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Huevos Rancheros: Mai Mexican Kitchen

Posted on May 13, 2012 by EL CHAVO!

I am at a point where I prefer functional food most of all. I just want something semi-tasty to abate the hunger pangs, preferably at a reasonable price. If I want something fancy I will make it myself, at home. Unless I can’t. I think people that go out on a weekend night for an eating “experience” filled with great service, pleasing atmosphere, and notional eats are not “foodies” but maladjusted weirdos. Food serves a vital function: life, culture, community. Foodies want to have a curated breakfast experience with a Walt Disney Concert Hall backdrop just so they can have a story to tell their co-workers come Monday morning. Cuz life is otherwise so, so boring.

In Downtown Los Angeles you can find many eating experiences but its much harder to find just food.

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Oh! RIP

Posted on May 12, 2012 by EL CHAVO!

At first I thought this was a lamentation, a poem of despair for the passing of some burger joint on Broadway in El Centro. But it turns out Oh! Teri Burger was the name of the place.

REST IN POWER OH! TERI BURGER!

Posted in Fotos, Fun with Words, Greater Los Angeles, La Comida, Pendejadas | 1 Comment

Huevos Rancheros: Boogaloos – Frisco Edition

Posted on April 27, 2012 by EL CHAVO!

I have eaten HR’s this year, quit regularly actually, but it seems like this is the first one I’m reviewing. I wonder why? I have eaten some good examples, like the ones from Rocio’s on Maywood, but the photos linger on my desktop while the memories of that experience begin to fade. I really should take notes. Eh.

Here is a recent outing, over at that fair city by the Bay known as Frisco.

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Soy Chorizo

Posted on April 22, 2012 by EL CHAVO!

Some people still find it funny and incongruous that a Mexican can be a vegetarian. That doesn’t seem to be the case anymore with food manufacturers. I just noticed today that now there are two soy chorizo options for vegetarians made by companies that cater to Mexican tastes. That soyrizo bullshit doesn’t count, its just not very good. I bought this new Cacique version, I expect it to be good but you never know. I’ve been a fan of Reynaldo’s for a long time now but maybe those days are numbered? We shall see.

Posted in La Comida, Shit I love, This Chicano Life | 5 Comments

Over and Done

Posted on April 20, 2012 by EL CHAVO!

As of now, you can officially stop “representing” Los Angeles with that one hand sign you picked up on the internet. Hopefully you didn’t get this as a tattoo. Like a chump.

Posted in Greater Los Angeles, Shit I hate | 2 Comments