It’s my understanding that this method of cooking meat was actually an import from the Middle East into Mexico, and the Mexicans adapted it and made it their own.Įl Pastor on Buford Highway in Doraville.Įl Pastor serves the most massive glasses of Coke I’ve ever seen. This restaurant specializes in Tacos Al Pastor, sort of a Mexican version of Shwarma or Gyro. Gordita, a deep fried hockey puck of Masa Harina filled with cheese.Ĭompleting our Buford Highway taco crawl was another Blissful Glutton fave, El Pastor. Now that’s what I call a pile of Chicharrones (fried pork skins)Ĭarne De Res Taco with Chile De Arbol hot sauce. Unlike all the other Coke sold in Atlanta, this stuff really is the Real Thing. The difference here is they actually grind the masa from the raw kernels, rather than make tortillas from pre-ground masa.Ĭorn kernels in the hopper, ready for grinding.Īll kinds of pre-prepared Mexican foods such as roasted meats and deep fried items are ready for take-out. Like El Rey Del Taco just down the road, they also make their own fresh tortillas for the tacos.
Next we headed over to Chicago Supermarket, a massive Mexican grocery store with a full-blown tacqueria attached to the butcher shop. These are doughier than the ones we have in New York but they were very tasty. Greasy, but good.Ĭold Sesame Noodle, Jennifer’s favorite. Lamb Jiaozi dumplings, which I thought were slightly gamey tasting but they were still very good. They came out piping hot steamy and hit the spot. XiaoLongBao dumplings, which were smallish and not exploding with juice like their New York Chinatown counterparts, but we pronounced them good. Leek Pie, which we thought was excellent and even better than our favorite one back home. I love it when they have pictures of the food in the restaurant. The dining room is tight and tiny - but it’s well worth the claustrophobic accommodations for dumplings this good. Just down the street from El Rey Del Taco is Chef Liu, a diminutive Shanghainese restaurant specializing in XiaoLongBao, aka Soup Dumplings.Ĭhef Liu Restaurant in Pine Tree Plaza on Buford Highway. But I wanted to break it up a bit, so we decided to have some Dim Sum first.
The following morning we met up with Jennifer to do a bit of crawling down Buford and to engage in more Taco consumption. (770) 936-0532 Click Here For Slideshow and More Photos (Part 2) This is a Coctel de Mariscos (Seafood Cocktail) destined for another table.ĥ221 Buford Highway (Pine Tree Plaza), Atlanta GA Torta Milanesa de Pollo (Chicken Cutlet Sandwich). This is the lady that makes the tortillas on the tacos to order. Quesadilla de Chorizo con Papas (Spicy Sausage with Potatoes) I just liked this weird shot for some reason. Having decided to pass on some particularly bad catered Bar Mitzvah food on Saturday evening, on Jennifer’s recommendation I hit El Rey Del Taco, a 24-hour Mexican diner specializing in tacos made with freshly made tortillas.Ĭlick Here for Hi-Res Slide Show and More Photos (Part 1)Įl Rey Del Taco on Buford Highway, on a rainy, hot August evening. Click on the “Read the rest of this entry” link below for more. To help us narrow down the sheer multitude of places and keep us centered on good food, I enlisted the help of Jennifer Zyman, the Blissful Glutton, Atlanta INtownfood columnist and one of Atlanta’s top food bloggers.īuford Highway on the outskirts of Atlanta is the best place for cheap ethnic eats and shopping. Atlanta’s Buford Highway is the ultimate foodie ethnic eats drag - here you’ll find scores of Mexican and Asian eateries, all of which have something special to offer.
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