Mexican Dishes That Conquered Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a Hispanic city, and to prove it, you don't even have to leave home. Both on TV, for example, in series like Insecure (HBO) or Love (Netflix), and in the news, Mexican dishes reign in this California city and expand to others.The birria tacos that made their way to New York started with a cart in Los Angeles and are perhaps a clearer example of how Mexican food has conquered Los Angeles and from there has expanded, which is why we made a summary of all the dishes you can find there.TacosIn Insecure, we can see Worldwide Tacos, a real restaurant on West Martin Luther King Boulevard, where everything is fresh and made to order, as they have a small kitchen, according to Frederick Sennie, the owner of the place. It is worth mentioning that these tacos are soul food style and offer 150 types of tacos.BirriaBirria-Landia, one of the most popular birria tacos in the neighboring country to the north, started in Los Angeles and in the fall of 2019, arrived in New York, in the Queens neighborhood, in a food truck. The four dishes offered by Birria-Landia are tacos, mulitas, tostadas, and consomé, and the way to eat the tacos is by soaking them in the broth.GuisadosThe most popular food at Mexican taquizas is also alive in Los Angeles, with the restaurant Guisados, born in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in 2010, this place set out to serve homemade stews in handmade corn tortillas; but not just any tortilla, as they are made to order from fresh masa ground next door at Carnitas Uruapan. QuesadillasIn Mexican territory, quesadillas are divided into whether they contain cheese or not, but on the other side of the border, they are a dish that has conquered so much that you can find them in maxi format, with ingredients like prepared chicken, or in their classic versions, with blue masa and filled with huitlacoche or zucchini flowers.Cochinita pibilCochinita pibil is a gift from Yucatán to the world, and in Los Angeles, it is also very famous, with several restaurants and food trucks where this typical dish can be tasted in a traditional way and even in a torta.