Mariscos Guillen in Westchester
Finally, I'm reviewing Westchester! I follow bandini's blog, so I've been fired up to get to a taco truck. I pass a couple on Arbor Vitae from time to time, but with two kids in the car, it's a tough call to make. But then, one day...I had only ONE kid in the car, and I kinda sorta had to go to the post office anyways...so....
Mariscos Guillen on Arbor Vitae betw Aviation and Centinela. Lots of parking. I got the carnitas and the carne asada tacos and a grapefruit Jarritos (sorry Bandini). I was able to park the car right in front of the truck, so I was able to leave my boy Henry strapped in the car. They seem to pull in a lot of foot traffic from the nearby apartments. There were quite a few people all spread out eating their food.
The carnitas was fantastic. As with my sushi, I like to eat my tacos puro -- no sauce, unless it calls for it. I like to eat at least 1/2 of the taco before I jump to the sauce. The carnitas was great as it came. Good thing in this case because the sauce choices was small. The ubiquitous red sauce and then there was something in a giant Clamato jug. Henry loved the carnitas chunks I fed him, but turned his nose up at the asada. I agreed with him. The asada may have been grilled at some point, but by the time it got to me it had become more boiled than anything else. I'll give it one more chance and I'll get a shrimp taco too.
$1.25/taco.
UPDATE: I've been back two more times. The shrimp taco was filled with perfectly cooked shrimp -- lots of mouth-pop -- but lacked flavor. My boy LOVES the carnitas. A second try of the asada was still a bit disappointing, but some salsa verde put it over the top. The al pastor was ok. I got a chicken taco for my little girl without sauce. It came with some tomatoes and lettuce, so she threw a fit. Again, my little boy loved it.
Mariscos Guillen on Arbor Vitae betw Aviation and Centinela. Lots of parking. I got the carnitas and the carne asada tacos and a grapefruit Jarritos (sorry Bandini). I was able to park the car right in front of the truck, so I was able to leave my boy Henry strapped in the car. They seem to pull in a lot of foot traffic from the nearby apartments. There were quite a few people all spread out eating their food.
The carnitas was fantastic. As with my sushi, I like to eat my tacos puro -- no sauce, unless it calls for it. I like to eat at least 1/2 of the taco before I jump to the sauce. The carnitas was great as it came. Good thing in this case because the sauce choices was small. The ubiquitous red sauce and then there was something in a giant Clamato jug. Henry loved the carnitas chunks I fed him, but turned his nose up at the asada. I agreed with him. The asada may have been grilled at some point, but by the time it got to me it had become more boiled than anything else. I'll give it one more chance and I'll get a shrimp taco too.
$1.25/taco.
UPDATE: I've been back two more times. The shrimp taco was filled with perfectly cooked shrimp -- lots of mouth-pop -- but lacked flavor. My boy LOVES the carnitas. A second try of the asada was still a bit disappointing, but some salsa verde put it over the top. The al pastor was ok. I got a chicken taco for my little girl without sauce. It came with some tomatoes and lettuce, so she threw a fit. Again, my little boy loved it.
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