{"id":79,"date":"2010-02-15T19:37:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T03:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2010-02-15T19:37:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T03:37:45","slug":"x1-rolandos-taco-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tacos.architectureburger.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/x1-rolandos-taco-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"X1 Rolando’s Taco Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

X1 Rolando\u2019s Taco Shop<\/p>\n

February 15, 2010<\/p>\n

815 C St, San Diego, CA 92101<\/p>\n

San Diego<\/p>\n

Garrett and I road-tripped down to San Diego today, so that I could buy a bicycle I spotted on Craigslist \u2013 the world contains few other provocations that could motivate such a long drive. Lunchtime afternoon in San Diego, we detoured off the freeway to avoid a spot of traffic into downtown, and soon noticed Rolando\u2019s Taco Shop. Located near Woodbury\u2019s SD architecture school, we deduced that this must be a place where architecture students eat. The excellent plexiglas sign fitted into the window compelled us. The downtown neighborhood was quiet on this President\u2019s Day afternoon.<\/p>\n

We each ordered the plate of \u201c5 mini tacos\u201d for $5.99 each. We navigated the serveuse\u2019s instructions \u2013 requesting that guacamole be skipped, and onions and cilantro only be provided. Instructed to choose only two meats per plate, I went with three carne asadas and two carne adobadas. Garrett chose carne asada and carnitas. They weren\u2019t that miniature after all \u2013 four would have sufficed. They were nearly as big as the average taco. It made me wonder what the non-mini tacos at Rolando\u2019s look like.<\/p>\n

Tortillas were doubled, but not laminated, and fried to a mild leatheriness, unusually yellowy and corny. I liked them. The meat was also very tasty. The carne asada had a nice meaty flavor and was altogether right. The carne adobada was red and savory, and tasted like fried goodness, with some bits charred to a crispy blackness, but in a good way. I tried a bite of the carnitas, and found it fried and crispy. The green salsa from the salsa bar was a bit bland, but the rojo salsa was hot, thick, and with a deep red color. A fine meal!<\/p>\n

This entry receives an \u201cX-tacos\u201d designation, because it\u2019s not a Los Angeles-area taco shop, and thus not part of the AB0907 \u201cCincuenta Taquer\u00edas\u201d project per se<\/em>. Garrett suggested that such outliers should be given an \u201cX\u201d designation, cf. http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/X-plane_(aircraft)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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