LakeViews Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Exceptional Tacos Al Pastor! The best tacos Al Pastor that we have found lakeside are in San Juan Cosala. The tacos are cooked fresh by Miguel and Maximiliano at their taco stand from 6PM - 11PM every day, sometimes earlier. We have tried many taco places and these are the best by a wide margin. Miguel and Max do a good business and are quite friendly. Not only are they the best tacos Al Pastor that we have found, they are among the most affordable at only 7 pesos apiece. We eat 8 tacos, share a soda and the cost is only 66 pesos for the whole meal! Both of us happily fed for $5.50 USD. The tacos come with your choice of fixings - cilantro, salsa, lime, radish, grilled onions and nopales. I ask for poquito salsa. They have other taco choices that include chorizo and carne asada but the Al Pastor tacos are the best. The tacos are served piping hot and the money is handled only with a gloved hand. We have eaten there a couple dozen times and have never had any issues. If you are looking for a great meal at an affordable price we would encourage you to adventure out to San Juan Cosala, only 3.2 miles (7km) from Ajijic. There are two tables to sit at or ask for your tacos to go. The taco stand is located at #227 Carretera in San Juan Cosala. (#227 is actually the blue building next door ) It is on the lakeside of the Carretera. This is the intersection where Porfirio Diaz meets up with the Carretera. Porfirio Diaz is the street that continues on to the San Juan Cosala town square 4 blocks away. The taco stand is located in front of a building that is painted red and white with several Coca-Cola logos - as one can see in the photos below. It is well worth the adventure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TioBob Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Nice post. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeViews Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Below is a solo shot of 5 Al Pastor Tacos, a meal fit for a king at only $35 Pesos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 We need scratch-n-sniff monitors. Those tacos truly look fabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Delfina Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 and they are!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Jacks Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Nice job, LakeViews! I think I recognize some people in those photos ;-) They really are excellent tacos al pastor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin K Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 This gets my vote for the most useful, as well as by far the most mouth-watering, restaurant review in memory on this forum. Bravo! There is also an al pastor place on Pepe Guizar in Chapala close to Soriana that is open only in the evenings (like 90%+ of taco places everywhere in Mexico) but I haven't made it there yet. Sadly nothing anywhere near Ajijic or San Antonio as far as I know. When they are good tacos al pastor are truly the supreme tacos, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericurmudgeon Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 What exactly are tacos al pastor please? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeViews Posted August 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 What exactly are tacos al pastor please? :-) Pork tacos - the meat has been marinated with chilies then cooked with a rotisserie with a bit of onion and pineapple. The pineaple helps make the meat slightly sweet and very tender. Wikipedia has a decent description here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_pastor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Sr. Ericurmudgeon, tacos al pastor are 'shepherd style' pork tacos, closely related to lamb shawarma from the Middle East. Here in Mexico, tacos al pastor are made of thinly sliced marinated pork that is stacked on a vertical spit and grilled to each customer's order. Look upthread at LakeViews' photos and you'll see the spit, stacked with the pork in the shape of a trompo (top). Tacos al pastor are almost always grilled with a whole pineapple at the top, so that as the meat grills, the pineapple grills also. Its juices run into the meat as it cooks, and the pastorero (the guy who cooks the pork) deftly flicks slivers of pineapple into your tacos just before handing you your plate. Good tacos al pastor are really heaven on a plate, and LakeViews' photos look scrumptious.Another wonderful place for tacos al pastor is Taquería Los Alteños, Av. Cubilete 806 in Chapalita (Guadalajara). Look here, toward the middle of the article, for a photo I took of a pastorero in Mexico City: http://mexicocooks.typepad.com/mexico_cooks/2013/08/home-cooking-traditional-mexican-food-just-like-mam%C3%A1-used-to-make.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensley Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 No beans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 No beans? Not usually served on tacos al pastor. Generally you'll see a variety of sauces you can choose from, chunks of fresh limón to squeeze over the tacos, minced onion, chopped cilantro, and a couple of other condiments to decide on. Frijoles de la olla (freshly cooked whole beans in their pot likker*) are often available where tacos de bistec are prepared, and they add a wonderful touch to your tacos. It's just wrong to have to write about this before breakfast. Now my stomach is growling and there's not a taco to be had. On the other hand, the tamales y atole guy will be on the corner in just a little while...that might do it. *Pot likker: a southernism used to describe the liquid in the bean pot once the beans are cooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericurmudgeon Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 Wow! Thanks so much for the reply More Liana. I am obviously going to have to expand my taco experiences when we get back down in the Fall. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeViews Posted September 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 I appreciate the props on the review. Many Thanks. The taco stand is worth a visit for sure. I eat their tacos about 3 times a week, they are that good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdrja Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 ok, ok, there goes the diet! We'll look for tacos al pastor on Pepe Guizar and report back...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kindred Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 Holdrja -- tell our mutual friend, Camilleenparadise, about this place as she always talks about the tacos al pastor in Sayulita as being the best -- perhaps these might be comparable and then I believe she would be a happy camper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeViews Posted September 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 Tell her about the ones that I KNOW are good, the ones in the pictures above that are in SJC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky23 Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 We've eaten here with friends and we all agreed - delicious tacos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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