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| 16020 Arrow highway Irwindale Photos courtesy of Bob |
La bufadora isn't one of your "Johnny come lately" chain restaurants or an Americanized franchise which have lately discovered fish tacos. Nor is it one of those "in vogue" greasy roach coaches rushing though traffic mixing their tacos with carbon monoxide. It is a small restaurant dedicated almost exclusively to tacos. Featuring the most flavorful, mouthwatering "fish tacos" you've ever tasted, with potato tacos a close second.
You may be wondering about my credentials as a judge of fish tacos well... I have traveled from the southern tip of Mexico north, up and down the Baja coast and throughout the southwest for over fifty years.Searching for the best fish tacos... I finally found them ten miles from home, here in beautiful California.
I sat down with two of my friends, Jorge aka el perico and Bob aka the Satyr, who traveled 60 miles just for the pleasure of the aromas emanating from this simple but clean restaurant. After ordering our meals, Bob made his way to the salsa and chile bar, he returned with a platter full of delicious yellow peppers deep fried sprinkled with garlic salt and cheese, green and red salsa, a few jalapenos in escabeche and red onions thinly sliced marinated in rice vinegar. He promptly began devouring the deep fried yellow chiles as he urged, "el perico", to try them. "Perico pruebalos... estan chingones"
Rogelio and Cynthia Ruiz, proprietors and chef elucidated us on the importance and value of having fresh ingredients and vegetables, quality meats and most of all pristine Pollock fish, a cold water,white fish. Excellent for frying and the best for tacos. The batter made specially for the fish tacos is a trade secret. The fish is sliced into generous portions immersed in the batter and submerged in very hot vegetable oil. The results... are a fluffy golden brown savory nuggets which are passed on to the presentation table below.
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| Above Eduardo carefully fries the fish to just the right constancy of crispness than passes the plate to Adriana. Here she prepares the presentation with fresh vegetables and seasoning as clients with much anticipation, wait to savor these mouthwatering delicacies. |
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| Wednesdays are the fish taco days each one on this delicious tacos is only .99 cents with as many trips to the salsa bar as you can handle. |
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| After the fish tacos, if you are still hungry for more, the Satyr recommends the potato tacos in a homemade hard shell with cheese they are his favorite.
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