Absolutely. Who would say this? La is full of family owned spots for good/authentic Mexican food. I myself don’t go for the menudo but to each his or her own
People.. You do realize that California was part of Mexico before statehood. Settled, governed, and the culture based on mexican values for centuries. From being settled by mexican land grants ie: Rancheros, the mexican lifestyle, food, and style has been entrenched in California since day one. Especially mexican cuisine, from taco carts to haute gastronomy.
First of all those were not tacos, not exactly anyway, those were flautas (basically a fried version of a taco) normal tacos use soft tortillas exactly what he did with the mole and corn, now THAT was a taco.
I never understood why people say you can’t get authentic Mexican food in LA? half of LA is Mexican community and they bring their delicious recipes from their homeland💕
It depends... Mexico is a big country like the US and has a whole bunch of different regional foods. If you want to see what we're missing out on, Rick Bayless has a show on PBS called "Mexico, One Plate at a Time".
if you're looking for accurate regional delicacies then you can't. you can get "authentic" in the case of popular dishes you can but Mexico is a big country with many variations of the same dish existing from place to place. it's complicated but dishes my family back in Mexico would enjoy are nigh impossible to find in the U.S so to me the food in LA isn't very reminiscent of the Mexican food I grew up with. I could claim that to me, it lacks that "authenticity" if I wanted to be pedantic but I won't, I'll just say that it isn't appealing to me specifically. My mom was born in Mexico but spent her later teen years in LA and has the same sentiment to a stronger degree.
You're supposed to squeeze the lime on top of that monster taco ;) Lime on everything. Yum. Also, were it me, I'd take half of the meat off the taco, and put it on the second tortilla. That's what I always do.
Used to live in SoCal, and how I miss the Mexican food! I love the complexity, freshness, and depth of flavor--and as a vegetarian, I really adore the number of dishes that are meatless (or easily can be). Thanks for another yummy food tour!
As a Mexican, I usually have an issue with these 'sit-down-and-drown" dishes. The main dishes are always drowned in sauce, served with beans and rice and OVERPRICED. They are also usually catering to tourists or family gatherings, which allows them to charge a lot. Cielito Lindo seems more authentic; it's best to hit those smaller stands/restaurants so they won't serve the most simple/basic foods with an inflated price. Gracias!!
eltiochusma it’s called BUSINESS! Rent is high, and that my dear Mexican Brother is the butt of most businesses expense costs. We could serve crappy burgers and overpriced steaks, as you will find in most non-Mexican F&B outlets in LA, but we don’t. Usually, the Mexican food you get in LA, is pretty much authentic and value for money. You will find something good to eat for under $4 if you know where to look. GRACIAS!
As a quarter-Mexican who grew up primarily Caucasian, I would visit my Mexican grandmother once every couple of months when I was a kid. When I did she would always make a big dinner which very similar to the food with mole, refried beans, rice, etc... It might not be a daily food but it's more of a special occasion food which is what a cantina will usually serve. I hit up taquerias or taco trucks for my day to day Taco and Burrito fix.
My wife is 1/3 Native Indian and Spanish the rest - in other words, Mexican. Well, I agree with Eltio, overpriced Mexican food can always be found in Mexican restaurants. Yes, the labor, insurance and overhead play a role. Still, make it real or don't offer it. A bland tomato sauce doesn't make anything better. What is hard is that you know you can and do make all these dishes at home. Still, love your take!
A good test of the quality/authenticity is the mole, it’s a very intensive process to make the mole sauce, most places use boxed, but if you can find a place that makes mole in-house, you have found the real deal imo
My introduction to Mexican style food here in New Zealand was in the 90s. We had a Canadian next-door neighbor who learned to cook Tex Mex style food in Texas. He had a food cart in the city center. As well as Tex Mex style chili dogs, he did enchaladas and taco.
That taco looked delicious. I would take half of the filling and put on the second tortilla. Shinichi, love how you describe the flavors and the taste of foods! Thanks for a fun tour! As always, take care and Happy Travels! ♥️🛫🗺
You’re eating it right my friend! There’s a joke that the second tortilla that comes with the taco is so that all the meat that falls out can make you a whole new taco :)
I wish you both had tried mixing the rice and beans with the mole chicken in a tortilla, that way you cut down on the spiciness and get all the good flavors together. I think you both would have liked it better that way.
i watch yall as a latino enjoying all the opinions on japanese and asian foods you guys eat, so seeing this put a goofy smile on my face! writing this before i start, hope you guys enjoy!
