Gil wrote: > There's a wonderful restaurant in L.A., The Gardens of Taxco (Tassco), that > offers Mexican "home cooking" on a menu that has only a dozen entrees. A > girlfriend and I spent a year working through all variations of the meal > (the carne asada was best). As I recall, the meal began with a miniature > chicken quesadilla, smothered in cheese and guacamole; albondigas soup; > soft taco; entree with rice and refried beans that tasted like walnut > puree; and for dessert bananas in heavy cream and a glass of sherry. Heavenly.
Yes! A friend took me for this exact meal there a few years ago (although I think we had two pitchers of margaritas instead of the sherry). They've been around forever and I don't think anything - the staff, decor, menu - has changed there in years > My favorite Mexican restaurant in Sacramento had a kitchen fire 18 months > ago, came back with a vastly reduced menu during reconstruction, then 4 > months ago had a major fire that razed the place. I have no idea where the > cook went. Reminds me of a place here in L.A. that I used to frequent just a few years ago. You could get a huge Mexican dinner that was wonderful for like $2.95. Drinks were also set at 1960s prices. I asked the owner a few times how he could manage to charge virtually nothing and he would just be coy and say he had another restaurant that was too successful. Hmmm. ;-) Suddenly one day he announced that he was closing and threw a big going away party for all the regulars and locals. They were giving food and drinks away by the end of the night. I was raised on good Mexican food and have had it at least one meal almost every day of my adult life. Cooking carne asada as we speak. I only find the real authentico in the old, small family owned places or anywhere in East L.A. Kakki NP: Kurt Elling - Rosa Morena (note to Fred Simon - you are thanked in your FULL name on this album ;-)
