Kakki wrote: >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
I went back there after about 5 years and even the parking valet remembered me. One of the occasional delights of dining at The Gardens of Taxco is some celebrity spotting, usually at the discreet these-people-are-everywhere level. Gil NP: River, from Joni's HITS (in the cardboard digipak)
