The LA International Restaurant Challenge: Juquila Taco Truck!

A couple Sundays ago (reports of eating promised in a more timely fashion soon), Tyler and I went on a low speed chase after a Juquila look alike. You can imagine our heartbreak when the truck turned out to be a highly questionable produce-mobile. We were pretty bummed, but decided to stick to our guns and return for dinner Monday – after all it would be my first real taco truck experience and according to Tyler’s best friend, Juquila was the taco truck of all taco trucks.

We were able to walk to the truck from our apartment - which added to the experience. We didn’t know if it would be parked on Bundy (location of truck) or in front of Stoner Park, but around 7PM we spotted it in front of Stoner Park. Excellent. The tacos were just a dollar and you had your choice of carne asada, cabeza, lengua, pollo or carnitas. I ordered three, two with just beans (they were out of pollo) and one with lengua in an effort to be adventurous

The two kids working there looked to be about twelve, but they sure did make a mean taco (and actually an accidental fourth in my case)! And for a dollar each, with no added cost for guac – the experience was really never in danger of being a bad situation. We sat in the shade at a picnic table and there I scarfed down three of my four tacos. The cilantro and onions gave the tacos a very fresh flavor and the tasty corn tortillas, which were two thick reminded me of ones that I have had homemade. I was going to go for my second lengua, when the picture of someone sautéing baby cow tongue made me reconsider my full-ometer. (That’s just me thinking too much and had nothing to do with the actual taste). The whole mini event was a load of fun. I would certainly make the trek back to Stoner Park again – but next time further along in the summer with a couple Coronas, your tacos come with the limes!)

Lastly, because it was an interesting point for me, Tyler on top of his tacos, ordered a mandarin orange pop (aka Jarritos Mandarina). At first we both thought it tasted funny, but upon reading the label we realized that was just because the drink actually had real sugar in it. There are a bunch of different flavors to try and perhaps next time, on top of my Corona, I will go for the mango or watermelon.

Fork Rating for Juquila Taco Truck