San Diego Mexican FOOD TOUR! (3 types of TACOS 🌮, California Burrito, & Carne Asada Fries)

Yesterday we spent the day exploring all around San Diego and today we are going on a San Diego Mexican food tour. It's no secret that Mexican food is our all-time favorite food and lucky for us San Diego is located on the border of Mexico's Baja California and is home to a wide variety of Mexican spots. While we wish we could try them all in this video we are trying five different items ranging from tacos to more unique local eats. It's kind of a rainy day there's nothing better to do than just to stuff your face. Kind of tomato-y. Our first stop is at Kiko's Place Seafood. It's a mariscos truck which is a seafood truck so naturally we are here for fish tacos. So we got their OG fish taco which is Baja style so it originates from Baja California Mexico and it has deep-fried white fish there's cabbage there's tomatoes I see and then it comes with a creamy white sauce and then we added this orange looking brown chipotle sauce on there mmm looks so good. Oh yeah that's a big piece of fish in there. Wow that is ridiculously delicious there's a ton of fish in there you can see and then the breading on the outside is so crispy and flaky oh man it's got a nice good crunch there and then you have all the crunchy veggies on top the white sauce is very creamy the chipotle gives it a little spicy touch but man all these textures and all these flavors just work together so well. This is this is awesome. Stars is so dang good. Mmm that crunch is so dang good and the fish is so just tender and flaky and moist on the inside oh and this chipotle sauce I know that doesn't come on it normally but it gives it such a nice smoky flavor so it's a very very good addition. Yeah this is turning me into a fish fan. All right on to stop number two. For our next stop we headed to Ocean Beach which is where we had hoedads in our last video so make sure to go check that video out to see a massive burger but today we came to a spot called Mike's Taco Club to try two iconic San Diego food items. So this bad boy is a California burrito this is only half of it the other half's right here this originated in the 80s and typically it has carne asada beef there's tomatoes there's guac there's onions cheese and its most notable feature are french fries stuffed inside this bad boy. This burrito is bomb. The meat in there has such good seasoning on it so salty and tender you can just taste all the different spices and then all the textures with the the pillowy potato in there you got the guac flavor all the fresh veggies and wrapped up in this beautifully little crispy tortilla. Man this is a ridiculous burrito so good. And the second item we got are, if I can get it open, carne asada fries. Oh my goodness you can't even you can't even see the fries because it's just loaded with toppings. So these also originated in San Diego in the 1990s and it said that they originated at Lolita's Mexican restaurant but it's not a hundred percent certain where it originated but I'm just glad it did because this looks so good. It's basically the same thing as Adam's burrito but just not wrapped in a tortilla so we have fries down here, carne asada, some pico, some sour cream, some guacamole, oh and cheese. These fries look like they have a seasoning on them too they kind of have a little bit of like an orange spicy looking flavor to them. Yeah french fries by themselves amazing but then just load them up with cheese and meat and other goodies and you really can't go wrong. This is dynamite. There's just so much going on in this in this giant bucket here. We're at one of our all-time favorite taco shops in the entire United States, Tacos El Gordo. We have locations in both San Diego and Las Vegas and we've been to both multiple times and to be honest one of the reasons we were excited to come back to San Diego was to get to have it again. So they serve a variety of different meats and different food items but we're here for the adobada tacos which is a marinated pork and then it's roasted on a what's called a trumpo or like a spit and so they have the tortilla in their hand and they're like shaving the meat off. They'll shave it off and then they'll put the sauces on it and then they'll put the toppings. They just do it all super fast and it's super impressive to watch them. I'm so excited about this and we actually ran into a subscriber named Luis while we were in line to pay and he bought our tacos which was so nice so thank you Luis. We really appreciate it and this one's for you. Cheers. Oh it is just as good as I remember. I dream about this place all the time. It just really takes us back to being in Mexico City and having al pastor tacos like five times a day while we were there. The tortilla is the perfect just like consistency and texture. It's a little bit chewy. It's not too dry. It has a little bit of moistness to it. The meat is just so flavorful. The sauce is so flavorful. The meat also has a little bit of like a crisp on it from being on the trumper. It's the perfect taco. We also got some sides of pineapple to