Month: March 2021

K.I.S.S. with good carnitas from La Costeña.

Take 2 of the burrito I completely misjudged last week. This is the pollo encebollado from La Costeña and now that I’m certain of what kind of meat this is, I can say… it’s still just okay. It’s marinated in onion, garlic, soy sauce, lemon, and then grilled, and all of that should be amazing but it’s not coming through for me. I might come back to this one later.

Well, my face is red. This is the asada burrito from La Costeña, and the asada is pretty good, but still has those chewy bits that indicates it’s not the good flank steak one hopes to see.

Okay, I see, we’re closing in on something here. This is La Costeña’s asada burrito, and the asada is fine, but it doesn’t match that extraordinary backyard grilled asada that most places fail to live up to. Gotta have the char! But the chipotle sauce does something special with it and I think that’s what I’ve been contending with these last few days. So asada’s out but there are still many protein options to explore.