{"id":849,"date":"2014-09-08T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T21:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/?p=849"},"modified":"2014-09-08T17:29:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T21:29:26","slug":"went-to-another-country-5-stops-away-on-the-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/2014\/09\/went-to-another-country-5-stops-away-on-the-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Another country, 5 stops away on the 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The smartest thing cultural centers in far-flung neighborhoods do these days is recommend close-by eating options on their websites. Which is how my consort and I wound up sharing some pretty great spicy guacamole with just-fried chips at Xochimilco, on our way to the impressive Bronx Documentary Center<\/a>. Maybe we would have found the place on our own, given that both a NYT article on Baron Ambrosia and a TripAdvisor seal were posted outside, but having the options narrowed to four (the others being pizza\/Italian or a bar) definitely made it easier to think we would not starve on our little outing to a whole new New York.<\/p>\n

As you might expect from the neighborhood, the place is a long way from Rosa Mexicano design-wise — the \u201csilverware\u201d is mostly plastic, the \u201ctablecloth\u201d a sheet of clear plastic over place mats. But that guacamole was exceptional, and all of $6. Even next day the kittybagged cupful was darker but still vibrant. I passed on Bob\u2019s lengua tacos but did try his overloaded spicy pork ones and agreed they were deal of the year at $3 each (you can have them for 50 cents less if you leave off crema etc.) I\u2019m a sucker for gorditas because they\u2019re so rare in New York and I\u2019m too lazy to make them using the recipe I did for Esquire\u2019s \u201cMan at His Best\u201d way back in the last century after a trip to El Paso. These were definitely made to order, the masa dough soft inside, fried almost crisp outside, with a filling of Oaxacan cheese, crema and lettuce (plus, in one, chicharrones). The sweet waitress brought two salsas, a nearly incendiary red and a just-made\/still-warm tomatillo, and both those added the essential acid to the richness. WIGB? If I lived nearby, for sure. But the gorditas in Corona were actually better if I\u201dm going to have to get on a train. We\u2019ll go back to the photo center for sure, but next time I\u2019d try one of the other recommendations for one reason: local insight expands horizons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The smartest thing cultural centers in far-flung neighborhoods do these days is recommend close-by eating options on their websites. Which is how my consort and I wound up sharing some pretty great spicy guacamole with just-fried chips at Xochimilco, on our way to the impressive Bronx Documentary Center. Maybe we would have found the place… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bronx","category-mexican"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852,"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions\/852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastropoda.com\/trails\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}