Korean tacos are one thing. But French tacos? C'mon! Don't we have enough reasons to make fun of the French already?
“Le Taco Tuesday”: That's what the folks at Culinary Adventures' French 75 are dubbing their latest promotion. With this development, I think, we're finally seeing the honest-to-goodness living incarnation of the term gabacho taco.
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Furthermore, I'm not sure you can call something wrapped in a crepe a taco, because I think that would just be called a crepe. This is a slippery slope from which there is no recovery. What's next? A Vietnamese joint referring to their bánh xèo as Vietnamese tacos?
Let's instead call it what it is: a marketing ploy, albeit a successful one, because let's not forget the fact that I *AM* blogging about it.
But hold on, though it's priced at $10.99 for the base veggie model, you do get two
“tacos”, along with a “mixed frisee greens”. And, what's this? You get a complimentary glass of wine?
Perhaps I've been a bit hasty in my criticism, because the fillings do sound right good (see below). Hmm…yes…um, well, if you can't beat 'em, eat 'em, I say. So now I'm on board with this French taco thing, but don't blame me: I'm just getting into the spirit of things, because what's more French than surrendering prematurely?
Seafood Crepe Tacos — scallops, shrimp N Maine lobster
simmered in rich lobster cream sauce – $14.99
Chicken Crepe Tacos
— red wine braised chicken sautNed with
Cremini mushrooms, fresh spinach N sherry
cream sauce – $12.99
Vegetable Crepe Tacos
— Chanterelle mushrooms, leeks, spinach,
Yukon gold potatoes N fresh herb butter – $10.99
Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.
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