Who has the best enchiladas in town? [Archive]

mrsmaalox

04-09-2014, 11:59 AM

Gotta go with the roja...can't do the Tex-Mex thing...guess it's how it is out here in California.

Yes the red chile thing starts in west Texas and heads that way. Really hard to find it here in SA---although I have a ton of it frozen that my dad in El Paso made for me. I'm having a hard time using it because it is sooo hot, I can't take much of it.

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 12:16 PM

I remember the Mexican food in LA sucking pretty bad, compared to SA.

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 12:37 PM

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 12:41 PM

:hungry: Blanco Cafe

The original location is pretty good. Is the one at the Medical Center comparable?

mouse

04-09-2014, 12:43 PM

:hungry: Blanco Cafe

Go to the one on Austin HWY before you toot the Blanco horn, trust me it sucks big time now I go to thousand oaks cafe 4 blocks down used to be a Jims they kick Blanco Cafes cheesy ass.

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Spur|n|Austin

04-09-2014, 01:28 PM

Garcia's in San Marcos

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The Gemini Method

04-09-2014, 01:45 PM

I remember the Mexican food in LA sucking pretty bad, compared to SA.

The only really good Mexican restaurant I ever found was El Tepeyac Cafe out in East LA. Great enchiladas and they have a burrito called The Hollenbeck which is awesome because of their beans and ranchero salsa, though I prefer the machaca one to the regular pork. But otherwise, Mexican restaurants are pretty mediocre there, which is strange since LA has some great taco joints like the King Taco franchises.

Because the best places aren't found in the strip joints of North Hollywood. You have to make it into the barrios before you get to the good stuff. El Tepeyac is good but there are other places that are pretty good as well. Like El Huarachito and Guelaguetza Restaurante. Personally, the smaller places like Cactus Taqueria or El Compadre. Also, the hole-in-the-wall places are great in South Gate and Highland Park. However, you must be willing to step outside your comfort zone in order to get there.

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 01:51 PM

My favorite place in SA is pretty much a dive.

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 01:54 PM

Because the best places aren't found in the strip joints of North Hollywood. You have to make it into the barrios before you get to the good stuff. El Tepeyac is good but there are other places that are pretty good as well. Like El Huarachito and Guelaguetza Restaurante. Personally, the smaller places like Cactus Taqueria or El Compadre. Also, the hole-in-the-wall places are great in South Gate and Highland Park. However, you must be willing to step outside your comfort zone in order to get there.

Boyle Heights ain't barrio? Lol

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 01:54 PM

The only really good Mexican restaurant I ever found was El Tepeyac Cafe out in East LA. Great enchiladas and they have a burrito called The Hollenbeck which is awesome because of their beans and ranchero salsa, though I prefer the machaca one to the regular pork. But otherwise, Mexican restaurants are pretty mediocre there, which is strange since LA has some great taco joints like the King Taco franchises.

I remember they had a lot of walk up burrito stands that were ok. But, then again, I haven't lived there since '89.

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 02:00 PM

I remember they had a lot of walk up burrito stands that were ok. But, then again, I haven't lived there since '89.

If you lived on the westside it's really horrible there. Everyone kept telling me about this place called Tito's Tacos in Culver City so I went and there was a huge line, so I figured this place must be really awesome. And then I got my tacos and they weren't even Del Taco level. More like a Taco Bell or Jack in the Crack taco that used meat instead of orange filling or whatever the hell that stuff is. LOL at the dumbass Westside yuppies swearing up and down to me that it was the best Mexican in LA when I was in line.

JudynTX

04-09-2014, 02:02 PM

The original location is pretty good. Is the one at the Medical Center comparable?

Go to the one on Austin HWY before you toot the Blanco horn, trust me it sucks big time now I go to thousand oaks cafe 4 blocks down used to be a Jims they kick Blanco Cafes cheesy ass.

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I went to the original one...........mmmmmmhmmmmmm...........and the tortillas were nice and hot.

McGusto55

04-09-2014, 02:03 PM

Jacala. ...

