{"id":360,"date":"2011-12-15T21:53:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T05:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2011-12-15T21:53:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T05:53:51","slug":"2011-08-cemitas-la-china-poblana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/2011-08-cemitas-la-china-poblana\/","title":{"rendered":"2011.08 Cemitas La China Poblana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2011.08 Cemitas La China Poblana<\/p>\n<p>October 30, 2011<\/p>\n<p>3568 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023<\/p>\n<p>Boyle Heights<\/p>\n<p>I have been moderately obsessed with Pueblan <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puebla-mexico.com\/tag\/taco-arabe\/\">tacos \u00e1rabes<\/a><\/em> since I first heard about them <a href=\"http:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/2010\/12\/59-cemitas-poblanas-juquilita\/\">late last year<\/a> \u2013 cousins of the <em>al pastor<\/em> taco, the arab taco is also made from marinated pork with grilled onions and spices, and ideally roasted on a vertical spit. The chopped meat is served on a big and preferably handmade tortilla. Unlike conventional tacos, the tortilla is flour, and raw onions, cilantro and salsa are not part of the plan, but there is a heavy provision of a smoky, barbecue-like chipotle sauce.<\/p>\n<p>The tacos \u00e1rabes at La China Poblana are the best I have tried yet. Oh man, the pork was tender and flavorful and the smoky chipotle sauce made my head swim. I was self-conscious of my own human pleasure as I ate them.<\/p>\n<p>The environs contribute to the pleasure, as the entire dining area is an indoor-outdoor hybrid space. The place has a distinctly informal character. Don\u2019t be creeped out by the chef in the photo \u2013 it\u2019s just a statue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-361\" title=\"2011-08tacoA\" src=\"http:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-08tacoA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-08tacoA.jpg 900w, https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-08tacoA-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-362\" title=\"2011-08tacoB\" src=\"http:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-08tacoB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-08tacoB.jpg 900w, https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011-08tacoB-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2011.08 Cemitas La China Poblana October 30, 2011 3568 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023 Boyle Heights I have been moderately obsessed with Pueblan tacos \u00e1rabes since I first heard about them late last year \u2013 cousins of the al pastor taco, the arab taco is also made from marinated pork with grilled onions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[38,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}