Taco Tuesday: These Hidalgo-style enchiladas are really just tacos in disguise

Enchiladas? Chalupas? Critic Brad A. Johnson says you can call these things whatever you want, but you still eat them like tacos — and they are delicious.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • May 7, 2019
It makes sense that a Mexican restaurant whose name translates to The Sacred Sheep would serve good lamb barbacoa. That’s why most people are here. But what I like even better at this under-the-radar cafe are the enchiladas verdes estilo Hidalgo,...
The full article can be read on the Orange County Register website.

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