Taqueria Mexico, Roscoe and DeSoto, Canoga Park, CA

I've run into some pretty bad taco luck lately.  I haven't written because much of the tiny, short adventures have been pretty poor and it is depressing to write about.  This place was different.  It is so bad that I must warn you.  It is so horrible that I would be doing you a complete disservice by not telling you how disgusting this place is.  It is beyond bad and I don't know how they in good concious can serve anyone food that tastes this bad.

The decor is promising.  It is a good looking little spot that has it all kind of split from the kitchen but you can still see it.  Tables and chairs are comfortable.  The place just shows so many good signs until you get your food!  It is really sad that they failed so miserably.

The menu is great and again it just sets you up to think that they won't suck as much as they do.  Lets get this over with...
ASADA: 1, made me want to vomit.
LENGUA: 1, more of a mystery meat.
CABEZA: 1, not sure if they were serious when they gave this to me.
PASTOR: 1, eww.
CARNITAS: 1, what the heck was that?
SALSA: 1, if you can really call it salsa, OK?

So I didn't finish my meal because it was that bad.  Yes, it truly was that disgusting.  Those photos are after I was done eating.  There was nothing edible.  This place made me crave a fast food restaurant.  It was so bad.  I literally ran to the car and drove as fast as I could to Rigo's to clean my palate.   


This adventure was horrible and I'm glad that you read it so that you don't go there.  I assure you that I took one for the team even walking into this place.  The only positive thing is this mural on the wall, it is your gratuitous photo.  Better blogs to come in the future.

Stay Excellent!

Los Tapatios, Lennox, CA

When you walk in, this is what you see.  A nice meat display, this is a pretty cool looking butcher shop.  I think this just heightens my frustration.  The meat that they have looks great.  Variety was pretty incredible, especially for such a quaint space.  If you haven't gotten the tone, the vibe yet, the tacos sucked.

I know, you are asking, how bad was it.  It was horrible.  It felt like my taste-buds were being punished.  Most everything was horrible.  The food was no bueno.  Aside from the company, the jalapenos were good.

The best part about this blog is probably going to be the pictures, because the food sucked.  The location, the photos, the Yelp all gave this place some promise.  Sadly it ends there.  Not the pictures, I have some salsa porn to share with you, but the ratings are going to suck, hard...

So the menu is, well, um, yeah a bit disjointed, but looked promising.  The broken sign doesn't  bother me, I think it adds some character.  They have too much for them to handle.  Yeah, the menu is too big for them.

This is the kitchen that makes food that sucks.  I just wanted you to see it first hand.

This is the unimpressive, flavor wise, salsa bar.  Enough of the pictures, its time to get to business:
RATINGS:
ASADA: 3, this was OK.  If I was trapped in this taco hell again, this is probably the only thing that I would order.
PASTOR: 1, you broke my heart.  Putting a ton of citrus on dry pork does not make it pastor, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
LENGUA: 2, flavorless and not exciting in anyway.  You can add salt to poorly boiled meat...
CHICHARRON: 1, a very under-cooked, unappreciated meat here people, it makes me sad.
PIERNA: 2, this was dry and flavorless.
CHICKEN: 2, here's the shocker, dry and flavorless...
JALAPENO: 4, this was the second best part of the trip. My company was obviously the best, but these were pretty tasty.  I think they are the only way that I was able to get through these tacos.
SALSA: they get a 4 on variety, a 3 on flavor.  PRESS THE LIMITS GUYS!  They need to be more bold in their flavor, really any bit of boldness would be appreciated.

Do you understand how I feel about the food?  Is there a question?  Is there anything left to ambiguity?  I sure hope not!  I feel it's clear.  If it is not, let me re-explain.  If you are by there, run in, grab those delicious looking jalapenos and run out and go somewhere better.

Chicken stock on the sope.  This excited me.  You would think this adds flavor, you would think this would make it a moist treat.  Not the case, chicken still was dry, the cheese tasted old and dry and I was beyond unimpressed.  That is so sad to me, I love sopes.

Thank you to anyone and everyone for reading.  Please keep spreading the taco word.  Get people to read.  Let them know where to go, or in this case where not to go!!  Shoot me messages of places you want me to check out, if you love the place, hate the place or if you want me to try it first because you are scared.

I hope you agree the pictures are the best part.  I just don't feel like Nicole and I deserved such a poor taco experience.  You should drive Chef Zadi's restaurant if you are planning on going to this one and eat his delicious tacos I wrote about in my last blog.

