Being that the experience at Cha Cha Cha was so unexpected the last time, i had to go back and try it again. On the one occasion that i went the al pastor was a front runner for this town, the main guy from Mexico City even, i had to try it again. One of my friends went with me this time, who took a trip with me to Mexico a couple years ago and is big into the food, and who is gringo.
I suspected that i had been treated differently for speaking Spanish on the previous visit, for making correct references to the food, making chit chat about just having returned from the DF, my Spanish ok but the accent correct for the cause. We put it to the test.
My friend went in first; I waited until he had ordered and seated himself before going in at all. He had ordered in ordinary English where I finessed my way in Spanish and the results were drastic. One of the cooks went straight to the rotisserie to make my tacos al pastor, cutting the meat off fresh and in layers. The pastor they gave to my friend came from the back, the texture was too fine and moist, and the marinade was lesser as a result of the process. He was pretty flustered, you should have seen it.
You should be flustered as well if you go to this spot and your pastor is not cut to order. Don't settle for less or you will miss out big time. So many of these dishes have a delicate balance and don't need to be thrown off any more than they already are being so far from Mexico. This place has some of the best pastor around so ask about it and see if they do it right for you. Our low expectations are the reason for the low bar in the first place and this cycle should lead us upwards not down.
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