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Cumbres de Maltrata 263, Narvarte
Mexico City, Mexico
56-39-86-91

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Don Eraki

  • May 17, 2006
  • 5 by JesusW from Mexico city, Mexico

You are here to have tacos mainly, and Tacos Arabes specially, since there is a difference between both: Al pastor normally have a pineapple roasting on top of the meat and you get a chunk of it in each taco, and the meat is normally marinated with achiote and other secret recipes so it will look orange-reddish on the rotisserie; Meanwhile Tacos Arabes won’t have neither of those, is the plain meat on a vertical rotisserie served on a tortilla or more correctly on Pan Arabe, which is very similar to a Flour Tortilla but larger and thicker, almost like a mini-pizza.

Today I had a Quesadilla Arabe (thick flour-tortilla and larger, with lots of meat and melted cheese) one Taco Oriental con Queso (almost the same, but smaller, on a corn tortilla) and a large Agua de Jamaica (half liter, Hibiscus soft drink) and the bill was only 56 pesos (less than $5, May '06) and I wasn't able to eat more, though I wanted some dessert I didn't order one as it would have been too much.

The flavor is different to the traditional taco al pastor, because here they don’t marinate the meat and neither put the pineapple. Different also in texture as the slices of meat in the rotisserie are thicker than the average Al Pastor, but you also get the Mexican Salsas to go along, don’t forget the ever present Limón (lime for you Americans) as its acid flavor combines neatly with the meat.

You can visit their website (sorry, only in Spanish) to check the menu and a little bit of the history of the founder.

http://www.tacosarabes.com.mx/

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