go with it which I think will make it just even better. That is just excellent. Sweet. A little bit of spicy. Savory. Salty. Creamy with the sauces. Crunchy with the fresh onions there and even though they shave the meat so thin it's still just so juicy. Like Catherine says there's a little bit of crisp from the trumpo turning. It's just so good. A little bit of pockets of fat on some of the meat there. Just every flavor and combination is just delicious. If you've never been to Tacos El Gordo before the ordering process can seem pretty confusing at first. They have different lines set up that correspond to different meats and different food items. So they have an autobata line, a carne asada line and then some other lines as well. So you may have to hop between different lines using your tray to get all the different types of food and tacos that you want. And we've had quite a few different things here and everything's been delicious but you just have to get the autobata tacos. They are my favorite kind of taco. They're just the best. We just made a quick pit stop at Northgate Market which is a Hispanic grocery store chain here in the area. This place is so amazing. They have so many delicious Mexican treats and food as well as your typical grocery store items. We went last time we were in San Diego and that location had these vats of salsa. It was one of the coolest things ever to see as big salsa lovers. They didn't have it at this location but they still have all their homemade salsas there. So we grabbed some salsa, some chips to take back to our campsite to enjoy later once we're hungry again. For our time here in San Diego we're staying at the Tijuana River Valley campground. It's basically right on the Mexico border. Just on the other side of that big hill there is Mexico which is pretty crazy. It's a brand new campground. They got really nice campsites and there's yurts right there as you can see. And for the three nights we were staying it's only $80 which is a pretty good deal. We've got one more Mexican food spot that we want to check out but it wasn't open today so we're gonna go check it out tomorrow. But for the rest of today I think we're gonna maybe crack into those chips and salsa but more than likely just lay down because we are both just so dang full. For our final stop on this Mexican food extravaganza we came to Ed Fernandez restaurant Birria for birria. Birria is a traditional Mexican food dish from the state of Jalisco. It's marinated and stewed beef or goat meat and here at Ed Fernandez they use beef. And we got ours in the form of queso tacos. Oh my goodness. We've had birria tacos one other time back in Austin and we loved it so much and we've been so excited to try it again. And first impressions, one this tortilla looks so incredibly fresh and homemade. The meat looks so juicy and tender and then oh all that melted cheese it's gonna be so good. And we also got a side of the consome which is basically the stew and then we're gonna dip the tacos into the stew. Although right now I'm like I don't know how I'm gonna do this without spilling all over myself. Look at this they load it up with meat. This is a hefty taco. Oh shoot it's dripping everywhere. Oh that cheese I saw it. It's so messy but it's so so good. It's so flavorful. But honestly the messier the food the better it is. I think I think that's the motto. Man that is so beefy, so cheesy. The tortilla like Catherine said is spot-on, so fresh. And then you got all the toppings on there. This taco is just amazing. Tender, juicy and then in the consome and you have to get the consome because it's just all this meat beefy flavor just boiled down in there with all the marinade. It's just super concentrated. Oh my gosh it is just heavenly. So good, so hearty. One final thought on this corn tortilla because this is probably the best corn tortilla we've had over the last day. It's nice and thick and sturdy. It's kind of almost like a corn cake. And a normal store-bought corn tortilla would have been in pieces at this point. But even though this is so juicy there are no cracks. This thing holds up so well. It has been so fun and so delicious here in San Diego. And while we love it here and wish we could stay for many months there's just so much more in California we want to explore. And next up we are heading on a road trip. So lately I've been getting a few comments about my Spanish pronunciation and how it's pretty good and I'm pretty proud of that. But the word birreria is the hardest Spanish word I've ever come across. Can't get it. Still not saying it right. Birreria. So it's supposed to sound something like this. Birreria. But don't do it the way the English Google Translate wants you to do it. Don't do it this way. Birreria. Birreria. That's not right. We know that's wrong. As we're sitting here thinking about how hard that word is to pronounce I'm thinking to myself I need to do Duolingo every day. I really want to learn Spanish and coincidentally Rosetta Stone literally as we're sitting here just emailed us wanting to sponsor a video. It's like they're here. They're listening.