Paul Grundy
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El Gordo Mexican Food
A little food history in my search for the best Taco Al Pastor on my San Diego visit. A vertically grilled meat dish, now known by several names, was wide spread throughout the Ottoman Empire. The Lebanese version, shawarma, was brought to Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by a wave of Lebanese immigrants, mainly Christians such as the Maronites who have no religious dietary restrictions on eating pork.
In the 1920s in the state of Puebla, lamb meat was replaced by pork. Mexican-born progeny of Lebanese immigrants began opening their various restaurants. Later, in Mexico City, they began to marinate with adobo, and using corn tortillas, which resulted in the al pastor taco.
This was the best one I found so far and not far from my hotel in the gaslight section of San Diego.
In the 1920s in the state of Puebla, lamb meat was replaced by pork. Mexican-born progeny of Lebanese immigrants began opening their various restaurants. Later, in Mexico City, they began to marinate with adobo, and using corn tortillas, which resulted in the al pastor taco.
This was the best one I found so far and not far from my hotel in the gaslight section of San Diego.
House of Ecuadorian Culture
This newly opened national Museum of Cultural is very well organized and laid out a real pleasure to visit. It takes you through pre Columbus to colonial and into modern but in history and art. It is beautiful organized with objects display as art vs archeology.