Adobada taco
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Adobada taco is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in San Diego. Marinated pork shaved fresh from a vertical-rotisserie trompo onto a small corn tortilla, with diced onion, cilantro, salsa and a slice of grilled pineapple. Start with where to eat Adobada taco in San Diego.

Adobada taco · San Diego

Marinated pork shaved fresh from a vertical-rotisserie trompo onto a small corn tortilla, with diced onion, cilantro, salsa and a slice of grilled pineapple.

Adobada is the Tijuana adaptation of al pastor, the Lebanese-Mexican shawarma-on-a-spit invented in Mexico City in the 1930s. Tacos El Gordo brought the Tijuana version to Chula Vista in 1998 (Broadway location) and has run a Broadway and H Street trompo since, slicing pork off the vertical rotisserie to order. The Tijuana style uses a smaller tortilla and skips the pineapple-on-top theatrics that Mexico City pastor relies on. Tacos El Gordo's adobada taco is the canonical Border San Diego adobada plate; the city's late-night taqueria menus all run a version.

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