The cab driver I tipped two pesos yesterday told me “Vitamina T” is what chilangos call that especially yummy group of street foods — tacos, tostadas, tamales, tortas. (Not sure if tlayudas are in there or not.)
Funnily enough, a Mexico City guidebook I bought had a whole section on Vitamina T. And while I usually don’t eat much of that stuff, last night we were hanging out in the Centro, and after two beers we were kinda hungry. So we stopped at Cantina La Mascota. My guidebook had said the food was wonderful, and I think Anthony Bourdain filmed part of his Mexico City show there.
They were only a half-hour from closing, but the waiter said they still had some food left. He ended up bringing out a tray of carnitas, plates of pork in a spicy tomato sauce and a stack of hot corn tortillas. OH GOD. It was so good. As I dug into my fourth taco, I thought, “I may not like myself in the morning.” Then I continued sopping up the sauce.
They had a great jukebox there, too. This song got all the waiters smiling and bobbing their heads. (Gracias to Joy for being a great DJ.)
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That’s funny that they actually call it Vitamina T. I may have to go to our favorite Taqueria here in Waston to get my fix after reading this. Oh how I envy you 🙂
For my future reference, what time does La Mascota close?? It’s been on my list to go suss out…even more so now that I have confirmation that the pork flows as freely as the booze… 😉
It closes at 10:30 or 11. I think we got there at a little after 10 — maybe 10:15? — and they said they were closing in a half-hour. There were also two drunk people asleep on chairs when we left, so I think they probably don’t start kicking people out until later. You should go! It’s a great little place.