Taco Tuesday: These tacos will make you fall in love with cecina

Critic Brad A. Johnson says really good air-dried flank steak tacos are hard to find, but this Mexican restaurant in Tustin makes some of the best.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • April 12, 2022
The cecina at Maruca’s in Tustin is salty and crispy and chewy and buttery — and it is incredibly delicious. Cecina is one of the most underrated meats of the taco world. When it’s done wrong, it’s just stinky beef jerky. But when it’s done right,...
The full article can be read on the Orange County Register website.

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