Day 329: Tacos El Gordo

Tacos El Gordo. Perfect taco al pastor.

Tacos El Gordo. Perfect taco al pastor.

One of my favorite places to eat in Las Vegas is Tacos El Gordo. There are a few locations in town and each is an unassuming taco shop, always busy and consistently serving mouth-watering tacos.

It’s all about the al pastor here, the marinated pork that’s carved off a rotating spit. I always eat a few tacos whenever I’m in town and they’ve never let me down. I think I have a Pavlovian response now: the second I enter the city limits I crave that al pastor, which is some of the best I’ve had north of the border.

Pro tip: ask for pina (pineapple) while they’re making your taco al pastor.

Day 194: Tacos Ensenada

Fish Tacos at Tacos Ensenada

Fish Tacos at Tacos Ensenada

Any time I’m in Duarte, California, I make a stop at Tacos Ensenada. It’s a small taco shop that serves excellent fish tacos: lightly battered and fried fish served on warm corn tortillas with fresh pico de gallo, cabbage, and crema.

I’ve already raved about Tacos Ensenada on Yelp (read my review here), so I’ll just say here that the tacos de pescado are still muy delicioso.