calvin hobbs This is one of my favorite places in Jacksonville. Normally, I go straight for the Gorditas because I’m a big gordita fan.
But on this day, I decided on the Deluxe Huarache Plate. The Huarache has a bed of thick masa shaped into an oval, and I became intrigued because I’m a huge fan of thickened and particularly crispy fried or grilled masa. I have a beautiful relationship with a dish called “machete” at a few places, I can find that serve it, and it turned me on to how wonderful crispy thick masa can be.
The Huarache Plate is served with meat of your choice, rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, queso fresco and avocado. I nixed the avocado based on humanitarian reasons…namely, I hate avocado! To round out the plate, you get a street taco with meat of your choice, served with onion and cilantro.
I got adobo pork in the huarache, which came as short lengths of meat marinated with a wonderful red sauce while the street taco I selected with desebrada meat was tender, perfectly spiced, and delicious! Highly recommend!
