girl chow Posted March 12, 2005 Author Share Posted March 12, 2005 Sorry to be pedantic, but Des Moines isn't really accurate. The area is called Boulevard Park and is a no-man's land wedged between Seattle, Burien, Tukwila & Seatac. Des Moines, Boulevard Park, Burien, blah blah blah. Unfortunately, with an attitude like that, we're going to have to revoke your 'Certified South-ender' card. Your hairspray, cap and pickup will be reposessed shortly... I will surrender my rifle and cut my fe-mullet immediately. My membership card is officially ripped up to shreds. See you all tomorrow!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scorched Palate Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Check it out: Map & Directions for the 3/13 Seattle Taco Crawl I'll try to bring a few extras for those who can't print out. ~A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
girl chow Posted March 12, 2005 Author Share Posted March 12, 2005 Sweet! I also mapped out our portion of the crawl for Saturday and made 5 copies (I hope we don't have more than 5 cars!)... maybe I should make a few more copies.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TamIam Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Well, on the good side I just sold my house On the bad side the inspection is Monday and things are magically breaking and needing my attention I have totally been looking forward to the Saturday crawl, but it just ain't gonna work out. So sorry. I hope this doesn't mess up the carpooling plans, as I was planning to be a driver. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 TamIam, congrats on selling your house! How many members are going on Sunday for the Seattle taco crawl? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scorched Palate Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 For Sunday, I obviously will be there.... and Cam is a tentative yes. We can take 2 in our car tomorrow, provided they don't mind crawling into the back of our jeep. ~A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren Posted March 12, 2005 Share Posted March 12, 2005 Unfortunatley, I won't be able to make it today (Saturday) but I am definately in for tomorrow (Sunday). I'm not sure if Paul is going or not. Also, my friend Mr. Bill and/or his gf Gillian might come too. So................I might have room in my car. I'll keep you posted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Well, it looks like it is just me so I have an empty car (coming from Wallingford) if anyone wants to carpool. See you tomorrow. L. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scorched Palate Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Man oh man... What a great day we had! Jan and Rocky and I even got to bust out with our spanish at a couple of stops where there wasn't much english goin' on. The best thing I learned today: Ambaum Avenue is taqueria central. On the way from Zacatecas in 'downtown' Burien to the taco truck in White Center (Fondita II) we passed no less than 6 taquerias -- including one with an outdoor parilla -- plus a taco bus, and a mexican bakery. The saddest thing was passing them by! Second best thing I learned today: chicharron doesn't always mean just fried pork rind. There's a meaty kind that they sell at Carniceria El Paisano that's like the best carnitas you ever had. Oh, man. I am regretting not waiting in line to buy some. As it is, we're looking lovingly at the two tamales in the fridge, waiting to get hungry again... Here are my votes... Best carnitas: the ones at the market in Kent, next to the Oberto Factory Outlet Best tortillas: Zacatecas, where they make them fresh Favorite overall experience: La Fondita II ("with two, you get garnish!") Saddest slide into mediocrity: El Rinconsito Best thing I put in my mouth this month: Chicharron at El Paisano Sue, you have to post all of the names of the places we went to, since we did so many substituions. We definitely need to do another southside crawl: We hardly touched the P-I's list of trucks, and we literally could do a crawl up and down Ambaum (with a 2-block detour over to 15th for chicharron and tamales at El Paisano). I'm looking forward to seeing the crew at 11 tomorrow at the first stop on the Seattle tour. We'll wait there until 11:15 or so in case of stragglers, but if we've gone, you can just meet up with us at the next stop. Yours in tacos, ~A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest rockdoggydog Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Great day in the morning! What was lost is now found. Taqueria central, woo hoo. Like Anita said, Ambaum Ave is the shizznit. We all looked longingly at the taqueria with the parilla and inhaled deeply as we went by. I had a great time with everyone, thanks for driving Sue! The tamales were still warm when I got home so Dani tore into them and the chicharron. I think her eyes rolled into the back of her head at one point. The pan I picked up as El Paisano was excellent also, really light and moister than I usually find in pan dulces. I stuck mostly to lengua for the day and ordered the odd extra taco as items grabbed my eye. Best Taco Taqueria Zacatecas - the buche (pig stomach) taco was out of this world amazing, the flavor was great with just the right combo of texture Best Lengua Taqueria Fondita - flavor and texture were perfect, not too mushy and not too chewy, the lightly grilled tortilla was a nice touch Honorable Mention Taqueria Fondita #2 - the chicharron taco was great and the roasted jalapeno that Anita and Cam shared with us was excellent During the driving Sue, Connie, and I discussed future crawls, and the list so far that we came up with was: Ambaum Ave crawl BBQ crawl - to quote Chris Rock "How much for one rib?" Bahn Mi crawl - except with this one the idea was that we should all go to the Bahn Mi places in our neigborhoods and gather at one place to swap tastes Pho crawl - same format as the Bahn Mi crawl Sushi crawl - okay this was rejected because of the extreme difficulty of such a thing We also decided that we need to go back to La Terraza Nayarita as a group and drink lots, eat lots, go upstairs and dance, and then have menudo afterwards, or we could just have dinner. See the Sunday bunch tomorrow. Rocky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tighe Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Do any of you remember the approximate cross-street of the place with the parilla? Sounds like someting I need to check out soon... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 What is a parilla? Thanks for the reports about the south end crawl. I have disappointing news. I woke up with a raw sore throat today and under the weather, so I am not going to make it to the Seattle taco crawl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scorched Palate Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 parilla = large, flat grill If you drive up Ambaum from 152nd (the main drag of old Burien) toward White Center, it's on the east side of the street not too far up -- less than a half mile, for sure. You can smell it! Anyone else remember more accurately than Cam or I do? ~A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leslie Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Is that the taqueria place that starts with an E? (not el rinconsito, but a one word E name). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scorched Palate Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 There were so many, my eyes started to blur! I seriously don't have a clue as to the name. ~A Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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