The Gemini Method

04-09-2014, 02:06 PM

If you lived on the westside it's really horrible there. Everyone kept telling me about this place called Tito's Tacos in Culver City so I went and there was a huge line, so I figured this place must be really awesome. And then I got my tacos and they weren't even Del Taco level. More like a Taco Bell or Jack in the Crack taco that used meat instead of orange filling or whatever the hell that stuff is. LOL at the dumbass Westside yuppies swearing up and down to me that it was the best Mexican in LA when I was in line.

hipster/yuppie Mexican food at best...never did get the Tito's Taco following...

Blake

04-09-2014, 02:06 PM

I've never understood why so many places fail so hard at making enchiladas. It's a tortilla with cheese.

I'm partial to Pericos for combination price, atmosphere and taste.

Koolaid_Man

04-09-2014, 02:10 PM

:hungry: Blanco Cafe

I bet your enchilada taste great Judy ;-)

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 02:11 PM

hipster/yuppie Mexican food at best...never did get the Tito's Taco following...

It honestly reminded me of this really horrible place I ate at in one of the nastiest parts of Tijuana way away from the tourist drag and the whorehouses/strip clubs.

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 02:12 PM

If you lived on the westside it's really horrible there. Everyone kept telling me about this place called Tito's Tacos in Culver City so I went and there was a huge line, so I figured this place must be really awesome. And then I got my tacos and they weren't even Del Taco level. More like a Taco Bell or Jack in the Crack taco that used meat instead of orange filling or whatever the hell that stuff is. LOL at the dumbass Westside yuppies swearing up and down to me that it was the best Mexican in LA when I was in line.

I think the one I went to was near Redondo Beach -- like I said, it was just "ok". I probably just didn't know where the good places were.

Koolaid_Man

04-09-2014, 02:17 PM

Yes the red chile thing starts in west Texas and heads that way. Really hard to find it here in SA---although I have a ton of it frozen that my dad in El Paso made for me. I'm having a hard time using it because it is sooo hot, I can't take much of it.

Fuck enchildas...I bet your taco is the best Maalox... ;-)

JudynTX

04-09-2014, 02:17 PM

Yes the red chile thing starts in west Texas and heads that way. Really hard to find it here in SA---although I have a ton of it frozen that my dad in El Paso made for me. I'm having a hard time using it because it is sooo hot, I can't take much of it.

I miss my mom's enchiladas. They were the red chile ones. :(

CosmicCowboy

04-09-2014, 02:19 PM

Koolaid_Man

04-09-2014, 02:21 PM

I've eaten at almost all of the ones listed and my favorite little family joint kicks all of their asses by a long shot, but damned if I'm gonna post it in here. They only have about 10 tables and it's hard enough to get a table at lunch time as it is.

I bet your wife's enchilada and taco is sour and bland as fuck

The Gemini Method

04-09-2014, 02:22 PM

It honestly reminded me of this really horrible place I ate at in one of the nastiest parts of Tijuana way away from the tourist drag and the whorehouses/strip clubs.

Yeah, it is not great...I would rather eat 3 day old Taco Bell...ok maybe not.

Koolaid_Man

04-09-2014, 02:26 PM

Yeah, it is not great...I would rather eat 3 day old Taco Bell...ok maybe not.

people who eat @ Taco bell are intellectually challenged IMHO

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 02:36 PM

I've eaten at almost all of the ones listed and my favorite little family joint kicks all of their asses by a long shot, but damned if I'm gonna post it in here. They only have about 10 tables and it's hard enough to get a table at lunch time as it is.

my thoughts exactly. I know a really good hole-in-the-wall joint, but I'm not naming it here. Already hard to get a parking spot.

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 02:36 PM

people who eat @ Taco bell are intellectually challenged IMHO

Don't you watch wrasslin?

Fpoonsie

04-09-2014, 02:39 PM

The best enchiladas I've had were at this family-run dive called El Picante just off I-35 across from UNT. Enchiladas de pollo con queso blanco y crema. I'd order some sliced aguacate with some tortillas de harina, wrap up the aguacate with a couple shakes of salt, and go. to. fucking. town.

