Cocina de Chencha — Restaurant in New Brunswick

MÉXICO (Oaxaca) 🇲🇽 Excerpt from Eat the World NYC: New Brunswick, New Jersey, a growing town of about 57,000 people is most known for Rutgers University and surrounding area that firmly place it in the image of a "college town." But not far outside of the university section and the city's downtown, roads stretching south and west reveal where the growth in population is coming from, and an almost magical area containing one of the densest concentrations of Oaxacans on the east coast.

During warm months, and when there is not a pandemic, you will see pastries being sold on the sidewalk. Many of these are familiar to folks who frequent panaderias, but some have names that reveal them as Oaxacan specialties and are much more rare outside of New Brunswick.

Step inside the small dining room to take a look at the menu and see more Oaxacan favorites like the gigantic tlayuda, which is available with or without meat. The massive wrappers, imported from Oaxaca, are folded over all the ingredients, and at least for takeout, the whole thing is chopped in half. As always, it takes a bit of skill and luck to get everything into your mouth without losing some...

I was visiting the area on a work trip and was in the mood for authentic mexican food . Let me start by saying that it doesn't get much more authentic than a traditional Oaxacan dish . That is exactly what you get here , some of the more traditional dishes from south of the border. The chicken mole here is VERY good and you can't go wrong with tacos either. All in all if you are wanting more homey and traditional mexican food , this...

The times i been to this place the food has been amazing i mean the tacos are usually loaded with meat which makes it worth the 2.50$ or 3$ per taco depending on the type of meat, i do wish the aguas frescas were natural guys got to put some lemon and salt on them chips, but no real complains. i will said if you want it fresh walk in. don't...