When we’re in NYC, Toni and I don’t tend to just pop into a restaurant we’re unfamiliar with, the way we often do at home in the DC area. Up here, we almost always do our research before deciding where to eat.
But on a recent Sunday, we did just pop into two places, due to some scheduling issues.
The first was Los Tacos No 1, which we’d heard of, but we were near the branch on Lafayette Avenue (in the Village/Noho area), not the original in Chelsea Market. We got a carne asada taco and an adobada taco. Both were very good, but nothing special. The fillings were tasty and the tortillas were above average.
There are a couple of much superior taco places within a ten-drive of our house in Arlington, Virginia, where they pay more attention to the tortillas. My favorite taco places in NYC remain El Tenampa in Bushwick and Sobre Masa Tortilleria in Bushwick, where the tortillas are made from heirloom corn varieties imported from Mexico.
The second place we popped into was Fishmarket, a Malaysian place on Avenue A in Alphabet City. We got a scallion pancake, eggplant stuffed with fish and shrimp, and nasi lemak with chicken curry. All three were good, solid home cooking. Satisfying in a pinch.
