All posts tagged: taco

Tasty questions with Sarah & Otis, The Lucky Taco

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Sarah and Otis Frizzel are the Queen and King of Tacos at The Lucky Taco food truck. I’ve eaten their tacos and also seen their business grow over the years. Their enthusiasm, passion and energy is contagious and inspiring. Below are their answers to the tasty questions I cooked up for your enjoyment. Describe your food: Authentic. Zingy. Fresh. What is your restaurant’s signature dish? Lucky Lengua (Beef Tongue) and the Free Farmed Pulled Pork. Name your favourite comfort food: When we’re not eating tacos, soups are one of our favourite comfort foods – from all corners of the globe. Soup is good for the soul! What did you have for breakfast? A double banana and spinach smoothie with Hakanoa ginger syrup, fresh lemon juice, rice milk and straight up yoghurt. A Kokako espresso with our fave rangiora beans and a cuppa joe. What is the most delicious thing you’ve eaten this week? A Chipotle Chicken Lucky Taco. What is an underrated ingredient? Cauliflower, raw white onion and celery. What are 3 sources of inspiration to you? Art. Food …

Diving into fish tacos

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  Warning: May contain innuendos. I love fish tacos. I dream of staying near the coast in Mexico and gorging on fresh fish tacos every day. We’ve enjoyed tacos at home a few times, specifically pulled pork tacos so when we received some lovely fillets from our delivery last week, I figured it was time to explore the fish taco at home. I’d never made them before, but it seemed pretty straightforward to me. I just made up the process as I went along. The perfect fish taco has a good balance of fish, salad and condiments. I hate a dry taco. Saucy tacos FTW! My preference is soft shell tacos, specifically corn tortillas. I first tried Tio Pablo’s corn tortillas last year when I was going through a gluten free phase, but turns out, I prefer the flavour of corn tortillas over flour tortillas. I used tarakihi fillets, but any medium white fish will do. Snapper, red gurnard, or trevally would also be suitable. Other types of fish such as flounder, turbot or salmon would probably be amazing. Feel free …