Some of my best friends are Gringos. It's okay. I'm a Gringo too. But sometimes you wanna feel like a Gringón - that's a Gringo pero mas chingón. And when those times strike, I head over to Taqueria Sazón on the corner of Blalock and Kempwood. That's where you can order tacos that are slightly más rudo.
So I did just that: the pastor, the barbacoa, the cabeza and the pancita. Let's break that down into Gringo: pastor - marinated pork, barbacoa - a slow cooked tougher meat usually goat, cow or mutton, cabeza - cow's head, and pancita - animal's stomach stuffed with viscera (e.g., kidneys, lung, liver, heart, tripe, etc.) ¿No mames? No. No mames.
I also bought a bracelet from a couple that was walking around the parking lot.
Huh? Oh. You gots questions about the tacos? I'm shocked! No, not really. I'm gonna assume you've had pastor and barbacoa. The cabeza is technically also barbacoa, but the meat comes exclusively from the head. It has a much "beefier" flavor (if that makes sense) and doesn't tend to be as moist as other barbacoa cuz there's not as much fat in it. The pancita is very gamey and irony. Like - after you eaten all your tacos and drank your gallon jug of Horchata, you'll still be tasting the liver for awhile after you finish. If you're not a fan, you're not gonna like it. If you like it, then you'll love it. Pretty straightforward really.
This whole parking lot becomes quite the party on the weekends, the music is bumping and there are good crowds at the taco and eloté trucks and the michelada stands. Es muy...
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