Nothing could be obvious in this blog than the message I've echoed in blogs for quite some time.  It doesn't matter where you eat, but who you get to do it with.  I sure got a BIG win in that department.  Nicole Merizalde is a great friend and colleague.  She's a really cool chick that everyone she meets wants to connect with.  She is a heck of a Tacoteer and I appreciate knowing her.  Obviously today's goodbye/gratuitous photo is of her making her way back over to our table.

Stay Excellent!

Tacos Al Carbon, Lake Worth, FL

What a great message for kids to hear.  I mean, is there anything that rings more true?  Is this from Confucius?  Socrates?  Plato?  Sadly, the tacos are not as good here as the sign is.  This place came so highly recommended by so many folks that we ran into.  Here's the back story.  The people of West Palm Beach have been duped.  These guys started with a truck, it grew into a covered tent in front of the truck and then it broke my heart.

This is the original, this is what you walk up to after parking in a dirt parking lot.  Ya know, it's so sad, the dirt parking lot, looking at this when you get out of that rental car gets you excited.  I mean, the place shows some serious promise.

They had some other stuff, but this is the tacos, the important part.  Someone in our outfit tried the nachos and it was the Smart and Final nacho cheese.  There were just some interesting things that this truck does.  Really, I think that they might have been better, but seem to have lost their way.

Here are some upgrades to the menu.  I love the up-selling approach in restaurants, but think this one leaves much to be desired.  I'm sure that you can better use a piece of paper and maybe make the upgrades sound a bit more appealing.

Here's the crew ordering.  They are so funny and excited.  It is great to see Tacoteers in their element.

This is the water station.  I went for the watermelon and it was just OK.  Really nothing too tasty or delicious.  It made me sad thinking about places in Miami, not too far away, and El Placio de los Jugos, or many of the amazing places in California.
RATINGS:
BARBACOA: 2, being that this is the only truly identifiable "meat" I gave it a 3.  It was OK for barbacoa, oh heck, I'm trying to hard, just changed it to a 2 like it deserves.
CHICHARRON: 2, well, this soft, tasteless delight.  I can't make it sound OK, sorry, not good.
PASTOR, BISTEK, ASADA, CARNITAS, FAJITA:  1, what the heck?????  So Josh and I make sure that we are trying everything.  Well, all of these were the same.  The individual working there tried to explain to me which one was which, but they all tasted the same.  There was some slight variations in how they looked, but really?  You can't diversify enough to give people a meal, an experience, an option?  Just put "Beef Like and Pork Like" on the menu and stop deceiving people.  You are not impressing me or anyone else.  This was like a sick joke or a prank that went way too far!  Knock it off and make some tacos.

I think back to the opening photo and I've never been the one to do drugs, I'll tell you that the deceit of this place made me feel like I was on drugs.  What is wrong with them?  I was getting teary eyed trying to wonder how someone could do this to taco lovers everywhere.  I was then more concerned that people were showing up for it.  Look at this photo, can you tell them apart?  Of course you can't.  Those jalapenos were extra???  Insanity!  Lets take this a step further, everything for them is not onions and cilantro, they want to throw cheese and tomatoes on everything!  Gee, what you covering up steak central???  Your tortillas are too thick and chewy and all the meat tastes the same.  Damn I'm still fired up about this and this was three countries and a week ago.  I'm fine with cheese on a taco if your place fits it.  For example, Tito's in Culver City, that makes sense.  This does NOT!

I tried to take a step back and I look at this picture and am reminded, it's not what or where you eat but who you eat with.  I'm on a long, crazy trip and I do miss the family, but this crew was pretty great to dine with.  Amberlin is on the far end with her cool pink hair.  Cyle, yes, he misspells it that way is next to her and y'all know Fo.  Said goodbye to Fo the other day when I left Florida.  It was tough, really going to miss that guy.  I love and appreciate Fo and all of the adventures that we've had.  His haircut sucks here, but Josh fixed it a night later.  On the other end is Cathy she wanted to avoid the camera.  Next to her is Delaney.  She is another new one to the blog with Amberlin and Cyle.  Josh is of course on the end and beginning and the real end of this blog.

