Since I eat from Poblanos every time they come to town, I have decided to broaden my horizons and try things other than the tacos.
This week, I tried the Poblano Relleno. So, this is a poblano pepper stuffed with cheese and deep fried. Yes, it was amazing at that description makes it sound. It’s not overly spicy like you might expect from a pepper. It just has a really nice pepper flavor with very mild heat. I always love their rice and beans and this time was no exception. Alisa was very enthusiastic about her loaded steak nachos and gave them two thumbs up as usual.
Aside from the good food, just a few interactions while ordering will let you know that Oscar and family are good people. So, when you see this truck, come support some good people who serve amazing food.
Beer note: I tried the new Rauchbier, smoked lager, at Tarboro Brewing Company. This beer is amazing. Franklin is showing some different things he can do with beers and that is exciting. If you get the chance to try it, do.
Anita’s is talked about, in hushed reverent tones, half whispers, by taco aficionados in the area surrounding Greenville. This is for good reason. Sometime within the past 6 months, there was a contest in Greenville and Anita’s won best tacos for their steak and cactus tacos.
Me being me, I had to investigate. I tried the steak and cactus (which seemed really strange and foreign to me). They were amazing. From the truck, they are still amazing. The steak is tender and seasoned perfectly and the cactus tastes good and has a nice texture. I only use salsa verde and theirs is delicious. They pile the steak and cactus, along with cilantro and onions into the shells. They are reasonably priced at $2.50 a taco. The fully loaded quesadilla looked amazing, but Alisa was greedy and wouldn’t share any with me. So I can only imagine how tasty it must have been.
Do yourself a favor and find the food truck or go to the restaurant. Trust me, I have a taco tattooed on my body. (I realize that could show my poor judgement, but also shows how committed I am to tacos. Think about the commitment to tacos part.)
Beef Cabimera with Seed Spitter lurking in the background.
The Corner Venezualen (www.thecornervzla.com) truck never disappoints. Today is a grey, cold, bleak day. It is about 40 degrees and raining. It is windy. The wind makes it feel like 10 degrees, I would estimate. I was not really keen on leaving the house, but was lured out by the promise of some delicious food. So, I put on clothes and went down to TBC to find something delicious. Success.
Having already tried the arepas, pepito, and tequenos on the last visit, I went for something different today. All of those dishes were amazing, incidentally. Today, I had the beef Cabimera.
So, what we have here is a fried arepa (essentially cornbread for us southern folks) topped with lettuce, shredded beef, cheese, and a boiled egg. I added their hot sauce to mine because I like to live life on the edge. Also, it was cold and my sinuses are garbage. Back to the food….This thing was amazing. I felt semi-healthy eating it because of all the lettuce, so that was nice. The beef was good and tender. The combination of all the flavors was out of this world good. The hot sauce gave it just enough bite to make me forget that it is cold and miserable outside.
Bottom line, if you get the chance to eat from this truck, and they are back at TBC on 01/27/19, get your hind parts down there and eat. Get you a Seed Spitter and some food and enjoy yourself. Life is too short to eat sub par food. So eat the food and drink the beer. Live your best life. I’m going to.
If I really documented everything I ate and drank here, Tarboro Coffee House would be a frequent flyer.
On weekdays, when my schedule isn’t completely crazy, which it often is, I usually swing by TCH first thing in the morning. I get a small house blend. I add four packets of sugar, not fake stuff, sugar. Then I add half and half. I sip it and enjoy. It warms my soul. Sometimes I get overzealous and take a big sip and burn my whole mouth, esophagus, everything. Either way, it starts my day right. The barristas play a role in this as well. Particularly Brian. Generally we have discussions about music (mostly stuff on vinyl) and video games.
On the weekends I get wild and I add flavors to my coffee or get boujee drinks like lattes or capuccinos. This morning, it was the white chocolate mocha pictured above. Man, let me tell you, it was spiritual when I took a sip. The world stopped spinning for a minute and it was like I was in the Matrix. I could have grabbed a bullet out of the air and thrown it on the ground. Just a great start to my day.
TCH has great coffee and great atmosphere. I should note too that when we choose to get ice cream, it is awesome as well. Layla often gets ice cream for breakfast when we stop in. (No unsolicited parenting advice needed. We got this.) If you haven’t stopped in, think that coffee shops are a little much for you, or whatever your excuse, stop it. Just go. Enjoy.
Poblanos Tacos and More (www.poblanostacos.com). Just fine eating. EVERY. TIME. Oscar Flores and family fix some fine traditional Mexican and Salvadoran fare. This week, on their visit to Tarboro Brewing Company, we were fortunate enough to be blessed with chorripollo tacos (with rice and beans), chicken quesadilla, and carne asada loaded nachos.
The chorripollo tacos are always out of this world good with some salsa verde. The chicken and chorizo sausage blend together to create a flavor explosion in your mouth. I always get mine “con todos” or with everything. This is the “all the way” option. This means the meat, chopped onions, and cilantro. Again, these should be topped with whichever salsa you choose. I like salsa verde because of the flavor and just a little bite. If you’re scared of spice, maybe just try a bit first. The red sauce will be too much for you unless you like things spicy.
The carne asada loaded nachos are Alisa’s go-to dish. Again, we get these “con todos.” This means, steak, nacho cheese, onions, tomatoes, sour cream, and pickled jalapenos. Sometimes they have their homemade chips which are crispier and sometimes they have something along the lines of Tostitos. Both ways are good. Slight advantage to homemade chips as they hold better when shoveling toppings into your mouth. No salsa is necessary at all for these, in my opinion.
This week, we were feeling a little “extra” (as the youngins say) and so we got a chicken quesadilla (or case-a-deal to a good friend of mine). It was loaded with meat and cheese. The seasoning on the chicken made it so that no condiments were needed whatsoever. Not much else needs to be said about this.
As the truck was at Tarboro Brewing Company (www.tarborobrewingcompany.com), I got a 6 pack of the Golden Ticket, a helles style lager, I believe. As is the usual with beers from TBC, it was delicious. It also paired better with tacos than my go-to Seed Spitter watermelon gose. I can’t say enough about the delicious beers that TBC continues to churn out. But, that should be reserved for another post. Otherwise, this blog will surely die in a week or so. Let’s drag this thing out a little longer.
Check back later…I may just try another food truck this weekend. We’ll see.
I don’t eat in any exotic locales. I don’t go to 5 star restaurants. I don’t go to many restaurants in general. I do seek out amazing tacos, often in hole in the wall stores or food trucks. I eat from a wide variety of food trucks thanks to Tarboro Brewing Company here in Tarboro, North Carolina.
I don’t have anything particularly interesting to say and I don’t use flowery language. I have been urged by a few to start blogging about food. I do love food. A lot. I say this as I suffer through a sun dried tomato basil wrap (part of a healthier eating push) and enjoy a nice cold Cherry Pepsi (my one and only allowed for the day, as part of the aforementioned healthier eating push).
This blog will most likely go silent after a few posts. But I will try to inform and amuse y’all with my musings on food until such time.
Museing About Food. 
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