You guys made my mouth water with the delicious food you ate. My favorite is refried beans and mexican rice. Shinichi you had my favorite taco and you ate like it was suppose to be eaten. Come back and try more dishes!! Have a great day!
The carnitas taco had two tortillas so you could make two tacos. If you want to try another American city with authentic Mexican food, come to El Paso, Texas! We share the border with Juarez, Mexico.
If you don’t know what Molé sauce is- ask for a small cup to taste before you order it. It’s not for everyone/ it’s a very deep earthy sauce - it’s not at all like enchilada sauce at ALL.
The worst place to eat Mexican food is Olvero Street its a tourist stop. Mole is a very complex sauce with a lot of different spices and chillies. Chicken mole is classic Mexican dish. The central market is a good choice for food. Good choice for that one. The best area for Mexican is East LA just outside downtown area. East LA would be like going to Chinatown in Yokohama in Tokyo for Chinese food. The sauce is called enchilada sauce its a chile / tomato based sauce.
Here on Long Island, I am fortunate to be near by so many bodegas and other international delicatessens if you will. Charlie and me shared a huge melt in your mouth cut up papaya for breakfast. I so wish more famililies frequented these gems rather than the convenience stores we are flooded with. Thank you for sharing this glorious part of Los Angeles.🙋j Even I sometimes forget how important ingredients like fresh lime, cilantro, flat parsley and shredded greens are as components to an otherwise bland, albeit nutritious dish.. Have a beautiful Sunday💌
We’re new to your channel. We discovered you while planning a trip to Japan...while we’re stuck in the US during the pandemic. El Paseo is my favorite Mexican restaurant in LA. They have the best beans in the US. You’ve made us miss LA! Can’t wait to travel again... You have to plan a trip to Chicago when you can travel. The food here is amazing!
Grand Central Market! Have been going there since I was a kid. So glad it was one of your stops. And pretty much all their tacos and burritos are huge like that! It’s prob not the best Mexican food but it’s decent. There’s so many authentic and awesome places to get Mexican food throughout the city. It helps to know a local to show you the places that aren’t touristy. Usually hole in the wall places are the best!!! Love your vids. Missed Satoshi in this one.
Carnitas are one of the tastiest types of tacos. The pork is not just shredded but is cooked in a spice and you got it, the lime is there to cut the fat and adds a powerful citrus flavor that complements each bit. I'm sorry you didn't at least try the roasted jalapeño. Even just the skin which is not hot. You ARE eating the taco properly and your love of food and descriptive experience has made me a true fan. WELL DONE!
The green sauce of the first taquitos is made not from avocado but from green tomatoes “tomatillos” . The color of the Mexican rice is orange because it is flavored with a tomato sauce.
The green sauce is not made from avocados, its made frokm tomatillos and peppers. Perhaps the people you say claim LA has no authentic Mexican food, they are thinking of Olvera Street since most restauarants there lean more touristy (even considering thatt, its still more authentic than most of the USA), LA definitely has authentic Mexican Food, its one of the best places to go aside from Mexico to get it! Also the rice is made with tomato sauce and chicken stock... thats generally how mexican rice is cooked, with some alterations depending on who is makjng it. Fyi, i have a video that shows you how to make it vegetarian style 😉 thanks guys for sharing Mexican American cuisine with your audience, please try to do a bit more research next time! Thanks tho ☺
So excited to see you in my hometown and enjoying my culture too! In Grand Central Market I would also suggest trying the tacos at Tacos Tumbras a Tomas, but the stand you went to is also very good. I'm glad you tried the mole at Olvera Street I think it's one of the only good spots to eat there, but Cielito Lindo is a legend and a must-try. You can find very good mole in all kinds of variations at Guelaguetza. Another old school Mexican place to visit is El Tepeyec in Boyle Heights.
That salsa on the side isn’t salsa it’s pico de Gallo. It’s a type fresh salsa that is mostly tomatoes, onion, cilantro, maybe a hot pepper, salt, and lime for acid. It’s super common in Mexican restaurants and spooned over tacos or whatever as a garish or a hit of something fresh. True Salsas are usually prepared ahead of time and act as backup sauces or an main event depending on dish but are entirely red or green depending on the peppers used. Mole is one of those sauces in the Mexican culinary database that is the hardest to pull off unless you are super familiar with it as it can contain over 100 ingredients depending on recipe plus every household has its own version of mole very similar to Japanese curry as every household has a recipe for it. But every mole has some form of Mexican chocolate which sacrifices sweet flavor for more of a smooth texture and more chocolate taste but no sweet flavor.