New Tacoteers are always fun.  It is great to see them try to get their taco footing.  I do wish that I had more time to groom these folks in the way and get them to try new tacos and enjoy the taco experiences that are out there.  It is like teaching a kid how to walk, pretty fun stuff with great rewards of pride and happiness.  I remember just a few weeks ago watching Cassie order.  She even got the good stuff, not just Asada and Pollo.  I'm getting teary eyed with happiness thinking back with my Tacographic Memory.

Special thanks to the three new Tacoteers in this blog.  I hope that everyone enjoyed this read and is out there eating tacos somewhere.  Please keep reading, telling people and eating tacos.  Next blog will be about Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  Eat tacos and have a great day.  If you are in California, please go eat a taco for me.  Post it, tag Order of the Taco.  I miss California tacos and California Tacoteering.

Today's goodbye/gratuitous photo is the way this blog started, with Josh and me.  We are posing in front of the Palm Beach Gardens Mall.  We were doing our last domestic opening together.  Somehow this journey continues for me, Josh and I are doing Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with our man JJ, then we head straight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to open their second location.  Lucky to have such a great friend when traveling like this.  It also just feels right to finish the blog with the same two guys that appear in the opening picture.

Stay Excellent!

Rocco's Tacos And Tequila Bar, West Palm Beach, FL

A few wrong turns on a night when we were all exhausted brought us to Rocco's for dinner.  This beautiful photo is of one of first sights you will see when you walk in.  On of the best parts about Rocco's, dim lighting, worst part, damn it was loud.  I know they are attracting that young, crazy, party crowd but man it was loud in there.

Pretty dark and cool inside.  I really dig the ambiance.  They hit their crowd in a great way.  Our server wasn't good, he was 10 steps beyond amazing.  I watched the service around us and have to say that the service was pretty amazing.  The basketball playoffs were on and all the employees were watching but it didn't distract them from their job.  I'll tell you, I love it!  I wish they could have actually watched more.

Up towards the ceiling of the bar, this is what you see.  Like I said, ambiance here is killer great.  They make it fun, cool, hip but not stupid and cheesy.

So this chalkboard was the second hottest thing in the building after Josh (pic to come later).  Pretty sweet deal and the team members there sold it.  They really told us how awesome the taco deal was.  It was totally worth it and if I ever wander back to this joint again, I'm going to have the same thing, yes I'll wait to go back on a Tuesday, if I ever go back.

As promised a picture of Josh in all of his hotness.  Look at his command of that plate.  Look at the power he wields while he holds tacos.  It is beyond impressive.
RATINGS:
MOLIDA (GROUND BEEF): 3, a far cry from Taco Bell ground beef.  It is well seasoned and tasty.
COCHINTAS ACHIOTE: 3, this is some decent stuff.  Worth a try if you are doing the Taco Tuesday deal.
CAMARONES: 3, these weren't too bad.  If I had to rate all the threes, this was the tallest of the short stack.  Good seasoning, not over cooked and not rubbery.
ASADA: 3, This was some decent stuff.  Wasn't excited, but I sure didn't lose sleep over it.
POLLO: 3, this is pretty standard chicken inside of a tortilla.  It did not excite me.
CHORIZO: 2, I don't know what happened here, but it is probably a one and I'm probably being too nice.  This was not good stuff.
PESCADO: 2, dude, you're in Florida, get better fish and prepare it better.
HONGOS: 3, mushroom tacos.  Thought they'd be a little better, but I admire the creativity.  They needed a little more flavor.
CHIPS: 4, these were some of the best chips that I've eaten.  Don't know if they make them in house, but they sure taste like they are made in house!  They were fantastic.
SALSA: 1, yeah, I am going to let your mind wander with this sad excuse for a score.  EWW!
GUACAMOLE: 5, this table side treat brought tears to my eyes.  I was skeptical that it was worth the price, but it was worth more.  I think that angels started singing when I took my first bite.

They look more impressive then they really were.  I can't say enough, A+ on the creativity and appealing to the market.  The service in this place was second to none.  They were all nice guys and gals, they all worked their tails off as one unit.  The place is well managed and a great fit for where it is, however, for the true, faithful Tacoteers out there, I would say that this might not be the stop that you are looking to make.  I want to reiterate, the food is not bad, just not the kind of tacos that we are after in our adventures.  This fits the area and it fits the place.  I am still sad there is no corn tortillas here!

Look at these guys making the guacamole.  Let me say, this is the best guacamole I've had.  I am a guacamole fiend and it is worth going in there just for the guacamole.  It was flavorful, spicy, rich with citrus and sodium.  They really have mastered the art of guacamole and it is worth every penny that was paid for it.  Ya know, if I were to go back in time with Doc Brown, I might get just the guacamole and forgo everything else.

