Oaxaca, the popular mini-chain taqueria in Brooklyn, recently opened a new location in the East Village. I decided to try their take-out since I was working in the area. It’s not my favorite way to judge a place since most food tastes better in house, but I couldn’t pass up a chance to try new tacos.
I always expect take-out tacos to be smashed in tin foil with soggy shells so I was happy to see that everything arrived in a pleasant state.
Oaxaca doesn’t have a very in depth menu. Their only choices for tacos being steak, chicken, pork, rice and beans, fish and an especiale, which I’m not exactly sure of. Not having the cash for fish or especiale (they’re a dollar extra with the 3 taco combo) and not being interested in plain rice and beans I choose steak, chicken and pork.
I was pumped to see pickled onions since they’re one of my favorite toppings and the cojita cheese was a nice tangy addition but across the board the tacos were too dry. The pork was soft and tender but not nearly moist enough. The steak was cut too big and contained a lot of gristle and the stewed chicken did nothing to change my mind about chicken being the worst choice for tacos. It was the driest of the three.
So I ended up being torn. The food arrived looking great, the tortillas were not soggy and disintegrated and the toppings were fresh. But I wasn’t impressed with the filling. Maybe fans of the Oaxaca locations in Brooklyn can fill me in on their experiences. The Manhattan location might not be up to speed yet.
Oaxaca Tacos
16 Extra Place
New York, NY 10003
I’m calling it. The Walking Dead series kind of sucks. I don’t want to call it, but with the new major plot lines not taken from the book and word that Darabont has fired the writing staff things are not looking good.
I was nervous when they introduced brand new characters that seemed to be based entirely on stereo-types (I call them T-Bone and the Racist said in morning radio show voice). Then I became full on worried when five shows in they decided to delve into the source of the zombie outbreak by heading to the CDC, something the comic hasn’t attempted to explain in nearly 80 issues. Because there’s no point. I don’t need to know why it happened. The characters don’t need to know why it happened. The story is about survival and what happens to people when the world goes completely to shit. That is interesting enough and considering it’s an incredibly popular and long running comic book series, I think people agree. I feel like the show is completely underestimating it’s audience. I know that they want more than just fans of the comic to watch and I understand that television is a different medium than print. I was with Darabont when he explained that they were going to expand upon Kirkman’s work with his supervision. I was excited to see them explore things that were glossed over in the book. But at the end of the day, I’m a fan of Walking Dead for a reason and I expected to see a show that stayed true to the story. Now it looks as though “exploring things” has become the main and only focus.
The show looks great and I think the casting of the main characters remains spot on. I certainly hope I’m wrong about the direction it’s going. Hopefully, they’ll find a way to get back to the story and stop adding flat pointless characters. But I don’t think there’s any turning back from the CDC plotline. So until proven otherwise, I kind of think the show sucks.
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