[sometime in early July with Bert, TC, Lotus and her daughter]
We haven't been to El Salvadoreno in awhile, so it was about damn time we went again. I'd been thinking about their Pupusas..If you click on their link, you can see the menu (seen below) in all of its inhumanly mouthwatering and Douglas Sirk-like steak glory (the 'steak' is a reference to John Travolta ordering one of those in 1994's "Pulp Fiction" at Jack Rabbit Slim's). Go ahead and click and prepare to have a mouthgasm. See my previous two posts on El Salvadoreno here.
The curtido (pickled cabbage and carrot slaw) with two kinds of salsa. The one of the left is not so great. It's too watery and not even spicy. The brighter orangey one on the right is the one you want to dump all over your food.
Bert's soda is the Kolashampan, which is from El Salvador. It tastes like pineapple. The drink on the right is TC's "ensalada" which is pineapple juice with chopped fruit (apples and one other kind, which I don't remember). Very refreshing, but I personally don't like my drinks to have chopped up shit in them. Like boba - I don't like boba. I don't want to chew on things while I'm supposed to be drinking.
Here's our pupusas - "Revuelta con todo" - with everything, which means cheese, beans, jalapeno, pork and loroco (an edible flouwer found in El Salvador). I really love the texture of these pupusas - they're a bit chewy.
My salad was originally ordered without dressing. I guess the waitress wasn't paying attention because it came with dressing. I asked her to please send me a plain one since that was what I ordered. It took forever getting that one. Maybe she was pissed off or something for the extra hassle, but shit. She should have gotten it right the first time. Hopefully, she wasn't like the waiters in "Waiting" and didn't do anything nasty to it. Or like Horatio Sanz's character (aka "The French Toast Guy") in "Road Trip" where he rubs, no, GRINDS French toast in his crotch out of spite. Yeah, let's hope none of that happened with my salad. I saw no signs of logies in them or hair. 
Bert's - The Bisteck Encebollado a la Plancha (Grilled steak and onions) with rice/beans/avocado. We both liked this plate - meat and onions? Yes please.
Lotus had the Salpicon de Res (Salpicon beef - diced and minced beef) with rice and beans. The meat wasn't really spicy but not being a connoisseur of salpicon, I don't know if it's meant to be spicy or not.
Why the hell is this picture in here? It's Bert's food again but from another angle...I wished it came with more avocado slices!
TC's food - the fried chicken with rice and beans. It was, uh....kind of boring. The chicken was kind of burnt looking. It was a thigh piece with part of the back. She liked the skin - nice and crispy. Oh to be young again and not have to worry about cholesterol.
I ordered one of these the last time we were here. Here's my Baleada with carne asada inside...This is a fkg big tortilla chock full of MEEEEEAT. So good. You must have one.
Go ahead...lick your computer screen. You won't regret it.
We haven't been to El Salvadoreno in awhile, so it was about damn time we went again. I'd been thinking about their Pupusas..If you click on their link, you can see the menu (seen below) in all of its inhumanly mouthwatering and Douglas Sirk-like steak glory (the 'steak' is a reference to John Travolta ordering one of those in 1994's "Pulp Fiction" at Jack Rabbit Slim's). Go ahead and click and prepare to have a mouthgasm. See my previous two posts on El Salvadoreno here.
The curtido (pickled cabbage and carrot slaw) with two kinds of salsa. The one of the left is not so great. It's too watery and not even spicy. The brighter orangey one on the right is the one you want to dump all over your food.
Bert's soda is the Kolashampan, which is from El Salvador. It tastes like pineapple. The drink on the right is TC's "ensalada" which is pineapple juice with chopped fruit (apples and one other kind, which I don't remember). Very refreshing, but I personally don't like my drinks to have chopped up shit in them. Like boba - I don't like boba. I don't want to chew on things while I'm supposed to be drinking.
Here's our pupusas - "Revuelta con todo" - with everything, which means cheese, beans, jalapeno, pork and loroco (an edible flouwer found in El Salvador). I really love the texture of these pupusas - they're a bit chewy.
My salad was originally ordered without dressing. I guess the waitress wasn't paying attention because it came with dressing. I asked her to please send me a plain one since that was what I ordered. It took forever getting that one. Maybe she was pissed off or something for the extra hassle, but shit. She should have gotten it right the first time. Hopefully, she wasn't like the waiters in "Waiting" and didn't do anything nasty to it. Or like Horatio Sanz's character (aka "The French Toast Guy") in "Road Trip" where he rubs, no, GRINDS French toast in his crotch out of spite. Yeah, let's hope none of that happened with my salad. I saw no signs of logies in them or hair. 
Bert's - The Bisteck Encebollado a la Plancha (Grilled steak and onions) with rice/beans/avocado. We both liked this plate - meat and onions? Yes please.
Lotus had the Salpicon de Res (Salpicon beef - diced and minced beef) with rice and beans. The meat wasn't really spicy but not being a connoisseur of salpicon, I don't know if it's meant to be spicy or not.
Why the hell is this picture in here? It's Bert's food again but from another angle...I wished it came with more avocado slices!
TC's food - the fried chicken with rice and beans. It was, uh....kind of boring. The chicken was kind of burnt looking. It was a thigh piece with part of the back. She liked the skin - nice and crispy. Oh to be young again and not have to worry about cholesterol.
I ordered one of these the last time we were here. Here's my Baleada with carne asada inside...This is a fkg big tortilla chock full of MEEEEEAT. So good. You must have one.
Go ahead...lick your computer screen. You won't regret it.
4 comments:
..I have referred to boba as "giant snots"...useless calories...but fruit mixed into a beverage is OK...like Sangria.-Cathy
hi cathy!
welcome and thanks for stopping by. is this the same cathy that guest blogs for kirk?
ha ha - 'giant snots' is a good description for boba. i'm not too fond of those. i'm afraid of choking on them. i don't like their texture. kind of gross...
Interesting. I have yet to explore Central and Southern America cuisines. Looks good so far!
hi roger
yes- try it sometime. it's different from mexican food that's for sure. their pupusas are really tasty too! kirk has some good posts on el salvadoreno as well as other salvadoran-type places.
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