mmm-yoso!!! is a food blog which we (Kirk, Ed(from Yuma) and Cathy) thank you for stopping by to read some of our sometimes interesting and sometimes mundane posts about meals consumed. Cathy is writing about a typical San Diego Taco shop today.
According to the phone book, San Diego has over 200 'Taco Shops' within its 4200 square miles. I think everyone has a couple of favorite, conveniently located shops-one close to home and one close to work, maybe a handful of others where they stop in for a quick bite or to go meal. Los Palmitos is one of ours, despite only blogging about it twice; in 2008 and again in 2012.
The exterior was upgraded within the past year. New.
Old.
It's not air conditioned, but being shaded keeps the eating area a bit cooler than just being under umbrellas. When you have a 'for here' order, fresh fried corn chips and cups for the salsa bar are provided.
The salads here are refreshing; lettuce, tomato, cucumber, pickled onions and cojita cheese, topped with (in this case) carne asada. ($7)
A simple shrimp ceviche tostada ($5) is just perfect on some days; not too large, but definitely not small.
My 'usual order here is the whole fried fish ($12.50)
Which I enjoy completely.
This is a grilled chicken salad ($7), similar to the carne asada one, above. You can see the cilantro-lime dressing on the chicken, which is so refreshing.
Sometimes, I crave fried items and the 'side order' (no rice or beans) of beef flautas ($5) satisfies.
On chilly days, the fish soup ($10) is just perfect. Large pieces of fish, plenty of vegetables in a seafood/tomato broth. It really hits the spot.
Stay cool!
Los Palmitos Taco Shop 5145 Clairmont Mesa Boulevard (between Limerick and Longford) San Diego 92117
(858)974-1946 Open 8 a.m.-midnight, daily Website
Why, yes, the first photos are from meals prior to the addition being built. These above photos show the new plates being used as well as the new tabletops.
It's hot, I wanted to post about a favorite place and really, the food is the same...although the slices of orange on that above whole fish plate were painfully thin and dry...
Nothing like whole deep fried fish, so delectable even the outer bones is yummy if fried correctly.
Posted by: nhbilly | Thursday, 31 August 2017 at 07:19 AM
I haven't been here in ages - thanks for the reminder! The whole fried fish and the fish soup look so good.
Posted by: Sandy | Thursday, 31 August 2017 at 07:41 AM
How true, Bill! Usually the fins and tail are fried crispy and edible- you can see on the top fish that I didn't eat it (the bones were too thick) but look at the fish tail two photos up...it was a perfectly crunchy 'chip' that was enjoyed.
We are consuming a bit more seafood, Sandy, and it's so easy to just buy the Mexican style preparations instead of cooking at home. It's consistently good at Los Palmitos.
Posted by: Cathy | Thursday, 31 August 2017 at 10:29 AM
Cathy, what is this "phone book" thing you speak of? :)
Posted by: Docrailgun | Thursday, 31 August 2017 at 12:36 PM
You *read* my posts, thank you, DRG! I knew when I was writing that someone might notice those words...almost like when I mentioned that Super Wok in Pacific Beach looked like an old Fotomat booth (which it probably was, considering Fotomat started in San Diego). Just putting my age out there...
Posted by: Cathy | Thursday, 31 August 2017 at 01:05 PM