BLOCHO'S TACOS

Part One. I have recently returned to life in the USA after a two year stint living in London. I loved London. Life felt more manageable there compared to the hectic hubbub of New York City and I had all of  Europe in my backyard. I took advantage of this...and more than just Europe. In two years, I set foot in 23 different countries, many more cities and made sure to eat my way through all these new lands. One thing I missed the most about the States, about NY...and about some of my favorite American cities, LA and Austin and San Francisco, was TACOS. Apparently Mexican cuisine exists in London. I had my fare share of “Mexican style” food, but I missed the true true warm-tortilla-sizzling-meat-oil-and-toppings-dripping-out-the-back-end-of-the tortilla-all-over-my-hands tacos that I have come to adore in my taco eating adventures. So once happily back in the Big Apple, my friend, Harry, suggested that we catch up over tacos and tequila. Music to my ears. Plus, we were b...

Last Wednesday night at 10pm I was hungry.  Very hungry.  After running post-work errands all around the city, back and forth on subways, I plopped down on the couch at my friends, watched 20 minutes of The Titanic (I saw the iceberg), I realized the only thing to satisfy my stomach gnawing hunger was a TACO. Good thing that El Diabilto Taqueria (60 East 3rd Street, NY, NY) was a few flight of stairs away from the Titanic-watching couch.  In order to maximize the laziness factor, I called and ordered one Carne Asada taco and said I'd be down in 5 minutes. Voila! The taco was simple and delicious.  As always, the squeeze of lime juice made a huge difference and helped to offset the dry/smokey heat from the hot sauce.  The meat was cooked perfectly and the no-nonsense accouterments hit the spot.  My hunger was satiated and I was happy. El Diablito, I will return to you.  They have a killer brunch menu and for NYC it is very  well price...