A-Wow and I were going to watch my new copy of “Kirk
Cameron’s Saving Christmas” (which I would NOT recommend), but we needed some
grub beforehand. We walked up to Midtown Global Market to the new brick and mortar
location of Taco Cat. I hadn’t been before, but had only heard good things
about it.
It was really tough to decide what to get, but I ended up
going with the exact same thing A-Wow got – a sort of sampler. I went with
three different specialty tacos. The Ruckus, The Outlaw, and The McFly.
The tacos didn’t take a long time to put together, and when
we got them, we headed to the nearby Eastlake
Brewery. This place doesn’t serve food, but they welcome you to go to
any of the nearby food places in the Midtown Global Market and bring the food
in while you drink their delicious beers. I got a pint of their Oostermeer 21
Belgian Strong Ale – it was pretty tasty and paired well with the tacos.
The Ruckus taco is grilled angus beef, cheese, pickled
radish, onions, cilantro, mint chimichurri, and housemade salsa. Great beef
flavor and it complemented the chimichurri quite well. Fantastic.
The Outlaw taco is slow roasted pork, kim chi, pickled
jalapeno apple slaw, crème and salsa verde. The pickled jalapeno apple slaw
went well with the pork and crema. I’m a big fan of this one.
The McFly taco is braised chicken tinga, red cabbage slaw,
crème, cilantro, and salsa verde. Great taco with great chicken flavor.
Each of the tacos has two tortillas, which surprisingly held
up throughout the entire meal without getting soggy and fally-aparty. The
ingredients are super fresh and well paired. This place is really quite good.
It originally started as a bike-supported taco delivery service, but this new
brick and mortar has really blown me away. I can’t wait to come back to both of
these places, hopefully without the Kirk Cameron dessert next time.
Not enough to do a Top 5 list, but thankfully, nothing bad
would have made it to the list anyway! Thanks, Taco Cat and Eastlake Brewery.
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