4:30 usually it's that color because they put some spice called Saffron :) a very expensive herb that grows only in the deserts of some Arabian countries! mole by the way, is chocolate sauce!
Your taco eating skills are fine. As a person who lives in México City, tacos de carnitas (carne = meat, carnitas = diminutive of a large variety of meats) are very common. I hope that one day you can try other types of mole, not only the poblano mole (poblano from the state of Puebla, and the most known), there are black moles, red, white and green (made with pumpkin seeds, and my favorite one), sweeter or spicier. There's no one real "mexican rice preparation", that was just one type, "arroz rojo" (red rice because of the tomatoes), you can also find "arroz verde" (green rice made with poblano peppers [from the same state, Puebla]), "arroz blanco" (white, kind of "natural version"), "arroz amarillo" (it's yellow because of the saffron, the same herb used for the paella), and others colors more. Hope you had enjoyed your food.
I love LA! You can find a lot of authentic food, not only Mexican. In a separate issue, two of my favorite Japanese couple 😍 I sooo love Satoshi 😍😍 I wish I can meet you guys in person
Come back and we will take you to our local favorite Mexican restaurants, boys! We love King Taco for their carne asada tacos and their carnitas sopes! Pepe’s for their shredded beef and chicken hard shell tacos. There are many awesome taco trucks, scattered all over as well. Thank you for sharing your adventures! I have yet to go to the Grand Central Market. Your carnitas taco was massive! As far as Olvera Street, we haven’t been in years. I had no idea about the taquitos at Cielito Lindo.....I don’t care for saucy guacamole. We only drive by there, whenever we want a French dip/lamb dip, at Philippe’s......yet another place that we need to take you to. Oh, and Johnnies Pastrami. ☺️ Love you both, and your LA videos! ♥️♥️
Ok, the people who say that can’t find authentic Mexican food in L.A., are not from L.A. or California! They have to stay away from the Americanized Mexican food chains and go to local places, some are smaller restaurants, of course, Olvera Street, just anywhere, even catering trucks a long the streets of downtown L.A. has really great authentic Mexican food! And there’s my moms real Mexican cooking... call for reservations, she has a table for six! Lol 😂.... but seriously, go to San Diego to Old Town, also great authentic Mexican food and there’s ladies outside the restaurants, making flour and corn tortillas to go! So happy you two went to Olvera Street, I grew up in Southern California, in South Bay area of L.A., closer towards the beaches, unfortunately I live a few hours away (because of crazy L.A. traffic), but I’m happy that my mother still resides in So. Cal! Thanks for sharing! 😁❤️
I have close to no experience with Mexican food,so this was very interesting for me. After I'll have recovered from my surgery,I must give it a try! Nice video,bringing back a hint of summer to cold North Germany now 😊👋😉
love the video Mole is good depends on the color there is a black, red, and green i repfer the black mole cause it contains chocolate in it but it also depends on where you go to eat it if you are still in california or planning on coming back may i suggest the coyote cafe in old town San Diego not only they have good mexican food but they are the first mexican resturant in california i really enjoy your videos
Yes, the taco place in Grand Central is the best. My mom would get them everytime she went to Chinatown further north. We would split the filling between the two tortillas to make 2 tacos. Sad that the prices are $4.50 now. Used to be 2 tacos for $5. Next time you are in LA, you need to go to Clifton's. It is a super fun cafeteria to go to. It inspired Disneyland.
Do visit the piñata district or fashion district in LA please the fashion district has the best tacos de canasta and bacon wrapped hot dogs !!and the piñata district has a bit of everything :)
You can sooo find authentic Mexican food and especially if you are in the valley. I lived in San Fernando for some time.. majority of the demographic of the Valley is Hispanic and there some amazing mom and pops Food trucks and restaurants. I’m shocked people even say that to you. Olvera is fun and yes touristy but the restaurant you went to makes a mean margarita.. haha! Looks like you had lots of fun! Did you by any chance go across to the train station to look? It’s beautiful inside.
Super busy day, hope Satoshi is having a wonderful evening and Shinichi is having a great afternoon in Amsterdam. You’ll soon be back together boys ☺️☺️☺️☺️ Edit! Brilliant, I love seeing your actual reactions, you seem very genuine about literally everything you eat. The mole sauce looks bloody awesome.
