crosby along for the taco excursion, we headed up 17th street to Valencia where we came upon El Castillito. This colorful restaurant looked just dirty enough that I was sure it would be good. The Marquis ordered first and went for the super tacos. Since I had never dined at this establishment before, I looked towards the Marquis for guidance and followed suit with two carnitas super tacos of my own. Was I in for a treat. They arrived at the table stuffed to the point that I wondered how I was supposed to transfer then from the plate to my mouth. Rice, beans, meat, lettuce, salsa, sour cream, and two slices of avocado: "super outrageously stuffed with deliciousness" tacos was more like it! Now, usually I would not get sour cream on my tacos, and I had never really seen a taco with rice before, but everything they put on top of that tortilla shell worked together to maximize tonights taco experience. Washed down with a tasty Dos Equis, my delicious El Castillito meal had me fueled up and ready to kick some ass at video game guitar!