The place has since closed, and life's incomplete.

The Gemini Method

04-09-2014, 02:42 PM

people who eat @ Taco bell are intellectually challenged IMHO

No. They're mostly poor people or white people who don't know where to find a good taco.

tlongII

04-09-2014, 02:48 PM

Taco King

Trill Clinton

04-09-2014, 02:56 PM

a bunch of gringos giving advice on ethnic food?

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aziz ansri was spot on with this tweet:

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KoolAid Mans Brother

04-09-2014, 03:00 PM

a bunch of gringos giving advice on ethnic food?

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aziz ansri was spot on with this tweet:

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Is your entire life based on your black inferiority complex?

leemajors

04-09-2014, 03:09 PM

Odd that Aziz focus groups his material using mainly whites.

Trill Clinton

04-09-2014, 03:18 PM

Is your entire life based on your black inferiority complex?

bruh...you want to be koolaid man's brother sooooo bad and you dedicated a avi and a sig to chimps....you got issues, fam.

Koolaid_Man

04-09-2014, 03:22 PM

bruh...you want to be koolaid man's brother sooooo bad and you dedicated a avi and a sig to chimps....you got issues, fam.

He is my half brother...my dad was being totally disgusting one night and fucked a Stinki-Paki Hooker...my brother is 80% retarded and bi-polar so he knows how to work a PC...

KoolAid Mans Brother

04-09-2014, 03:27 PM

bruh...you want to be koolaid man's brother sooooo bad and you dedicated a avi and a sig to chimps....you got issues, fam.

:lmao

KoolAid Mans Brother

04-09-2014, 03:27 PM

He is my half brother...my dad was being totally disgusting one night and fucked a Stinki-Paki Hooker...my brother is 80% retarded and bi-polar so he knows how to work a PC...

:lmao

CosmicCowboy

04-09-2014, 03:30 PM

a bunch of gringos giving advice on ethnic food?

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aziz ansri was spot on with this tweet:

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I get it. Don't trust Trill or Koolaids opinion on anything but soul food, watermelon, or fried chicken.

Got it.

Trill Clinton

04-09-2014, 03:34 PM

I get it. Don't trust Trill or Koolaids opinion on anything but soul food, watermelon, or fried chicken.

Got it.

no good soul food restaurants in san antone, get a yellow meat seedless melon from luling, popeyes is my go to for fried chicke, word.

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baseline bum

04-09-2014, 05:33 PM

no good soul food restaurants in san antone, get a yellow meat seedless melon from luling, popeyes is my go to for fried chicke, word.

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Kool-Aid or malt liquor with the chicken son?

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 05:38 PM

grape drink

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 05:40 PM

Anyone like mole poblano on their enchiladas? Had that shit in Mexico, and holy shit that's great. Too bad no restaurant in San Antonio has good mole poblano.

Trill Clinton

04-09-2014, 06:05 PM

Kool-Aid or malt liquor with the chicken son?
depends if you're going spicy or mild. spicy pairs well with hi-c red punch.

if you're in the mood for a malt beverage, you can never go wrong with old e.

grape drink

white guy with the black name knows whats up. why do white people love saltwater taffy so much?

The Gemini Method

04-09-2014, 06:06 PM

Anyone like mole poblano on their enchiladas? Had that shit in Mexico, and holy shit that's great. Too bad no restaurant in San Antonio has good mole poblano.

Probably my favorite mole...it's richer and has that really good kick to it--there's a place that has mole poblano enchiladas in the LBC area and they're pretty good. But yeah, homemade trumps all in the mole factor.

CosmicCowboy

04-09-2014, 06:14 PM

Los Barrios rocks the Mole Poblano.

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 07:07 PM

Los Barrios rocks the Mole Poblano.

I got it at their sister restaurant La Hacienda de Los Barrios and thought it really sucked. I think very few restaurants here actually get the mulato chiles to throw with the anchos and pasillas, since mulatos are expensive and not the easiest to find (I can only find them at Culebra Meat Market).