Yeah, looks tasty on that chip doesn't it?  They make it right in front of you, so if you want to turn the heat up, they do it with these delicious jalapeno's that they let me have on the side so that I could turn the heat up on all that I was eating on the table.

Man a plate of jalapeno's like that really turn me on.  They look as delicious as they tasted.  Just to waste a moment of your time, here is their menu, well, their tacos:

A great big thanks to the new Tacoteers that went on this trip and are unnamed until the next adventure I need to catch up on.  Sorry, been crazy busy and traveling a ton.  I'm actually writing this in Riyadh and already went on an adventure out here with Josh and JJ today.  Please keep reading and please keep eating tacos!

Today's goodbye/gratuitous photo is me with my beard purple.  I told the trainees that if 90% of them passed their test on the first try I would dye my beard purple.  I never thought it would happen, but kept my word.  Thank goodness it was back to black and white by the time I got to Riyadh!

Stay Excellent!

El Oaxaqueño #2 Mexican Restaurant, New Brunswick, NJ

Can I truly came to be disappointed?  I had some higher hopes after some good trips to Cinco de Mayo which isn't too far up the street.  I didn't think my mind would be blown, but I thought that there was more reason for optimism then there really is at all.  

We spent the day working in New York City.  Josh, Phil and I were working out there and had a great time getting some great food out the window.  We walked up, got some Halal, got some soup from the Soup Nazi, tasty stuff.  Our intention was bowling and pizza, but our Taco Destiny took us elsewhere.  

Pretty fair to say that the restaurant is smaller than all the options on the menu.  The menu is pretty huge.  I hope you all notice the smug look on Adriana's face.  She was probably just upset its not a picture of just her.  

Here is a picture of everyone.  Cassie with the hand, Adriana with the confused look, Phil is deep in taco thought, Diane is trying to learn how to read, Josh is shooting a look at Adriana and Fo is ready for his tacos, he's already focused enough to know what he's getting.  Adriana is the only new one to Tacoteering and to the blog.  

This place was recommended to us by one of the locals.  Sorry to say, we were not impressed.  We have not been out and about here in the New Jersey area due to all of the sad experiences that we've had.  This stayed par with them.  Ambiance was OK, two TV's, that was cool, long shotgun type of building.  It looks like it might have been a Chinese buffet in a past life.  It was a bit harder to find then we thought.  The picture on Yelp looked one way, the building is under construction.

Just to let you know, I didn't just have tacos, I had to have a Sopes.  Oh how I love Sopes.  They are just delicious.  Their's was alright, the problem was the cheese.  I think that it was spoiled.  It was sour, really sour.  I pushed it to the side, the rest was pretty good.  They did a nice job on letting the black beans really soak into the sopes.  

RATINGS:

CARNITAS: 2, dry, sad and depressing.  

PASTOR: 2, I couldn't really tell this was pastor.  It sucked tons.  How can you have dry pastor?  These geniuses found a way.

SUADERO: 3, about as average as it gets.  I was not excited but it was edible.  Sad that this is how I'm describing food.

BARBACOA: 1, eww.  I had one bite and couldn't eat anymore.  It was horrid.  They don't know what they are doing here.  If you like barbacoa you are a good person and you deserve better.

CABEZA: 3, Pretty average here.  It sure didn't impress or disappoint.  It was just kind of there.  

LENGUA: 2, this was just not great.  I was sad.  The more I Tacoteer, the more I really feel as if lengua is really not that hard to make.  Please stop screwing it up!

ARABE: 2, I've now had this at multiple places.  Theirs sucks.  This is a simple but great concept.  Execute it!  It really can't be hard to screw up, but congrats, you found a way.

TRIPA: 4, I wish that I had ordered only tripa.  It was above average.  It wasn't amazing, but compared to everything else I needed to rate it a bit higher.  I mean comparatively this was phenomenal.  I bit more cooking would have crisped it to some serious greatness.  

GUACAMOLE: 2, watered down, over-mashed avocado.  Yeah, enough said, it sucked and it insulted our palate and intelligence. 

SALSA ROJO: 3, for sure nothing special going on here.  It was fine for table salsa but I sure wasn't trying to figure out the recipe to recreate. 

SALSA VERDE: 2, this was just uneventful.  It was blah and bland.

