Monday, November 9, 2009

Parrillada - Charboiled House, Brooklyn: 5th Ave & 47th Street

I was a little bit leery about this place. For one, it has a bar and serves alcohol. There's also a pretty (sorta) storefront with acres of glass and English words. We sauntered in, ordered three spicy chicken tacos (they did not have carnitas), huevos rancheros, and a large coffee. For what it's worth, the coffee is not bad. The huevos, however, were drowning in runny green sauce and were merely edible. It looked like someone dumped two sunny-side up eggs in a split-pea soup. The tacos came as a set of three for $3.75, two corn tortillas each, meat, and the usual cilantro/onion topping. The texture was mushy, but moist. The spiced chicken was okay, but the flavors didn't manifest themselves on your tongue. I don't know. Will said that, in the future, if a place doesn't have a separate section for tacos on the menu, we probably shouldn't try it. I'm not sure if I agree 100%, but this restaurant definitely tries to attract those who are hesitant about stepping into a hole-in-the-wall taco joint where no English is spoken. And that would be fine if the tacos were good. But they aren't.

Spicy Chicken Tacos

Parrillada

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