Mole' can have upwards of 26 different ingredients and is extremely time consuming to make. Ive never had it before but I would love to try it. It's just not something you find in the southeast very often and I'm afraid that the store bought paste wouldn't be authentic.
Hi, I've following your channel for a long time and love all of your videos. I am wondering if you could do a tour in kasukabe city, town of crayon shinchan. I am a huge fan of your channel and crayon shinchan. It will be wonder to see your take on the home of crayon shinchan. Thank you for making great videos!
Mexican Food in LA is Pricey Everything You Showed Us Is Usually Half The Price. The Tortillas Looked Hand Made. I Live In Florida And Mexican Dinners Defiantly Our Way Cheaper and No Earthquakes !
Try La Casita Mexicana in Bell but since Shinichi likes to take public transpo he probably won't get to the better places (he's really missing out). Actually most of the LA food in his videos were not of best quality. Having no transpiration is really going to limit what you can have in LA so don't look forward to great food from his reviews. If you want authentic Mexican food find someone from Mexico to recommend a place since most Mexican restaurants serve bastardized Mexican food or Texmex. You won't find tacos or burritos at La Casita Mexicana. FYI the area leaves something to be desired but the food is real.
we can bring our recipes straight from mexico 🇲🇽 but it still won’t taste exactly the same the ingredients here in california differ in quality as the ones we can find in mexico there is so much spices that are substituted with others
Whoever said you can’t find authentic Mexican food in LA doesn’t know LA and needs to take several seats.
Mr. Hand no one ever says that
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mtronix well somebody’s been telling Shinichi that @2:13 .
Absolutely. Who would say this? La is full of family owned spots for good/authentic Mexican food. I myself don’t go for the menudo but to each his or her own
Right!! I just posted that and saw this after..
People.. You do realize that California was part of Mexico before statehood. Settled, governed, and the culture based on mexican values for centuries. From being settled by mexican land grants ie: Rancheros, the mexican lifestyle, food, and style has been entrenched in California since day one. Especially mexican cuisine, from taco carts to haute gastronomy.
Los Angeles is the second largest Mexican city after Mexico City. The food there is almost like an additional region of Mexican.
I think the green 'sauce' on the taquitos was a salsa verde made with tomatillos not avocados. :)
laraq07 no, you can see on their menu they are famous for their beef taquitos with avocado sauce
I assumed the same. Probably a tomatillo sauce with avocado blended in??
The sauce is avocado taquero made with avocado yogurt garlic onion jalapenos cilantro salt and water. Google ' My Latina Table' for a good recipe.
It's entirely possible that it's tomatillo and avocado together. And the literal translation of salsa is just sauce so it's whatever
First of all those were not tacos, not exactly anyway, those were flautas (basically a fried version of a taco) normal tacos use soft tortillas exactly what he did with the mole and corn, now THAT was a taco.
I never understood why people say you can’t get authentic Mexican food in LA? half of LA is Mexican community and they bring their delicious recipes from their homeland💕
It depends... Mexico is a big country like the US and has a whole bunch of different regional foods. If you want to see what we're missing out on, Rick Bayless has a show on PBS called "Mexico, One Plate at a Time".
if you're looking for accurate regional delicacies then you can't. you can get "authentic" in the case of popular dishes you can but Mexico is a big country with many variations of the same dish existing from place to place. it's complicated but dishes my family back in Mexico would enjoy are nigh impossible to find in the U.S so to me the food in LA isn't very reminiscent of the Mexican food I grew up with. I could claim that to me, it lacks that "authenticity" if I wanted to be pedantic but I won't, I'll just say that it isn't appealing to me specifically. My mom was born in Mexico but spent her later teen years in LA and has the same sentiment to a stronger degree.
The second tortilla is to catch everything thats drops when you eat so you get 2 tacos!
Welcome to LA! I need to get myself to Grand Central Market and hit that taco place.
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You're supposed to squeeze the lime on top of that monster taco ;) Lime on everything. Yum.
Also, were it me, I'd take half of the meat off the taco, and put it on the second tortilla. That's what I always do.
Used to live in SoCal, and how I miss the Mexican food! I love the complexity, freshness, and depth of flavor--and as a vegetarian, I really adore the number of dishes that are meatless (or easily can be). Thanks for another yummy food tour!
