Evidently, my name is Daisy, I just turned 20 and as you might know I was born and raised in Southern California. My favorite food is Mexican both by nature and nurture and there is no drink in the world that I love more than iced tea. I think I can cook but I'm not too sure because I'm to lazy to get up and actually cook for myself. I am a communications/business major, and what better way to startup my career than with a blog.
The lucky winner who randomly landed the job of being our first feature on Table for Tres is Fonda Lolita Tacombi located in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan (267 Elizabeth St.) Up till now I have personally tried numerous Mexican restaurants in NY and the majority have failed to conquered my taste buds. Only one other Mexican eatery in NY has excited my mouth, Taqueria Diana in the East Village, but that is another story for another day. Being Mexican, and leaving California not having delicious Mexican food at arms reach was and is one of the hardest parts of moving across the country.
On this lunch date Fonda Tacombi was a second choice we walked about half an our from SoHo to Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken, but as soon as we got there, after starving for about an hour we immediately had #ragrets, none of us were into sandwiches at the moment. So we peeped Instagram and found Fonda Tacombi only 5 minutes away, which in the 25 degree cold was eternal. We finally made it and were rather surprised the front doors huge and warehouse like, just like in Mexico. As soon as we opened the door the small hallway made of Mexican blankets filled with the aroma of hand made tortillas, the walls conceled in vintage posters announcing paletas, esquite, aquas frescas, micheladas, and cervezas. The hallway led to a beach like bar stand, where they served fresh fruit water, coffee, etc. The inside resembled well um... Mexico, white cinderblock, small metal tables, and chairs. The most unique thing I have seen in a restaurant, was the old VW van thats served as the taco bar. The entire time there is a cook inside the van cranking out tacos. We were quickly seated and immediately started drooling over the menu, lots of familiar dishes: rice & bean tostada, ceviche, chips & guac. For tacos a few options were adobo, barbacoa, fish, and a few others as well as a chicken quesadilla.
Now to the food:
The 4 salsas available: arbol, morita, jalapeno & "oro negro". |
Kaitlyn ordered the special tostada of the day but was accidentally brought the ceviche tostada. It was a fish ceviche, fresh dorado, with red onions, cucumbers, and lemon. Neither of us are that into fish so the fish taste was a little overwhelming, but all in all it was not bad, especially with some jalapeño salsa. She also ordered the jugo verde to drink, almost like a pressed juice was made of apples, kale, pineapple, celery, lime & mint. The juice had a fruity taste to it but as well veggie and strong celery after taste.
Mary ordered the barbacoa tacos and chicken quesadilla too. "They're great" as she described them, the tacos had plenty of shredded beef topped with onions, cilantro, and salsa. We also had a taste of the the fish taco: the cod is battered in tequila batter and fried to a crisp. It served on double tortilla and topped with red cabbage.
The food was delicious and the place was totes adorbs we completely recommend Fonda Tacombi, well at least the Nolita locations. We each payed about $25 so its not to expensive but it's also not super cheap, however we did get a lot of food for how much we payed. As we were on our way out we conversed with the manager, we asked for drinks to go and he gave them to us on the house. At the beginning I mentioned there was posters for paletas, I asked the manager if they sold paletas and he said they currently did not but were working on getting some for the summer.
Breakfast chorizo taco |
The fish & barbacoa tacos |
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