like any good san franciscan, i am absolutely in love with my city. if you ever come to sf and need a tour guide, i'm your girl. one place i would most definitely take you to is the mission, our mexican neighborhood.
mr. burbujas can't wait to see you!
if you are in the mission on a weekend and you see this delightful, yet disturbing, art work outside of la gallinita, go in immediately and get yourself some tacos and quesadillas!. during the week, la gallinita is a butcher shop, but on weekends they serve food.
a satisfying lunch. you've got a taco (pictured here: cabeza, which means "face" and is cheek meat. just try it, it melts in your mouth) and the completely genius creation of chorizo and potatoes wrapped in a tortilla and deep fried.
OMG!
you can also go with carne asada (grilled steak) for your taco. or a number of other fillings, including chorizo (my favorite) or sesos (brains. yum!)
after lunch, stroll around a bit, checking out mexican markets, a multitude of murals, and some great dollar stores, before returning to 24th and harrison for the amazingness that is humphry slocombe ice cream.
pictured: 1 scoop of peanut butter curry + 1 scoop of oolong tea.
5 comments:
Oh how I miss California Mexican food.
My first taste of "real" Mexican food was after a careening bike ride in the Mission.
That ice cream looks pretty outstanding, too.
We used to go to a place somewhere around there called Bud's ice cream - the bittersweet chocolate was amazing, but I think it may have closed when you were still young.
Hey neighbor! I'm out in Walnut Creek. I love the title of your blog and I want some of this ice cream ASAP!
thanks for the comments everyone.
Jen-yeah, i think Bud's is closed, but you can still buy there ice cream in grocery stores. the only flavor i ever see is french vanilla, which is very good.
Yum! Sounds tasty!
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