As a Mexican, I usually have an issue with these 'sit-down-and-drown" dishes. The main dishes are always drowned in sauce, served with beans and rice and OVERPRICED. They are also usually catering to tourists or family gatherings, which allows them to charge a lot. Cielito Lindo seems more authentic; it's best to hit those smaller stands/restaurants so they won't serve the most simple/basic foods with an inflated price. Gracias!!
eltiochusma it’s called BUSINESS! Rent is high, and that my dear Mexican Brother is the butt of most businesses expense costs. We could serve crappy burgers and overpriced steaks, as you will find in most non-Mexican F&B outlets in LA, but we don’t. Usually, the Mexican food you get in LA, is pretty much authentic and value for money. You will find something good to eat for under $4 if you know where to look. GRACIAS!
As a quarter-Mexican who grew up primarily Caucasian, I would visit my Mexican grandmother once every couple of months when I was a kid. When I did she would always make a big dinner which very similar to the food with mole, refried beans, rice, etc... It might not be a daily food but it's more of a special occasion food which is what a cantina will usually serve. I hit up taquerias or taco trucks for my day to day Taco and Burrito fix.
My wife is 1/3 Native Indian and Spanish the rest - in other words, Mexican. Well, I agree with Eltio, overpriced Mexican food can always be found in Mexican restaurants. Yes, the labor, insurance and overhead play a role. Still, make it real or don't offer it. A bland tomato sauce doesn't make anything better. What is hard is that you know you can and do make all these dishes at home. Still, love your take!
A good test of the quality/authenticity is the mole, it’s a very intensive process to make the mole sauce, most places use boxed, but if you can find a place that makes mole in-house, you have found the real deal imo
My introduction to Mexican style food here in New Zealand was in the 90s. We had a Canadian next-door neighbor who learned to cook Tex Mex style food in Texas. He had a food cart in the city center. As well as Tex Mex style chili dogs, he did enchaladas and taco.
That taco looked delicious. I would take half of the filling and put on the second tortilla. Shinichi, love how you describe the flavors and the taste of foods! Thanks for a fun tour! As always, take care and Happy Travels! ♥️🛫🗺
You’re eating it right my friend! There’s a joke that the second tortilla that comes with the taco is so that all the meat that falls out can make you a whole new taco :)
My favorite dish of all time is my mom's homemade pollo con molé y arroz! The one he had looks delicious! I'm happy you enjoy our dishes 😊💗
If I have frijoles & arroz with a tortilla, I'm eating!
Heyo! Mexican here! As long as you enjoy the food, I think that is the correct way. Thanks for the content!
I wish you both had tried mixing the rice and beans with the mole chicken in a tortilla, that way you cut down on the spiciness and get all the good flavors together. I think you both would have liked it better that way.
Man, mexican food is my favorite.
Stuffyluffy me too
So fun to see more of your LA adventures! I’m glad you get to explore Mexican cuisine with each trip here. Thanks for the fun video!
i watch yall as a latino enjoying all the opinions on japanese and asian foods you guys eat, so seeing this put a goofy smile on my face! writing this before i start, hope you guys enjoy!
You guys made my mouth water with the delicious food you ate. My favorite is refried beans and mexican rice. Shinichi you had my favorite taco and you ate like it was suppose to be eaten. Come back and try more dishes!! Have a great day!
The carnitas taco had two tortillas so you could make two tacos. If you want to try another American city with authentic Mexican food, come to El Paso, Texas! We share the border with Juarez, Mexico.
So... you can get very good authentic Mexican food in L.A. as well as other parts of the US, you just have to know where to look!
I will add: Mexico is an entire country with various regional styles. Bear that in mind when looking for authenticity.
The little holes in the wall are always the best!
If you don’t know what Molé sauce is- ask for a small cup to taste before you order it.
It’s not for everyone/ it’s a very deep earthy sauce - it’s not at all like enchilada sauce at ALL.
Next time you see 2 tortillas and a lot of meat in one taco, just make 2 tacos 🤣
Watching Lawrence try Mexican food just made my night. I love his reactions!
Stephanie H me too
The worst place to eat Mexican food is Olvero Street its a tourist stop. Mole is a very complex sauce with a lot of different spices and chillies.
Chicken mole is classic Mexican dish. The central market is a good choice for food. Good choice for that one. The best area for Mexican is East LA just outside downtown area. East LA would be like going to Chinatown in Yokohama in Tokyo for Chinese food. The sauce is called enchilada sauce its a chile / tomato based sauce.
Here on Long Island, I am fortunate to be near by so many bodegas and other international delicatessens if you will.
Charlie and me shared a huge
melt in your mouth cut up papaya for breakfast.
