Santeri P.
Yelp
I ordered delivery from La Virgen using the Yelp app while at a nearby bar and it was a great meal. The menu has a large variety of items so it can satisfy just about anyone. As soon as I saw pictures of the huaraches, I knew I would be ordering one of them. The whole fried fish also sounded good. And I figured I had to order tacos in order to form a well rounded opinion of the restaurant.
The Huarache is a huge oval shaped piece of masa dough, imagine a really thick soft tortilla. It is first covered in black beans and then your choice of meat which are the same as typical taco choices. I love carnitas so this was my choice for topping. In addition, it had cactus, lettuce, cheese, and sour cream. It was big and almost like eating a Mexican pizza. It even came in a pizza box. You can tear off pieces or dig in with a fork, your preference. I really liked it and will happily eat it again. The Mojarra Frita is a whole fried fish with tomato, avocado, and cheese on top. Rice and salad came with it on the side. The fish was flavorful and moist with a crispy outside and cooked quite well. When it came to choosing tacos, I decided on the Cecina Special Taco. Cecina was a meat I hadn't tried before that the menu described as a salted cured beef. The meat did have a bit of a cured taste to it, different than if they had been fresh beef cooked raw. The designation of special just meant that it came with cactus, jalapeno, avocado, and cheese in addition to onions plus radishes on the side. These were pretty good tacos if you want your beef to have a bit darker flavor to them. I enjoyed them. The huarache came with a green sauce and a red sauce and the tacos came with just the red sauce. The red sauce was smokey and a bit spicy, perhaps made with chipotle peppers or something to that sort. The green sauce was mild with a fresher flavor.
The ordering process was easy since it was through Yelp and it took less time than the estimated one hour. I would eat here again but would like to stop in and check out the restaurant itself. The food wasn't amazingly good, but it was good. I would give it 3.5 stars.