Ahhh, beautiful Santee, and right in the middle of a heat wave, and right in the middle of the week. You can smell the victory in the air (well, maybe it's not victory I'm smelling...., but let's ignore that one for a minute shall we?)
Ughhh, how about a restart?
It's dinner, I'm solo, and I've been wanting to try Birria for a long time, so here's we go! Birria being slow braised beef, in a flavorful red broth. The tortillas are typically partially dipped in the broth and then fried on the flat top before the meat added and folded over (into a taco) and then griddled a bit more.
Simply looking at on-line rankings this place is one of the more popular spots, and it's closer to me than Chula or IB, and it's right off the freeway, so yeah, I'm going for it.
Parking lot tent eating, nice....
Again, it's hot, and I'm sitting in a parking lot in Santee, so hell to the yes I am gonna have a beer!
They wrap up EVERYTHING to go. Even for eating in, like me. This placed opened up during the pandemic, so I kinda get it. From the get-go all orders were either to-go or via a delivery app and they are just letting that roll on.
I'm trying 5 tacos, one of every style.
These first 2 are the Quesa Taco, and the Taco Dorado.
The next 3 are the Keto Taco, Birria Taco, and the Mulita (not really a taco, but it kinda fits in with what I'm feeling).
The Quesa Taco is the one I was most excited about. I've watched countless YouTube videos on these, griddled cheese with the taco built on top, so I'm leaving this bad-boy for last.
The Dorado Taco.
I was going to explain a little about each of the next tacos, but as I ate them they ALL tasted the same. No difference at all. No pinché nada.
The Keto Taco was the same as the Dorado except it had cheese added inside.
The Birria Taco was the Dorado except it had pinto beans added inside.
The Mulita was the Keto except it was made like a quesadilla.
ALL TASTED THE SAME.
Did I say there was no difference? Not sure if I made that point, cause they ALL TASTED THE SAME. Just saying.
Next up is the consommé. This is essentially the braising liquid from the meat. Not only is the meat cooked in this but the tortillas are fried in a bit of this on the flat top (mentioned previously). It's all for you to dip the tacos in as you eat them.
This one was pretty good, but again, it just tasted like the taco. So having more of the beefy juicy flavor wasn't bad, just more of the same.
I haven't touched on it yet but the meat was AWESOME. Super flavorful and soft, tender, and juicy.
I could eat a ton of the Dorados. Just those, like 5-6-7 of 'em maybe. Dip and eat.
Beans? If I didn't see them I wouldn't know that they were there. Unnecessary.
And then this fucken thing. Burnt cheese log in your (my) mouth. No thanks.
Because I left it for last it's all I tasted for a few hours. Fubar'd that one.
In summary, I LOVE Birria. I also liked this place a lot, but I wouldn't go out of my way to come here again. If I'm near, fo-sho. But the next stop will be to Chula, or some place new. Let's see if there's a different flavor out there. Right?
Birrie-ahhhhhh
DVA
