Nothing's Better than Tacos Al Pastor

Pepe's Tacos
Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
July 20, 2010
9ish pm

After our large lunch at Cafe de Ollo it took us awhile to become hungry for dinner.  After walking around town and enjoying the sights we decided we needed tacos for dinner.  Now tacos from the taco trucks around town are one of my all time favorite meals and  I even rented one for my 30th birthday party!  I couldn't wait to try them in Mexico. 

You could smell the freshly cooked meat and spices as you walked up to the stand.  We grabbed a table and a friendly server was quickly over to help us out.  Service was fast and the tacos were cheap ($1 each).  Within just a few minutes we had a delightful plate of tacos al pastor.  The pork is wonderfully spiced and cut from a spit comparable to the spit gyro meat is made from.  The cook shaves the meat off the spit and catches it in 2 corn tortillas. 

The tacos are then topped with pineapple, cilantro, and onion.  Fresh limes are brought out to squeeze over the tacos.  The cilantro and onion are fresh, but the pineapple is what makes the tacos!  The pineapple is roasted at the top of the spit and then a few slices are chopped off when the meat is cut for the tacos.  The sweet roasted pineapple pairs wonderfully with the cilantro, onion, and fresh lime juice. 

There are then a series of sauces you can add to the tacos such as a creamy advocado sauce (more liquidy than a typical guacamole), a tomato based salsa, a smoky chipotle sauce, and a tomatillo sauce.  I liked the tomato salsa or tomatillo sauce on the tacos best, but all flavor combinations were good.

Yum!  I started out with a plate of 3 tacos, but after those were done I kept going and ordered 2 more!  This is definitely one of my fondest dinner memories from Mexico. 

Bill Total:  Tacos were around $1 each

Overal Rating:  5 buckeyes!