PICO: 3, not a bad pico.  I like the larger chunks, especially of jalapeno.

As I said, I think the menu is a bit too big for them.  There really is a lot of stuff on there.  They also don't really hit the flavors.  Meats for the most part were dry and all tasted pretty much the same.  If you are going to have different offerings, make them different.  Taco Arabe is something that is pretty popular around here.  Lots of places offer it.  I like it.  I like it a lot.  It needs some help at this particular restaurant.  It is essentially Pastor with Chipotle, fresh pineapple melted into a flour tortilla with cheese.  Here's the thing, I am going to make it, and I'm going to make it so much better than they do.  Really tried to give this place a shot.  Tried lots of meats, garnered opinions of the whole group.  This place sucks.

As always a huge thanks for the read and the time.  Hope you are enjoying the taco adventures as much or at least as close to as much as I do!  If I can string sometime together in California I'm getting on a trip with the crew.  We are talking another San Diego Area with a brewery finish.  You know that's going to be a great read of debauchery, good times and tacos.  You never know what's going to happen when we are all together.  

Today's goodbye/gratuitous photo is of me with two excellent chef's that I get to work with.  Phil and Josh are great guys and two pretty stellar Tacoteers.  Josh has been stuck on the road with me for months.  We've had some great times and great adventures and have enjoyed working hard together with our taco treats when we can get out.  This picture was taken right outside of The Counter in Times Square.  

Stay Excellent!

El Taquito, Miami, FL

Miami, round one was pretty disappointing.  Before we get into that, look at Matt hiding in the back of this picture.  He's so excited to go Tacoteering with us.  Yes, he did great and as always, I'm proud of him.  Kind of sad, Josh, Matt and I are back at it, Phil on his way to join us, but Fo is sitting this one out.  Fo is hiding in Georgia.

This is the entire restaurant.  Quaint, nice looking joint.  A few bar-stools to sit on that surround the tiny inside perimeter.  It works.  It is great for Miami, Coconut Grove.  You can grab your food fast and move on to the beach, or in our case back to work.  This place shows so much promise.  Simple operation, executable menu, heck of a location.  They failed, miserably.

Menu showcases an ease of execution.  I was a bit put off in the beginning when they don't have Cecina.  Menu isn't that big, don't be short when you have so few items.  If you are, apologize and have a reason.  The two guys working, did not seem to love it.  It is really obvious that they did not want to be there.  It really showed in the food that they were not into it.  We remained optimistic and ordered.  The encouraging part was the guy in the khaki shorts in the picture above had been in before and was getting a pretty large catering order, thought we might be on to something special.

Matt and I are there ready to order.  Josh was getting a bit of a birds eye view.  I'll stop beating around the bush.  PASTOR!  It broke my heart.  I am angry.  I wanted to start throwing chairs and screaming at them for bastardizing pastor.  It offended me.  You'll see below that this is a 1 on the rating scale.  It might be some of the worst pastor that I've had, ever.  I beg you to not go near their pastor.  You deserve better.  If you are reading this, you know you deserve better.  I'll continue the search in Miami.  I'll take that burden on my heavy taco shoulders.
RATINGS:
POLLO: 1, this was dry with no flavor, not taste, nothing.  It was just really weak.  It was also overcooked.  Yeah, no bueno.
ASADA: 2, this was just overly unimpressive.  It was just blah and there.  No real flavor, no real taste, just kind of there.  Bummer...
PASTOR: 1, this done pissed me off.  It was dry, it had no depth, really not much flavor.  It was almost forced.  The lack of care put into this was bad.  You can't put some seasoning and spices on pork and try to pass it off as pastor.
CARNITAS: 3, pretty standard.  Moist, flavorful, tender.  It was good, but did not set itself apart from the pack.  Not bad, not great.
CHURRASCO: 3, first time encountering and this was good.  I think from what I've read about it, well, not think, I know I could make it much better.  It had some nice flavor and the onions that were grilled with the meat was on point, nicely caramelized.

I think the fact of the matter is that the presentation sure outdid the taste.  It was cool packaging?  I like the boat with the tacos thrown in there.  It was cool to have Matt and Josh just getting work done and then getting some tacos eaten!  Churrasco.  Had never really come across this on my travels.  I'd say that so far I'm a fan, but am still skeptical.  This might have been the best thing that they did at this place, so keep that in mind if you go.

