It's the taco's turn for a national made-up food holiday, so who better to speak with then Gustavo Arellano, author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, essential reading for the taco lifestyle.
Your favorite burrito in the USA is Lucy's drive in on Pico, and we know about your advocacy and love of the Taco Acorazdo at Alebrije's Grill, but what's your favorite taco spot inside the LA city limits?
I don't really eat tacos in Los Angeles--if I'm in LA, it's either burritos, Thai food, or one of the new places. Usually, I'm eating at King Taco because my family has this obsession with the place that I personally think is a Proustian response to our blessed childhood stuffing ourselves into a truck and driving off to Eastlos and Montebello.
What will reach middle America first-- the korean taco, or authentic regional mexican cuisine?
You know there's no such thing as "authentic regional" Mexican food; that said "authentic regional" Mexican food has been flooding the United States for over a century, whether it was the chile con carne of San Antonio, the tamales of San Francisco, the tequila of Jalisco, the fajitas of the Rio Grande Valley, and so on and so forth.