How the Los Dorados L.A. food trailer makes flautas

For this week's What We're Into video, we're checking out the flautas from Los Dorados LA, a food trailer specializing in tacos dorados.

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • March 28, 2021

For Steven Orozco Torres, owner of Los Dorados L.A., it was love at first bite. After tasting his father-in-law’s tacos dorados at a family party, he knew he wanted to make them himself. “He was making these flautas in a big charola and I said,...

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Mexico City Chef Enrique Olvera Goes Casual at DTLA’s Ditroit

Andy Wang • Los Angeles Magazine • January 21, 2021

For about a month this past fall, the stylish patio at Enrique Olvera’s Arts District restaurant, Damian, was L.A.’s buzziest place to dine. But when the county banned outdoor dining in November, the acclaimed chef from Mexico City knew he needed...

Taco Tuesday: Fried tacos, chandeliers and mezcal at Perla in Santa Ana

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • February 4, 2020

Flautas are what happens when a taco and a chimichanga have a baby. And these little babies are as cute as they are delicious. Exhibit A: the flautas at Perla in downtown Santa Ana. Perla is the new restaurant that recently took over the turnkey...

On The Line: John McLaughlin of At Last Café

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • October 15, 2009

Every city should have a chef like John McLaughlin, who at his At Last CafN cooks gourmet food but charges diner prices. Long Beach, you're lucky to have him. And we are lucky that he agreed to answer our silly survey. 1. Dish that you cook that...

In Boyle Heights, Milpa Grille is a fast-casual Mexican restaurant with Mesoamerican roots

Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • November 13, 2019

A staple of Mexican restaurant combo platters and meal bowls around the world, rice is nowhere on the menu at Milpa Grille in Boyle Heights. “A lot of customers don’t believe me when I tell them we don’t have rice,” owner Deysi Serrano told me...

Here's all the great Mexican food from the 2019 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles list

Patricia Escárcega, Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • December 16, 2019

Of the many excellent restaurants on this year’s 101 Best Restaurants list, where can you go for exquisite carne asada, mole Oaxaqueño, a steamy bowl of fideo, Zacatecas-style burritos, or maybe a taco tasting menu? Here are the 16 Mexican...