I promised to talk about food and, science-willing, there will be talk of food! Tonight I took a break from end-of-semester work to try out a new restaurant with some fellow SDSU grads who I suspect needed to decompress just as bad as me. This particular taqueria, called
Mama Testa, gets a lot of buzz on places like
Chowhound and is supposedly one of the better places to grab a taco in San Diego. It's a small joint, but bright and colorful. There are about a dozen eclectic salsas to try while waiting for your food. I ordered a trio of tacos with
cochinita pibil, a marinated shredded pork traditional toYucatan, and topped with bright-purple pickled onions. I hadn't tried this before, but it was excellent! Really delicious. On the whole, we decided to give this place a thumbs up, even though it is a bit Americanized. They serve a number of vegetarian dishes, rare for a taqueria and nice for my herbivorous friends. There are probably cheaper, more authentic Mexican spots in San Diego, but this place isn't too bad. I'd go back.
The Incredible V stopped by on her way home from the grocery store - a pleasant surprise. Seeing as we were right next door to the Alibi, ...well, of course, Pacific Bell and I decided we had to get a drink! Black-and-tan was the mood over conversation of the ups and downs of an academic career. That and how
Big Buck Hunter is a pretty ridiculous arcade game.
I promised to talk about food and, science-willing, there will be talk of food! Tonight I took a break from end-of-semester work to try out a new restaurant with some fellow SDSU grads who I suspect needed to decompress just as bad as me. This particular taqueria, called Mama Testa, gets a lot of buzz on places like Chowhound and is supposedly one of the better places to grab a taco in San Diego. It's a small joint, but bright and colorful. There are about a dozen eclectic salsas to try while waiting for your food. I ordered a trio of tacos with cochinita pibil, a marinated shredded pork traditional toYucatan, and topped with bright-purple pickled onions. I hadn't tried this before, but it was excellent! Really delicious. On the whole, we decided to give this place a thumbs up, even though it is a bit Americanized. They serve a number of vegetarian dishes, rare for a taqueria and nice for my herbivorous friends. There are probably cheaper, more authentic Mexican spots in San Diego, but this place isn't too bad. I'd go back.
The Incredible V stopped by on her way home from the grocery store - a pleasant surprise. Seeing as we were right next door to the Alibi, ...well, of course, Pacific Bell and I decided we had to get a drink! Black-and-tan was the mood over conversation of the ups and downs of an academic career. That and how Big Buck Hunter is a pretty ridiculous arcade game.
