{"id":3173,"date":"2022-05-21T03:12:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2024-06-10T00:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T16:36:44","slug":"tacos-los-amigos-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2022\/05\/tacos-los-amigos-oakland\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Eats: Tacos Los Amigos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I finally<\/em> get the taco obsession<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Carne Asada Tacos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve eaten tacos for years, decades really. Not too<\/em> many tacos, though, because I never quite got the point of them. Often, I wasn’t fond of the toppings, or the taco sauce and the tortilla-to-meat ratio never seemed to make sense to me. Plus I’m not a huge fan of corn tortillas in the first place. So, for me, it’s been all about burritos. Until a few nights ago, that is, when my daughter had a taco hankering herself and decided to drive to Tacos Los Amigos<\/a> in East Oakland to get some. I asked her to bring a single beef taco and boy!, it was love at first bite. I finally<\/em> get tacos.

I can’t tell you what it actually is, but the combination of beef, diced onion, cilantro and whatever else was on those tiny tortillas just did it for me. I don’think it was the sauce because when I got them again, they had a white sauce (it was a more orange one that first night). But both sauces worked. The tacos just tasted fresh and authentic (though I think I don’t know that I’ve ever eaten tacos in Mexico, my travel adventures there are limited to the Yucatan, the land of salbutes<\/a><\/em> and panuchos<\/a><\/em>, which are delicious, but not really tacos). I actually appreciated, for once, the flavor of the corn tortilla. They were tiny, mind you, but they were gooood<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Al Pastor Tacos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was just as happy with the two al pastor tacos I got during my second visit (or rather, the second time I sent my daughter to get them). The slightly sweet pork was tasty and went very well with the other standard toppings. I might have even liked them more than the carne asada ones.

There are several problems with Los Amigos, however. One is that as it’s located in East Oakland, I don’t feel very safe sending my teen daughter to get me some (though she does), plus the truck is not really close to my house. Second, they are not cheap – at around $3.50 for pretty small tacos (think 4 tacos for a normal dinner). Third, Los Amigos seems to have eclectic hours – they weren’t there last Sunday evening when I sent my daughter to get more tacos (but they were Monday night). But the biggest problem is that I’ve been left wanting more tacos now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Amigos Taco Truck\n5401 International Blvd\nOakland, CA\n(510) 379-0846\nUncertain hours\nhttps:\/\/www.restaurantji.com\/ca\/oakland\/tacos-los-amigos-\/<\/a>\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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