I so wish more famililies frequented these gems rather than the convenience stores we are flooded with.
Thank you for sharing this glorious part of Los Angeles.🙋j
Even I sometimes forget how important ingredients like fresh lime, cilantro, flat parsley and shredded greens are as components to an otherwise bland, albeit nutritious dish..
Have a beautiful Sunday💌
4:34, I liked how Lawrence was describing the rice! 😀
Mix the rice and beans together with each bite
We’re new to your channel. We discovered you while planning a trip to Japan...while we’re stuck in the US during the pandemic. El Paseo is my favorite Mexican restaurant in LA. They have the best beans in the US. You’ve made us miss LA! Can’t wait to travel again... You have to plan a trip to Chicago when you can travel. The food here is amazing!
The most authentic mexican food i n la i ever had is at my house or at a friends grandmas house.
Omg Olvera Street! My childhood! My family loves to go there once a month to buy lunch and taquitos ❤️❤️❤️
Shinichi you are making me so hungry for some good Mexican food now. That taco omg. I want one!
I’m missing Satoshi.
Alexandre Yamada me too...me too..😪
@@xOh_Sangwoox Let's give him a shout out at his solo channel!
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watching this made me hungry those dishes looked delicious.
What I love about meals like this is that there are so many ways to enjoy it. You may order one meal but its like 5 or 6 in one on combos and flavor
I love Mexican food and I mix the Rice and beans together and I eat it with a corn chip. delicious!
Oh man! That carnitas has me drooling!! And I'm just sitting here with my popcorn that's not carnitas.
Great video, love watching you guys try out foreign stuff!
LA have lots of Delicious Mexican food I’m glad you got to sample some of it.
An excellent mole is at the "Romanti-Ezer" in Santa Barbara. Yes, strange name, but great food. The chips even come with mole and cojita cheese.
Thanks for the recommendation, looks amazing.
Thanks for the recommendation, looks amazing.
Grand Central Market! Have been going there since I was a kid. So glad it was one of your stops. And pretty much all their tacos and burritos are huge like that! It’s prob not the best Mexican food but it’s decent. There’s so many authentic and awesome places to get Mexican food throughout the city. It helps to know a local to show you the places that aren’t touristy. Usually hole in the wall places are the best!!! Love your vids. Missed Satoshi in this one.
You're only eating the taco wrong if it's not going inside your mouth 😂😂😂
This is what I was thinking.
Or if it comes from taco bell......
Carnitas are one of the tastiest types of tacos. The pork is not just shredded but is cooked in a spice and you got it, the lime is there to cut the fat and adds a powerful citrus flavor that complements each bit. I'm sorry you didn't at least try the roasted jalapeño. Even just the skin which is not hot. You ARE eating the taco properly and your love of food and descriptive experience has made me a true fan. WELL DONE!
The green sauce of the first taquitos is made not from avocado but from green tomatoes “tomatillos” . The color of the Mexican rice is orange because it is flavored with a tomato sauce.
Thank you for trying Lawrence’s dish! He seemed so out of his element!
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I always watch your vídeos, Greetings from México!
The green sauce is not made from avocados, its made frokm tomatillos and peppers. Perhaps the people you say claim LA has no authentic Mexican food, they are thinking of Olvera Street since most restauarants there lean more touristy (even considering thatt, its still more authentic than most of the USA), LA definitely has authentic Mexican Food, its one of the best places to go aside from Mexico to get it! Also the rice is made with tomato sauce and chicken stock... thats generally how mexican rice is cooked, with some alterations depending on who is makjng it. Fyi, i have a video that shows you how to make it vegetarian style 😉 thanks guys for sharing Mexican American cuisine with your audience, please try to do a bit more research next time! Thanks tho ☺
So excited to see you in my hometown and enjoying my culture too!
In Grand Central Market I would also suggest trying the tacos at Tacos Tumbras a Tomas, but the stand you went to is also very good. I'm glad you tried the mole at Olvera Street I think it's one of the only good spots to eat there, but Cielito Lindo is a legend and a must-try. You can find very good mole in all kinds of variations at Guelaguetza. Another old school Mexican place to visit is El Tepeyec in Boyle Heights.
El Tepeyac it's different owners for about the last two for five years not as good as he used to be
@@louiskanter3028 That makes me so sad!
