Guajillo

I stopped in the other night to try this truck, newly located at the Plaza de los Food Trucks behind the Gosling Express in Spring. I had the special combo--a pork pastor volcan, a quesabirria and a beef fajita taco, with a jamaica agua fresca, a side of elote, and flan for dessert.

The volcan is an innovative item--I have not seen it on a Tex-Mex menu before. It's a tostada piled high with your choice of protein, topped with a cheese cap that's cooked on the grill. Great idea, but on mine the cheese cap was either not cooked enough or too much--it fell into that grey zone where it was chewy rather than melty or crisp. Also not a lot of al pastor flavor.

As for the quesabirria and the taco--I think this might be the truck for you if you really need to have a low spice level. The meats and fillings themselves had no chile, just salt and other umami spices. The salsas gave you a choice--a yellow salsa with a good strong kick, or an orange one with less heat and more of a salty flavor. Both tasted homemade and gave the items their flavor. I did not get the dipping consomme for my quesabirria, which was an oversight. I think it is sold separately.

The elote is a unique preparation. Again no chile, just the white cheese and corn--but with cashews! I liked the nutty flavor with the corn.

The flan was wedge shaped and the texture was more like cheesecake than traditional flan. I like caramel cheesecake, and it had good flavor. No syrup topping.

I got my order to take away. They packed all the items, including the drink and the flan, in one bag. So the ice in the jamaica had fully melted by the time I got home. I think it would have been good.

The truck is efficient--they arrived at 5:45 and opened at 6, right on time. My order was out in about 12 minutes, not bad from a cold start. There are some execution issues but I think they have promise.

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