The Flying Taco

This tacqueria is where Hugo's Italian Restaurant used to be. It spent several months getting open, but finally made it so I came in to give it a try.

The interior of the place is quite plain--painted an appetizing shade of yellow but no other decorations on the walls at all. The menu is a plain vinyl sign suspended over the serving area. There is a TV up on the wall, but overall the appearance is very spare, which is in my mind not a bad thing for a place serving simple food. It is a family-run place and the staff were very friendly and helpful.

For my meal I had a plate--normally you would put one meat selection on a plate but since I couldn't decide they let me split it. I had the chicharrones and the carnitas asado (pork in a red pepper sauce). I wanted an agua fresca for a drink, so they let me try some Agua de Jamaica--hibiscus tea. I've had this before as an infusion and didn't much care for it, but their version is heavier and sweeter--it reminded me very much of grape juice. I love grape juice so I was pleased to order it. The sides were refried beans and Mexican rice, and I had corn tortillas and salsa to go with it.

Their corn tortillas are thicker and heavier than one usually gets. This means they held up well to the very soft, moist fillings, but they also didn't taste as light as normal corn tortillas. The salsas were served warm and were definitely homemade. They were labeled for heat range, something I always appreciate. The mild sauce was not spicy at all, while the "hot" sauce definitely did have a kick. I did not try the "extremely hot" sauce.

The chicharrones and carnitas asado were good but not amazing. They both had pleasing and classic flavor, very familiar if you've had them before. The salsas complemented them well. The refrieds were fine but somewhat on the runny side for my taste. The Mexican rice was tasty and helped hold the ingredients together in a tortilla. The rice suffers slightly by comparison to the amazing rice at El Rey Regio right next door.  Maybe slightly above average for food.

The bathroom was clean and serviceable. Overall I would say it's a fine place but probably will not displace my favorites, Tony's Street Tacos and Laredo Taco Company.

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