That salsa on the side isn’t salsa it’s pico de Gallo. It’s a type fresh salsa that is mostly tomatoes, onion, cilantro, maybe a hot pepper, salt, and lime for acid. It’s super common in Mexican restaurants and spooned over tacos or whatever as a garish or a hit of something fresh. True Salsas are usually prepared ahead of time and act as backup sauces or an main event depending on dish but are entirely red or green depending on the peppers used. Mole is one of those sauces in the Mexican culinary database that is the hardest to pull off unless you are super familiar with it as it can contain over 100 ingredients depending on recipe plus every household has its own version of mole very similar to Japanese curry as every household has a recipe for it. But every mole has some form of Mexican chocolate which sacrifices sweet flavor for more of a smooth texture and more chocolate taste but no sweet flavor.
Salsa bandera where im from pico de gallo is the fruit cup
I love Mole and anything seafood is gonna be a winner when done right and that looked awesome!
Loving the Mexican Yummmmmy food 😍😍😍
4:30 usually it's that color because they put some spice called Saffron :) a very expensive herb that grows only in the deserts of some Arabian countries! mole by the way, is chocolate sauce!
Tomato sauce is used in the rice and gives it the color, not saffron.
Mexicans don’t use saffron
Your taco eating skills are fine.
As a person who lives in México City, tacos de carnitas (carne = meat, carnitas = diminutive of a large variety of meats) are very common.
I hope that one day you can try other types of mole, not only the poblano mole (poblano from the state of Puebla, and the most known), there are black moles, red, white and green (made with pumpkin seeds, and my favorite one), sweeter or spicier.
There's no one real "mexican rice preparation", that was just one type, "arroz rojo" (red rice because of the tomatoes), you can also find "arroz verde" (green rice made with poblano peppers [from the same state, Puebla]), "arroz blanco" (white, kind of "natural version"), "arroz amarillo" (it's yellow because of the saffron, the same herb used for the paella), and others colors more.
Hope you had enjoyed your food.
I love LA! You can find a lot of authentic food, not only Mexican.
In a separate issue, two of my favorite Japanese couple 😍 I sooo love Satoshi 😍😍 I wish I can meet you guys in person
Again a great video. I hope laurence will starts his own channel with foodrevieuws. Thanks for sharing
Come back and we will take you to our local favorite Mexican restaurants, boys! We love King Taco for their carne asada tacos and their carnitas sopes! Pepe’s for their shredded beef and chicken hard shell tacos. There are many awesome taco trucks, scattered all over as well.
Thank you for sharing your adventures! I have yet to go to the Grand Central Market. Your carnitas taco was massive! As far as Olvera Street, we haven’t been in years. I had no idea about the taquitos at Cielito Lindo.....I don’t care for saucy guacamole. We only drive by there, whenever we want a French dip/lamb dip, at Philippe’s......yet another place that we need to take you to. Oh, and Johnnies Pastrami. ☺️
Love you both, and your LA videos! ♥️♥️
Ok, the people who say that can’t find authentic Mexican food in L.A., are not from L.A. or California! They have to stay away from the Americanized Mexican food chains and go to local places, some are smaller restaurants, of course, Olvera Street, just anywhere, even catering trucks a long the streets of downtown L.A. has really great authentic Mexican food! And there’s my moms real Mexican cooking... call for reservations, she has a table for six! Lol 😂.... but seriously, go to San Diego to Old Town, also great authentic Mexican food and there’s ladies outside the restaurants, making flour and corn tortillas to go! So happy you two went to Olvera Street, I grew up in Southern California, in South Bay area of L.A., closer towards the beaches, unfortunately I live a few hours away (because of crazy L.A. traffic), but I’m happy that my mother still resides in So. Cal! Thanks for sharing! 😁❤️
I have close to no experience with Mexican food,so this was very interesting for me. After I'll have recovered from my surgery,I must give it a try! Nice video,bringing back a hint of summer to cold North Germany now 😊👋😉
@GoldenState thank you,I will 😊
The best way to eat a taco is to hold the taco parallel to the table and then tilt your head to bite it. So move your head instead of the taco.
Ugh the taquitos 😛 my mouth is watering
Theres a mexican stand next to that sit down restaurant thats sooo much better. Tastes alot like homemade mexican food!
love the video Mole is good depends on the color there is a black, red, and green i repfer the black mole cause it contains chocolate in it but it also depends on where you go to eat it if you are still in california or planning on coming back may i suggest the coyote cafe in old town San Diego not only they have good mexican food but they are the first mexican resturant in california i really enjoy your videos
At 10:12 there is 2 corn tortillas there so you can make 2 tacos with all of that food .
