My name is Jason and I am addicted to tacos.

So the entire food truck world up until now has just been an inconvenience. I always worked until 2:30, or 3:00 and then headed to another job. This past September, that all changed. I started by frequenting trucks in Love Park as it was most convenient. I eventually started going to The Porch @ 30th and eventually started frequenting the food truck mecca at 33rd & Arch. The other spot I recently learned about was 33rd & Market. Which I clearly knew it was there, but the trucks? I never noticed.

That's where I found Taco Mondo today. Here's their truck. Pretty cool, huh? I'm quickly learning as a "food blogger" to photograph everything. It makes your posts look so much better! I came for tacos. And tacos I had. I got 2 of em, a smoked pork taco and a sweet & sour fried chicken taco. The two tacos cost me $6, which is not bad at all; $8 gets you three tacos. Right on par with the Mexican joints.

The smoked pork taco was loaded with a decent amount of pork, cheese, fresh tomato and lettuce. Topped with a crema - a Mexican sour cream made from cream and buttermilk. This mixture is then allowed to sit out and culture overnight and it begins to thicken. The pork by itself was superb - tender, moist, and not overly smokey. The tomato and lettuce added some freshness. But all together it didn't wow me. It wasn't bad, and was still better than some other tacos I've had, but just not the wow I was hoping for.

It took me one bite into the fried chicken taco to find the wow factor I was looking and hoping for! Taco Mondo takes their boneless chicken and brines it. They lightly bread it, and fry it. Loaded onto the tortilla was a piece of chicken, pickled vegetables, scallions, black & white sesame seeds, and their homemade sweet & sour sauce. It's like southern food meets chinese takeout. However, this was just so much better. With every bite I got more and more curious. There was this subtle, but welcoming heat adding flavor, bite after bite. Upon inquiring, I found out they make their very own sambal - an asian chili paste. This chili paste not only got added to the sauce, but it makes its way into the brine! Talk about layers of flavor, this taco had me wanting more! 

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This was today's Menu