Best Taco Stand in the World/ by Don Sefton, Events Manager, Catering
Jeff and I just returned from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and were so thrilled to find a wide diversity of all kinds of different cuisines! We even had some remarkably great and authentic Thai food. One of our main objectives though was to find “The Great Taco Stand,” and we found it! Fortunately, too: it was just half a block away from our hotel and right by the beach.
What made it so marveous was not only how simple the ingredients were, how good quality they were, but it was all made with love by 2 beautiful women. You would place your order, and the mother would take the maize dough, form it into a ball, then press it in between a plastic sheet between 2 heavy slabs of wood with a lever. The the daughter would oversee the tortillas on the griddle as athey heated up and cooked and then prepare the meat to go on top of it. During our visits, it would be common to see the mother sitting at one of the tables with the grilled chicken in a bowl and shredding it while she talked to the few other workers. It was a good sensation to feel like you were in momma’s kitchen.
My favorites would be to typically order 2 chicken and 2 pork tacos, add some hot red sauce, a little tomatillo salsa, and then a generous squeeze of fresh lime. They only garnished it with minced onions and chopped cilantro, and we would request that they top them with a little bit of their whole beans. The ceramic pot on the griddle contained the beans so that they remained warm. The beans had a marvelous al dente firmness.
Little did we know at first, but we would eat at this stand every single day: 7 days in a row! Even on our last day, we ate a large breakfast before getting a cab to the airport, but we had to have our last meal of tacos- the trip would not have been the same. After we gobbled down our precious tacos, and since Jeff is tremendously more fluent in Spanish than I, he told them how much we enjoyed eating there every day, how delicious the food was, and that it really was one of the highlights of our trip. They were so sweet, and it was really sad to say goodbye to some people and food that really enhanced our travels. Jeff didn’t know it at the time, but I got tears in my eyes as we had to cross the street to leave. Good food experiences are the highlight of my life.
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February 23rd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
My husband and I are going to PV in a few weeks and would love to try this place! Does it have a name or could you tell us where it is located/how to find it?? It sounds fantastic! Thanks!!