Carol N.
Yelp
We were on a quest during our lunch break for a food truck. There was supposed to be one down the street, but apparently, they're not there anymore. Then, we saw this one and decided to try it out. The entire menu was in Spanish and neither of us are native speakers nor have we taken it in school. Lucky for us, I'm from California, so I can understand enough to order some food. How hard can it be, right? Being that the menu is in Spanish, I make the assumption they probably don't speak English or their English is limited, right? (After eating here and before posting this review, I read the reviews and it's confirmed you have to order in Spanish.)
Luckily I had enough understanding to order and we got everything we wanted, with no glitches. So I had no true understanding what the lady was saying, but I think I did a pretty good job assuming what was said, as I understand a few words here and there.
I was expecting the pupusas to be small...about 3 inches in diameter and pretty thin. Let me tell you...they were probably about 6 inches in diameter, pretty full of filling. We got the chicken and cheese. They were really good. We also ordered the carne asada. The meat was pretty chewy, but was salty and flavorful. The rice, in my opinion was a little blah. It had enough seasonings, but it's not not my cup of tea. I prefer Mexican rice. You get a scoop of salsa and some salad with some kind of red sauce in a baggie. It didn't really taste like anything...maybe watered down tomato juice or something similar? The salad has seen better days. It was starting to brown, so we didn't eat it. It was supposed to come with 3 tortillas, but it came with 2. We were expecting them to give us either flour or corn tortillas, however, what came were tortillas that looked like thinner pupusas without filling. They weren't bad, but I would have preferred regular tortillas.
Overall, it's not really that bad for the first time trying out El Salvadorean food. I can't attest to the authenticity of it, but nonetheless, it was pretty good. Next time, we'll skip the carne asada and stick to just a pupusa or 2.
Pupusas were advertised as $2.50 each. We ordered 3. Our total was $21, so I am assuming the Carne Asada was $13.50. There were no prices for anything other than the pupusas.