As always, thanks for reading, please tell people, re-tweet, re-post, get the word out about tacos and how we attack them.  I'm in Miami for a bit, send some suggestions, we are out on the prowl!  We are going to continue the search so you know where to go and where to get pastor.  You know that you need it in your life.

Today's goodbye, gratuitous photo is of a tree.  It's the tree that we parked below when we went to get our lunch.  It was a large beautiful tree, we were just so entertained watching people stare at it and take pictures.  I figured I'd take a picture and put it on here to say goodbye to you.

Stay Excellent!

Taco Sinaloa, Torrance, CA

Where have I been?  It's been the longest Tacoteering dry spell since I started this bad boy.  I've been busy, I've been working, running around, thinking about tacos, eating some, but hitting up spots I've written about.  I didn't need or want a break, just didn't write.  Well, Tacoteering is back.  Back to getting the information out to everyone.  I got up about 4am and went to San Diego to work this morning.  Knocked out all I needed to do and was driving back up to LA.  I stopped on my way back and did a conference call and then met up with my dad.  It seemed like a great day to get some tacos.  Wanted to try something new, somewhere different.  We hit a joint in Torrance.  Big following, not sure why.

Place was really disorganized.  It was one of the longest ordering processes I've ever been a part of.  It really was crazy.  I ended up having to help some other patrons as the gentleman on the register did not speak much English.  That part was fine, but he would start taking an order and just walk away to do other things and then would come back totally confused.  The place had the look, the place had the smell, the place had the feel, but that is where it stopped for me.  Menu is good.  It looks bigger than it is.  They stick to what they think they know.

Kitchen is pretty small, just right.  The guy that was working the register was working, but the other guy that was there was all over the place.  Dude was grilling, cooking, chopping, stocking, everything.  He was a horse!  Really was a machine getting everything done, making orders and was smiling the entire time.  He seemed as though he really did enjoy his job.  They serve some beer, I stuck with the delicious, LA's finest tap water.

The artwork in, on and around the building was awesome.  I really liked it.  The artist that did this is super talented.  Everything had great detail and was great to see.  Ambiance was the best part this place has to offer.  Even the artwork by the restrooms was cool.  Perfectly drawn mermaid and sea animals.  It was neat.

Salsa bar was kept pretty dirty.  Radishes were not really fresh, the jalapenos were just OK.  Limes were great, salsas were fine.  Nothing impressive about this bar, nothing that set it apart.  With that being said, lets get to it.

RATINGS:
ASADA: 3, not impressive, not bad, just alright.  Good char flavor, which I liked, but the quality of the meat itself was bad.  The seasoning was pretty non-existent.
CARNITAS: 2, it lacked flavor and excitement.  It was tender, but not great, like I said.
SESOS: 2, this was just weird. It was off in texture, had no flavor and did not even look tasty.
LENGUA: 2, the texture was on point, the flavor was not.  There was just no flavor to this thing.  Nothing exciting about it in anyway.
BUCHE: 2, again we were lacking flavor or excitement.  Really not very good at all.
PASTOR: 1, this was flat out horrid and a disgrace.  It was not good, so don't waste your time or your taste buds.
TACO DORADO: 2, this was a disappointment.  It had "guacamole" which was nasty.  Yeah, not bad, nasty.  You would think a crispy taco couldn't be that bad, but it was, very sad for my mouth.
SALSA ROJO: 3, pretty textbook.  It was nice and spicy, but lacked anything to make it any better than average.
SALSA VERDE: 3,  again, kind of what you expect for "average" salsa.

That is the picture of the spread.  Nothing too great, it looked good though.  The food overall lacked flavor.  It was nice that they didn't douse meat with salt, but needed some flavoring love.  I am so pissed about this "pastor."  I mean, come on people, this is a signature item.  It is one of the best things in the world and you have embarrassed yourselves with this lack of flavor and lack of seasoning.  I say don't go eat there only because they messed up pastor so bad and pastor is near and dear to my heart.  Damn I'm upset about this.

The artwork was cool, but the best part of the trip was getting a little bit of time with my dad.  We were able to just hang out, catch up about work, life and everything.  I use to love going to visit my dad at his work when I was younger and we would go get a burrito from Campos or somewhere around there in Santa Monica.  I love my dad and was really happy that we got some time together.  Today's gratutious photo is one of him and I on his birthday last March at Malibu Seafood.  It is sad, but my little brother Paul never took my dad out or did anything with him on his birthday this year.

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