minxeats – recipes, recaps, and restaurant critiques: Restaurant Review

We’ve been going to the R & R Taqueria on Honeygo Blvd for years now, however I’ve by no means written in regards to the place. Mostly as a result of I grew to become Instagram-lazy and fell into the entice that I attempted to keep away from for a very long time. Because, yeah, it is simpler simply to jot down just a few phrase caption than to suppose analytically about one thing. “This is fairly. Like and observe me for extra.”

I’m sorry. But I can not assure I’ll be higher about it.

Anyhoo, we love the tacos at R & R –and most different stuff, too. But the tacos particularly, for one foremost motive: the meat is at all times tender. I’ve had tacos in numerous different locations, each “genuine” and “inauthentic,” and throughout the board, most hen and beef tacos could possibly be crammed with shredded leather-based and I would not know the distinction. Not solely is the meat often robust, however it additionally has no taste. (I’m unsure why eating places nonetheless insist on utilizing hen breast meat for all the pieces after they know rattling properly they are going to overcook it. Dumbasses.) 

At R & R, nevertheless, the meat is tender and properly-seasoned. I benefit from the carnitas probably the most, made with fatty little hunks of pork. The buche, or pork stomach, can be excellent, as is the lengua, or tongue. Talk about tender meat! I additionally respect that the tacos are easy avenue tacos, topped with white onion and cilantro, served with wedges of lime and small pots of reasonably spicy inexperienced and pink sauces. 

I additionally get pleasure from their tortas, served on bolillo bread and full of beans, cheese, pickled jalapenos, mayo, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and a protein. The one pictured has Milanesa de res, or breadcrumb-coated and fried steak (like hen or veal Milanese), however can be had with carne asada, blackened hen, pork al pastor, carnitas, or chorizo and egg.  

extra fairly tacos!

Another one in every of my favourite issues to eat at R & R is a tamale. So lots of the ones I’ve tried in different places have been dry and bland. Recently, at a restaurant that focuses on birria dishes, I had tamale that was a crumbly abomination. R & R’s tamales are fairly the opposite–fluffy clouds of steamed masa and lard dough with both a pork or hen filling and topped with salsa verde, salsa roja, or mole. (Pork and mole for me, please!)  And they’re $3.50 every. For a modest eater, one makes a really high quality and tremendous low cost lunch.

not as fairly, however tremendous scrumptious – tamales

We’ve tried a number of different objects at R & R, together with huaraches, sopes, alambre, parrillada, and the steak and queso-smothered fries. Everything was scrumptious. There’s a lot extra to attempt, however I get a bit paralyzed wanting on the huge menu so I default to tacos. Someday I’d wish to go for breakfast and get a burrito, or chilaquiles, perhaps a chorizo omelette. I’m curious in regards to the burger, which mixes floor beef with chorizo, however they serve it on a frackin’ brioche bun. (WHY???) Wonder if I may get it on bolillo, like a torta?

Only one strategy to discover out.

R & R Taqueria

There are additionally areas in Baltimore City and Elkridge.

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