In a recent morning I'd just finished a quick bite at one of my favorite stops in the Chula Vista area and was headed to another. As I was about to make the left turn on Main street and the Industrial boulevard I glanced to my right and noticed at Taco Truck.......
Even though I recall seeing a Birria truck next to the El Prieto Mariscos truck, I decided to put that off and see what was up here.
The name of this one is Mariscos Y Tacos El Kiki and though there's everything from Birria de Res to Quesatacos on the menu, this fit the profile of a mariscos truck to a tee.....and by glancing around at what others were eating, this was a mariscos truck.
I placed my order and was handed a cup of consomme....this one was fairly light, with a mild briney flavor, boosted by a lot of celery.
Since the fish tacos here were only a buck (even El Prieto is now $1.25), I decided to try that and order the Perron #1 taco as well.
The fish in the tacos de pescado was really buried in there. It was pretty bland, the batter not very crisp. Yes, I guess it's worth a buck, but nothing especially good.
The perron is a combo of marlyn (smoked fish) and camarones (shrimp) sauteed in a chipotle based sauce which added some kick. The shrimp were ok, nothing special and a bit rubbery, but I really enjoyed the marlyn, which was smokey and salty......almost driving me to bacon-bliss.
To me it was worth the four bucks. I noticed how firm the taco was and turned it over....it's SOP for these type of tacos to have a layer of cheese on the bottom to protect the tortilla, which is then placed on the griddle allowing the cheese to melt.
This was nice....I'll probably get a tacos de marlyn the next time. And perhaps a gobernador too. One thing, there ain't much room in this parking lot......
The fellow working the counter told me they were at this location from 8am to 7pm seven days a week. So we'll have to see. He also spoke perfect English, which saved me from doing my usual butcher job of the few Spanish words I know.
Mariscos Y Tacos El Kiki
Corner of Main St and Hollister St.
ooh, i'll have to check out the 'kiki' truck. (giggles immaturely). seriously though, my husband would go for that marlyn taco!
you do know what 'kiki' means in Filipino slang right? :)
Posted by: caninecologne | Friday, 13 April 2012 at 03:55 PM
Hi CC - Unfortunately I do...though I didn't think of that until you mentioned it! You'd think the line would be around the block...right? ;o)
Posted by: Kirk | Friday, 13 April 2012 at 04:08 PM
haha, like 'Kiki Sushi in Hillcrest! Wut?!!!!
Posted by: caninecologne | Friday, 13 April 2012 at 10:14 PM
A double "WUT!!!!!"
Posted by: Kirk | Saturday, 14 April 2012 at 10:15 PM