I’m from Mexicali and I know that those tacos are so hard to replicate and find here in LA, and missing the taste of guisados or even tacos from Asadero Acatlán will make you drive all 4 hours to get them. However, no more! Although the hand made tortillas are not as good and often chewy compared to those in Mexicali, this place gets it pretty darn close. The guisados de carne con papa were a bit too salty, with the chicharrones ones are missing those bits of crunchiness you should find, but las de machaca (carne desebrada) were probably the best from the morning batch.

We were there around 12:45 so we can have both the guisados and asadas, but by 1p we still had to wait 30 minutes for the asadas, so that’s a bummer. Having had them around 6p/7p I can now say the asadas seem to be better later in the day, rather than too dried of beef asada when the first batch comes out :(

I definitely will be a regular here as no other taco trucks are like these to satisfy my tacos al carbon cravings, but will likely mosey over later in the day for the asadas... :)