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A chorizo dorado corn quesadilla dorado. Say that two times as fast.
You read right. Part 2. Christmas came early y'all!
In case you missed the
first piece about La Taqueria's Secret Menu back in June, it included a behind-the-counter salsa roja, blistered serrano peppers, and the now infamous burrito dorado: a burrito grilled to a golden crisp a la plancha. The latter was of course picked up by Nate Silver's "Burrito Bracket" and was influential in FiveThirtyEight's decision to crown La Taqueria as "
America's Best Burrito."
And now, with just six days before La Taqueria
shuts down its doors for three weeks for its annual holiday, I reveal to you La Taqueria's Secret Menu: Part 2.
Dorado Style Meat: I mentioned you could "dorado style everything" in the first Secret Menu, but it was only until recently when I discovered that "everything" applied to the meats. That's right—you can have La Taqueria toss any of their carnes onto the plancha and grilled to a delicious crisp. This works particularly well with the chorizo, and ridiculously well with the carnitas (La Taqueria has long been famed for their carnitas, but I always thought it lacked the crisp that sets really excellent carnitas apart... until now).
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If you're a fan of La Taq's Carnitas, try their crispy carnitas. Mind- and mouthblowing.
Sirloin Ends: La Taq cuts their carne asada from whole top sirloin. Every so often, they'll accumulate enough end pieces, chop them up, and grill them on the plancha. Compared to the regular carne asada, the end pieces of the top sirloin are thicker, juicer, fattier, and more flavorful. This sacred act supposedly happens about once every one to two weeks, but I've only seen the elusive meat on the plancha twice and tasted it once in my seven years going to La Taqueria. I had it in the form of a corn quesadilla dorado, but if you are so lucky enough to get your hands on this meat, I suggest it in burrito dorado form.
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A quesadilla dorado of the elusive sirloin ends. Next time I want it in a burrito.
Quesaritto: For a cheesy treat, next time order your burrito dorado with three cheeses. It's basically an extremely cheesy burrito, but the dorado makes it eat like a stuffed quesadilla. I know the picture below sans cross-section doesn't do the claim justice, but you'll have to take my word for it — it's legit.
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A burrito dorado with three cheeses, aka a quesaritto.
Merry early Christmas San Francisco, and sorry about the long lines.
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