Birria-Landia — Restaurant in New York

I had to host a lunch for a very close Mexican friend who has become part of the family throughout the decades. I usually cook homemade preparations for his family on special occasions but this time I was pressed for time and had to opt for an alternative. Truth be told, it is sometimes risky when commercial food is considered, especially based in the same gastronomic traditions and cultures invited guests are intimately familiar with. Further, you always have to be prepared for the ubiquitous comment like "it's good for New York but not as good as in my Mexican state, or my region or as my grandmother prepared them." My instinct was on point on this heatwave Sunday as everyone's tempered expectations were surpassed. I personally witnessed how the variety of tender meats were expertly cut (against the grain etc) to prepare everything right on the spot. They open after noon on weekends and later during weekdays and that should tell you a great deal. I read the Times and Post articles informing how having few menu items seems to guarantee how much care is given to every presentation. Further, they have a customer base that represents a vast variety of cultures. Although the tacos were beyond amazing, they become all the more phenomenal when dipped in the consomme. Actually, you end up drinking it and not feeling heavy as you wonder what different spices comprise the different flavors and end product that seems to suspend time. Nobody asked me to write this review, and I can say this experience has been wonderful. I respect and celebrate individuals who take so much care in maintaining traditional recipes that are not readily prepared with food processors or short cuts. Here, you get top quality, lovely flavors and sincerely friendly customer service. Ismael is the embodiment of quintessential hosting care and elegance. He remembered me when I decided to return and couldn't have been nicer. There are few persons who can focus on one individual so conscientiously while being complete aware of the demands and follow-up outreaches with the collective audience. Further, the entire team assiduously concentrates on their individual tasks while having a perfect strategy to verbally or non-verbally communicate amongst themselves, so customers are served...

I am crazy about Mexican food, in fact, I solely believe I was Mexican in my past life because I don't even like my country's gastronomy as much as I do Mexican's. I introduced my review like that because I really really really love Mexican food but after I tried Birria I do so WAY MORE!!!!

Oh. My. God. An angel came down from Heaven and created the recipe for birrias, I have no doubt of that!!!

It is the MOST delightful Mexican plate I have ever tried!!!! It's so simple yet so mouthwatering!!! I can't even describe how good this tastes!!!! It's really flavorful, sooooo Delishhhhh!!!

Well... my experience was great! I truly advise you to buy one of each. If you can eat like a man, like me, then get two or more of each, cause although your stomach will be satisfied, you'll desire to keep eating until you can't breath normally and you'll regret it if you get "just enough". (Muuahaha!)

In my opinion the mulitas are a little heavier than tacos or tostadas to eat because of the cheese. I had one mulita but will only get tacos and tostadas next time, not leaving my consome behind of course!!

The lines were ongoing and seemed like we had to wait forever to get our food but didn't wait longer than 20 minutes. Sounds like a long time but if you come and see the lines for the amount of time you're there, you'll realize it's not really long.

I had a fun experience while I was there and would love to give a shoutout to Jesus, who lent me $1.00. I ordered enough for me and my boyfriend, then decided to order some more. When I ordered the second time I gave them my change as tip and then decided to order a second consomé and ran out of money. I had decided not to order it because I was missing a dollar and the lovely Jesus told the cashier to accept what I had and leave it like that. Life saver!!!!

I 1000% recommend this truck!!!! I can't wait to be back, hopefully again this week. Muahaha!

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MÉXICO 🇲🇽 (Baja) Eat the World NYC review: If you have been to Los Angeles in the past year, you have probably eaten from the truck on Slauson in South LA called Teddy's Red Tacos, which now commands multiple locations, a hoard of Instagram followers, and was even in a Super Bowl commercial. Even if you haven't, more than likely those famously red tortillas have probably graced your social media feeds in many ways, and always with that money shot of crispy tacos being dipped into cups of neon consome.

This and other trucks and restaurants like it serve birria de res, the beef version of the dish that many goat birria purveyors from central and southern México still laugh off amicably and otherwise. This is not that, birria de chivo (goat) is often something saved for weekends or special occasions, preparation starting at least 24 hours before a meal. People eat it in their best clothes after church on Sundays.

Birria de res has always been around though, savoured by the people in northern states of México and as far south as Zacatecas. A few years back the Tijuana flavors jumped the border and haven't looked back, the style perfectly suited for outdoor eating and food truck culture. Most of these purveyors did not actually have roots in Tijuana, but when the style started to blow up got into the game fast. Pueblan taqueros are known to be the best in the business and can adapt to any taco desire. It is in this spirit that the non-TJ proprietors of brand new Birria-Landia Tacos have hit the street in Jackson Heights, seeming to have gone to study in Los Angeles and bring back the trend of birria de res and an homage to Teddy's Red Tacos at...