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we're getting like is the line just keeps getting longer don't even worry about it you're you're gonna see what you'll see east LA is one of the most famous ethnic enclaves in the entire county it's over 96% latino and home to some of the best food trucks in the entire region of southern california first we're going on a search for the best birria style dip tacos and whatever other delicious mexican treats we can find along the way we have right here the traditional birria de chivo right off the bat you can tell the quality of this place by the tortillas handmade handmade tacos dorado that tortilla is unlike any other tortilla i've ever had it's normally a very stringy kind of like tough piece of meat and the way that they put this down is become so soft and you're right all right guys we have tried the base level birria taco but we have not dipped it yet let's dip it wow no that was really good y'all i'm not gonna lie i've been feeling left out so i'm gonna exit frame for a second and dress up my consummate i had to put some extra onions in my consummate is that how you do it i'm gonna go put some hot sauce in my consummate too queso taco asada i think right off the bat it does not have as much flavor coming through as the go as the go you guys i was so good right now i'm going to go with the goat yeah 100% guys i didn't think i was gonna like the goat more than the asada so this is really the new style go queso taco going for the dip well i'm gonna try it but right yeah i think this was the best bite this was it this was it all right guys so last but not least we got the vampiros right here ampiros are crunchy tostadas um so it's like a flour tortilla that's been fried up and then kind of done like a mexican pizza we have three different sauces on this on the right side we have the salsa verde uh right here we have the tomatilla roja and then we have uh a salsa that's made from amole go vampiros vampiros de chivo there's cheese at the bottom i would say that that version has the most meat has the most meat the tortillas a little bit different a little bit like crispier i'm gonna actually have to go the plain goat taco dipped in the dip dipped in the consummate is my favorite i'm gonna come a little bit from left field here i'm gonna say the consummate is actually my favorite i'd rather just eat that straight up from the cup with the meat my would be the burria chivos queso taco all right guys we are finishing up here at tacos de burria unica um on olympic boulevard you guys gotta check out this truck it closes at 3 p.m every day so probably by 2 p.m they're already sold out of the shredded beef but we got one more taco truck to check out on woodier boulevard let's go tacos de unica was amazing i know that the cheese version is more modern and ig worthy but my personal favorite was the traditional plain goat taco with the consummate dip it definitely made me want to check out mexico we had to get some esquites and then we have a hugo de vina y naranja does it taste like your your normal like mexican street court it's lighter one thing you guys that i'm learning on this mexican food crawl through isla is that less is more yeah simple got a little sourness to it i like it a little spiciness from the peppers on top overall pretty good i actually also prefer the uh this traditional version over the the hipster version yo this juice is hella good hella good next up we had to hit woodier boulevard which has a bunch of different food trucks selling everything from corn to churros and of course more burria style tacos this next truck only serves the beef version but i'm kind of skeptical of it'll be better than the goat we are at our burria spot number two we are going to be getting the shredded beef tacos that the first truck ran out of but here they got them i get four vampiros for queso tacos for consummate small guys we are going to be getting some authentic agua frescas while we are waiting which one is your favorite berries okay i'm going to try this one the berry oh that strawberry one super good i'll have one of those this is the best agua fresca i've ever had all right so we're at beer area number two this is beer area gonzales yo immediately guys what are the visual cues that let you know that they cook their tacos here differently okay so they are one neatly wrapped two on the queso tacos the cheese is grilled so they put the cheese on top of the tortilla that was already dipped in the consummate and then they grilled it on the flat pan look at that it's dripping in consummate this is the taco so the crunchy tacos yo immediately guys listen two shells yeah yeah two shells that's different i know i know that it was uno and dos shredded beef birria taco birria the tortilla is a little bit more chewy it's not as crispy as the other one because you know what's funny is that he already sauce these up with consummate after he arranged the taco but more consummate more consummate more problems all right the cheese taco shredded beef these Spanish translations queso taco this consummate is a little bit saltier than the other one but i should see some people like in that oh my goodness this one was good this one with the queso this this was like a five out of five we got cameraman john over here let's go look at the drip this is the most drip john has ever had last but not least we've got the vampiros the beef vampiro they look significantly different beef vampiro tostada the birria de res the tortillas on this there might be more meat on this but the tortillas are a lot smaller than others i gotta say like i've just been overall just impressed man you kind of have to respect the hustle of the people that come here the food was just so much better than i expected for sure i mean like i mean i think it's great that the food is really good off of a truck because not all cuisines can do that all right that's it we have got fresh churros like we said it's not disneyland but in a good way right so on top of these churros we have fresa strawberry syrup caramel it's like caramel and then kajeta so we have like some more condensed milk on top churros helisco style this is the best churro i've ever had in my life not even joking best churro i've ever had the caramel flavor wasn't that strong yeah that's more like a dolce deletche type flavor right the street food quality in east l.a in general incredible go we got one other spot to check out let's go you guys we were so full we didn't so much we have to try everything wow oh what a bite let's see if it's considerably better the flavor definitely is it looks like a custard with fruit in a salad it's kind of this sauce is kind of like a condensed milk yogurt yogurt milk yogurt i'm not gonna lie it's really hard to explain it's not really yogurt but it's not fully condensed milk and cream we weren't gonna film anymore but this just for the outro we had to show you guys this is a not a traditional chinese dish by the way chinese mexican food got a little burst of lime in there i didn't say it was fire though it's fried it was not expecting that flavor definitely not your typical chinese stew have the peppermint no man why don't do it for the gag oh my god that is not enough to eat hitting up east l.a was such a dope experience and one that i can recommend it really helped that ryan spoke spanish but overall people were just excited that some outsiders were coming to showcase their food and craft the mexican chinese food at senior walks was fascinating too this is what's so special about l.a it's a patchwork quilt of different communities just a few miles apart so you can see the world if you're willing to step outside if you're familiar zone and those other worlds they're delicious aren't you guys thank you so much for watching make sure you like subscribe turn on your notifications you guys what is your major takeaway from this east l.a tacos beria food crawl for me it kind of reminded me of the beauty of l.a where it's very spread out there's different neighborhoods not all the neighborhoods really blend together and mix but guess what if you're adventurous you can go to each neighborhood and get a true taste of the culture and that's beautiful i think it's great to like come out here and really try food that comes from the community go out there go try everything i think it goes to show you in l.a just five miles in a direction that you don't normally go it can take you to a whole new world everybody was so welcoming there were so many smiles i love the spirit of everybody and from the culinary perspective one thing i learned is out here less is more i think we're so used to fusion foods you guys in the comment section below please number one let us know any other ethnic neighborhoods in any other city that we need to try out and number two in the comments down below let us know what's like another undiscovered dish that should get more popular maybe it's a traditional thing that just hasn't gotten shine yet because beria the stew has been around for hundreds of years but only in the past year in l.a has the tacos gotten really popular so let us know in the comments below what's another food that needs more shine all right you guys thank you so much for watching huge shout out to ron benson thank you for doing this food crawl with us all right everybody until next time we out pass do you think that in tj they often make food to cater to all types of people because it's like a lot of tourists there yeah yeah yo ro i'm gonna change the destination to a tijuana how much is that over here to sandigo like around um no just one twenty one