Probably my favorite mole...it's richer and has that really good kick to it--there's a place that has mole poblano enchiladas in the LBC area and they're pretty good. But yeah, homemade trumps all in the mole factor.

I don't get it. There are two Mexican dishes that are spectacular everywhere I have had them in Mexico and shitty everywhere in the US: (1) mole poblano (2) tacos al pastor. If I make the Bayless mole poblano recipe at home then it tastes just like when I get it in Mexico, but it's such a fucking pain in the ass to make since you're constantly frying, boiling, blending, grinding, and simmering the 25+ ingredients needed to make it. Takes all day, and is a pain in the ass to clean up after too, since you're seemingly using every pot and pan in the house at the same time if you hope to make it in a day.

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 07:09 PM

white guy with the black name knows whats up. why do white people love saltwater taffy so much?

Never tried saltwater taffy. As for the "grape drink", stold that from Dave Chappelle. I wish that dude would come back to us.

DarrinS

04-09-2014, 07:15 PM

The place I go to on the regular, also has chicken enchiladas with a creamy jalapeno sauce, which is awesome.

As for Spanish rice? It doesn't completely suck, but I'm never impressed. Then again, it is rice.

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 07:49 PM

I think the one I went to was near Redondo Beach -- like I said, it was just "ok". I probably just didn't know where the good places were.

At least you had Quality Seafood though on the pier. If you got them to cook anything it was pretty average, but they have a killer selection of fresh oysters.

CosmicCowboy

04-09-2014, 08:17 PM

I got it at their sister restaurant La Hacienda de Los Barrios and thought it really sucked. I think very few restaurants here actually get the mulato chiles to throw with the anchos and pasillas, since mulatos are expensive and not the easiest to find (I can only find them at Culebra Meat Market).

Could be you are right. The Mole Poblano at Blanco when Momma was cooking (thats a whole nother crazy story) never found it's way into my heart like it did yours. As for Mexico eating experience I'm always going coastal at Cabo etc. and do seafood every meal except basic breakfast so haven't tried "authentic" mole poblano. You should send me a quart next time you trash your kitchen. I'll surprise you with a return gift.

CC

I don't get it. There are two Mexican dishes that are spectacular everywhere I have had them in Mexico and shitty everywhere in the US: (1) mole poblano (2) tacos al pastor. If I make the Bayless mole poblano recipe at home then it tastes just like when I get it in Mexico, but it's such a fucking pain in the ass to make since you're constantly frying, boiling, blending, grinding, and simmering the 25+ ingredients needed to make it. Takes all day, and is a pain in the ass to clean up after too, since you're seemingly using every pot and pan in the house at the same time if you hope to make it in a day.

IronMexican

04-09-2014, 08:33 PM

I want to know where to get a good Torta Ahogada in LA.

baseline bum

04-09-2014, 08:42 PM

Could be you are right. The Mole Poblano at Blanco when Momma was cooking (thats a whole nother crazy story) never found it's way into my heart like it did yours. As for Mexico eating experience I'm always going coastal at Cabo etc. and do seafood every meal except basic breakfast so haven't tried "authentic" mole poblano. You should send me a quart next time you trash your kitchen. I'll surprise you with a return gift.

CC

I'm not sure I'll be making it any time soon (still got a little bit, but not much, in the freezer and it freezes well). But I'll PM you the recipe.

Fpoonsie

04-09-2014, 09:25 PM

(2) tacos al pastor

Mah nigga. Introduced to them in Cuernavaca, MEX, and been on the hunt for ANYthing comparable in the states ever since.

mrsmaalox

04-09-2014, 11:21 PM

Fuck enchildas...I bet your taco is the best Maalox... ;-)

I won't argue with that.

Nbadan

04-10-2014, 12:24 AM

Sea food and Mexican combo is the bomb....Hula Hut....yum...