Damn that taco was humongous haha I definitely gotta try it next time I visit that marketplace.
Yes, the taco place in Grand Central is the best. My mom would get them everytime she went to Chinatown further north. We would split the filling between the two tortillas to make 2 tacos. Sad that the prices are $4.50 now. Used to be 2 tacos for $5. Next time you are in LA, you need to go to Clifton's. It is a super fun cafeteria to go to. It inspired Disneyland.
LA has very authentic food! It just depends on where you go. The food you ate looks authentic ♥️
Oh my gosh all that Mexican good looks amazing! Those taquitos ana the tacos looked so awesome lol those tacos were massive
I think the last place was the best! Of course the taco didn't come with delicious beans & rice! I want some now, my mouth is watering! Yum! 💜
Looks yummy! Laurence always has the best shades!!
Do visit the piñata district or fashion district in LA please the fashion district has the best tacos de canasta and bacon wrapped hot dogs !!and the piñata district has a bit of everything :)
Mmmmm....tacos de canasta, que rico.
So yum Mexican food!!!!
Now I need to get back to LA!
Sepulveda - se - PUHL - ve - duh
That made me hungry, it looked Amazing. 👍🌮
What kind of camera are you using for your trips?
Those taquitos look bomb, man. Mmm. Now I want taquitos. 😭
I'm a new in the Chanel. Coming from the video of Asían Boss. Lovely couple, saludos desde México.
You should try Tex-mex food in Texas. It’s similar but different flavors! Delicious.
🤤Damn man I'm Mexican and your video made my mouth water
California has the best mexican food in the USA. First of all, we have a huge mexican population here that has given us great food!!!!
Horchata is amazing!
You can sooo find authentic Mexican food and especially if you are in the valley. I lived in San Fernando for some time.. majority of the demographic of the Valley is Hispanic and there some amazing mom and pops Food trucks and restaurants. I’m shocked people even say that to you. Olvera is fun and yes touristy but the restaurant you went to makes a mean margarita.. haha! Looks like you had lots of fun! Did you by any chance go across to the train station to look? It’s beautiful inside.
In Australia they would serve that salsa & tortilla chips entree as a main & charge you for it
6:01 the stuff on the side is not salsa it's pico de gallo
Pretty sure that green sauce is salsa verde made with chile & tomatillo, not guacamole or any avocado. May be wrong, but...
Super busy day, hope Satoshi is having a wonderful evening and Shinichi is having a great afternoon in Amsterdam. You’ll soon be back together boys ☺️☺️☺️☺️
Edit! Brilliant, I love seeing your actual reactions, you seem very genuine about literally everything you eat. The mole sauce looks bloody awesome.
Honey this Texas. We have lodes of great food from all parts of Mexico. Where is my other 🤴
Ur eating the taco 🌮 perfectly
Mole' can have upwards of 26 different ingredients and is extremely time consuming to make. Ive never had it before but I would love to try it. It's just not something you find in the southeast very often and I'm afraid that the store bought paste wouldn't be authentic.
Hi, I've following your channel for a long time and love all of your videos. I am wondering if you could do a tour in kasukabe city, town of crayon shinchan. I am a huge fan of your channel and crayon shinchan. It will be wonder to see your take on the home of crayon shinchan. Thank you for making great videos!
Mexican Food in LA is Pricey Everything You Showed Us Is Usually Half The Price. The Tortillas Looked Hand Made. I Live In Florida And Mexican Dinners Defiantly Our Way Cheaper and No Earthquakes !
There's no wrong way to eat a taco my friend. 😁
There is no right or wrong way to eat a taco. Just enjoy!
The last taco 4 dólares??? Dude u get that for Like 50cents here in mexico
I love green salsa on anything!!
I love all those places!
I love the taquitos at Cielito Lindo!
Also, Mexican rice is red because of tomato sauce :)
Try La Casita Mexicana in Bell but since Shinichi likes to take public transpo he probably won't get to the better places (he's really missing out). Actually most of the LA food in his videos were not of best quality. Having no transpiration is really going to limit what you can have in LA so don't look forward to great food from his reviews. If you want authentic Mexican food find someone from Mexico to recommend a place since most Mexican restaurants serve bastardized Mexican food or Texmex. You won't find tacos or burritos at La Casita Mexicana. FYI the area leaves something to be desired but the food is real.
we can bring our recipes straight from mexico 🇲🇽 but it still won’t taste exactly the same the ingredients here in california differ in quality as the ones we can find in mexico there is so much spices that are substituted with others