Nbadan

04-10-2014, 12:25 AM

Enchilada plates are a rip...two enchiladas, rich and beans for $6-7...no thanks...

mouse

04-10-2014, 12:33 AM

Garcia's in San Marcos

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The Gemini Method

04-10-2014, 10:29 AM

I got it at their sister restaurant La Hacienda de Los Barrios and thought it really sucked. I think very few restaurants here actually get the mulato chiles to throw with the anchos and pasillas, since mulatos are expensive and not the easiest to find (I can only find them at Culebra Meat Market).

I don't get it. There are two Mexican dishes that are spectacular everywhere I have had them in Mexico and shitty everywhere in the US: (1) mole poblano (2) tacos al pastor. If I make the Bayless mole poblano recipe at home then it tastes just like when I get it in Mexico, but it's such a fucking pain in the ass to make since you're constantly frying, boiling, blending, grinding, and simmering the 25+ ingredients needed to make it. Takes all day, and is a pain in the ass to clean up after too, since you're seemingly using every pot and pan in the house at the same time if you hope to make it in a day.

I feel you on the mole poblano and the al pastor...the only decent al pastor I've ever had came from a taco woman at a friend's birthday. As you probably aware, that's a rarity for those taco dudes to prove to be great tacos, but this one time the al pastor was not overly salty nor fatty but had the right texture and tasted fresh. I haven't had good al pastor out here since then. My co-worker at my old job would make mole poblano for the office during Christmas time. She would also fuse tamales with mole poblano and that was bomb. She would only make it once a year because of what you mentioned: the work to make it right is exhausting.

The Gemini Method

04-10-2014, 10:31 AM

I want to know where to get a good Torta Ahogada in LA.

That's a hard one...thought you would know the spots. I know I had read somewhere that they have a little market with a pull-up/sit down storefront in Echo Park? or somewhere around there that makes a decent one. I don't know exactly and would have to research it.

baseline bum

04-10-2014, 11:38 AM

I want to know where to get a good Torta Ahogada in LA.

Never had one. So that's like a carnitas torta dipped in a thin arbol salsa?

The Gemini Method

04-10-2014, 11:42 AM

Never had one. So that's like a carnitas torta dipped in a thin arbol salsa?

Mostly use crisp pork/beef for the ahogada...or, at the least that is how I know it growing up. With Mexican friends...but I'm guessing you could use any carne...if you wanted to...It is a drowned sammich. Damn...when is lunch?

mrsmaalox

04-10-2014, 11:48 AM

I got it at their sister restaurant La Hacienda de Los Barrios and thought it really sucked.

It is easily some of the worst food in SA. The original on Blanco is really great---and they have authentic red chile enchiladas. It's funny because when you order them, you get a severe verbal warning about how these are not TexMex (chili gravy), because so many locals can't handle it I guess. But yea, it's surprising that the same family can operate 2 so completely different places.

baseline bum

04-10-2014, 11:54 AM

It is easily some of the worst food in SA. The original on Blanco is really great---and they have authentic red chile enchiladas. It's funny because when you order them, you get a severe verbal warning about how these are not TexMex (chili gravy), because so many locals can't handle it I guess. But yea, it's surprising that the same family can operate 2 so completely different places.

Wow, really? How can you have the same recipes and have one so shitty? Fucking shit makes me want to go strangle Bobby Flay for talking about how great La Hacienda is. The time I went was with a big group so we all sampled bits of each others' plates, and every fucking thing was bullshit. Is this a case like the Lakers where the owner dies and son Fredo takes over and runs it into the ground?

Chris

04-10-2014, 01:08 PM

Mexican Manhattan is the best mexican restaurant in San Antonio. Sucks to find a parking spot downtown, but it's worth it!

Ditty

04-10-2014, 01:29 PM

Blanco Cafe

CosmicCowboy

04-10-2014, 02:13 PM

Wow, really? How can you have the same recipes and have one so shitty? Fucking shit makes me want to go strangle Bobby Flay for talking about how great La Hacienda is. The time I went was with a big group so we all sampled bits of each others' plates, and every fucking thing was bullshit. Is this a case like the Lakers where the owner dies and son Fredo takes over and runs it into the ground?

Mama got shot with a bow and arrow by a junkie home invader who then tried to burn the house down.