Mexican Seafood Tostadas at Mariscos 4 Vientos, Los Angeles
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I wasn’t in Los Angeles for very long, but I knew for sure I needed to eat some good Mexican food when I was there, and few things are as good as Mexican seafood tostadas. After doing some research I ended up driving towards downtown LA to eat at a restaurant and street food truck called Mariscos 4 Vientos. I didn’t realize at the time I was eating there, but they had two differing places to eat - you could eat inside, it’s kind of a blue painted restaurant from the outside, or you could choose to eat from the food truck which was parked along the side of Olympic Blvd. I chose to eat at the truck, and actually since there wasn’t much seating, we got our tostadas and tacos and headed back to the car to eat in the car.
At Mariscos 4 Vientos I ordered a few of their shrimp tacos (tacos de camaron) for my wife. The tacos were had shell, and came filled with bits of shrimp, and with plenty of tomato salsa on the side as well as plenty of avocado to go with them. The shrimp were fresh and firm, with some kind of almost creamy sauce on the inside. They were overall quite good, but nothing compared to the Mexican seafood tostadas I ordered and ate next.
I started off my meal with a mixta tostada, a mix of different bits of seafood, like shrimp, octopus, and fish ceviche, all piled onto a crunchy tostada base. One of the best things about eating tostadas is that you’ve got so many goodies on top, without too much tortilla or carbs to block all the delicious flavor of the fresh ingredients. So when you eat a tostada, the ingredients have to be good - you can’t cover them up with anything. At Mariscos 4 Vientos, the ingredients were fresh and the portions of everything were pretty generous. On the bottom of the mixta tostada was a first layer of fish ceviche, minced fish mixed with tomatoes and onions, and seasoned with pepper, salt, and lots of lime juice. Then came a layer of octopus and shrimp, and also a thick layer of fresh creamy avocado. Everything together was bursting with flavor, the seafood was all fresh, and the flavor was nice and sour from the lime juice. I couldn’t resist but to add on a bunch of the salsa chili sauce provided. The salsa was a little spicy, and had a wonderful dry chili flavor to it. This Mexican seafood tostada was awesome, I was extremely happy.
I also got ceviche de camaron, a shrimp ceviche, bits of shrimp mixed with onions and tomatoes and cooked in the acid of the lime juice, and seasoned with salt and pepper. Since we got it for takeaway, and since there was a lot of juice, this ceviche tostada wasn’t assembled, but the tostada shells were instead served on the side. Since I was eating in the car, and it could have gotten quite messy, I decided not to assemble the tostada, but to just leave it separate and just dip bites of tostada chips in the ceviche. The shrimp ceviche was incredible, it may have been my favorite dish at Mariscos 4 Vientos. The shrimp was perfectly seasoned, tender, and full of flavor. Finally, we also ordered a tostada of aguachile rojo, a red shrimp cocktail. The shrimp were left whole and within a tomatoey and slightly spicy red colored soup. It was nice and salty and a little sour, but I overall I liked the flavor better of the other two tostadas.
All the Mexican seafood we ordered at Mariscos 4 Vientos was delicious, and if you’re ever looking for extremely tasty Mexican seafood dishes when you’re in LA, this is a good restaurant and street food truck to try.
If you want to eat here, here’s the information:
Mariscos 4 Vientos
Address: 3332 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023
Phone: 323-264-3565
Open hours: 9:30 am – 7:30 pm daily
They take cash only.
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How Mexican Food is a World Leading, with Martha Ortiz
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In this video we speak to Martha Ortiz, about her new restaurant in London, Ella Canta.
Although educated in political science, Ortiz became a pioneer of the Mexican fine dining scene, with her first restaurant, Águila y Sol. Since it's closure (due to it not having enough parking spaces), Ortiz has gone on to open her flagship restaurant, Dulce Patria, winning her a multitude of awards and recognition, including the best restaurant in Mexico, listed on Latin America's 50 Best, as well as being part of La Liste.
She opened Ella Canta at the Park Lane Hotel, London in 2017 and has remained as one of the only fine dining Mexican restaurants in the country, despite this type of cuisine becoming vastly popular in recent years.
Martha speaks to us about her ethos on food and how she deals with the balance of creating authentic Mexican cuisine, including edible insects, using British produce, as well as what the UK has to offer to the menu.
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THE BEST BIRRIA Casserole Recipe
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Birria or Chicken Birria:
3 to 4 cups of Oaxaca or choice of melty cheese
15 to 18 tostadas
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MASSIVE Mexican STREET FOOD Tour in MEXICO CITY! MACHETE TACOS + SPICY TACOS AL PASTOR from HEAVEN!
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If you love street food videos and street food vlogs, this street food compilation is going to make you hungry for more! You can travel here with us through this travel vlog and discover 7 amazing street foods of Mexico city.
To start the day, we went for a Mexican breakfast, found on the street corner.
Here, we tried the tamales, a corn flour stuffed with chicken and a green salsa verde. It was spicy and heavenly!
After this, we went for more Mexican street food, and ate the Carnitas. They were stuffed with pork belly and organs and you can cover them in lime and lots of nice spicy salsa, very delicious! The street stands all throughout Mexico city are amazing!!
After this we went to the famous coyoacan Market in Mexico city to try delicious shrimp and ceviche tostadas! They were so crispy and delicious!
There are so many street foods in this video! After that we tried spicy and salty grasshoppers, and then moved on for more tacos from heaven!
To finish the day, we had 2 more types of tacos. The al pastor tacos and then some delicious brain, eye, and tongue tacos from a street fast food stand.
Here are the addresses for the street foods in this video:
1) Tamale Corn Flour Stuffed with Chicken and Salsa Verde - You can find these spicy Tamales all over the city, but the one we found was on the corner of Paseo de la reforma and Basilio badillo street.
2) Pork Carnitas at Rincon Tarasco Av. José Martí 14, Colonia Escandón
3 and 4) Fish Ceviche and Shrimp Tostadas and Grasshoppers found at the Coyoacan market in Mexico City
5) MASSIVE Machete Tacos/ Quesadillas at Los Machetes
6) Tacos Al Pastor -You can find these Tacos everywhere in Mexico city, so delicious! We found our Al Pastor tacos at Taqueria Escandon.
7) Brain, Tongue, Eye, and Suadero Tacos at El Paisa de Escandón - José Martí 104 Col. Escandón, Gral. Francisco Murguía
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My name is Trevor James and I'm a hungry traveler and Mandarin learner that's currently living in Chengdu, Szechuan, China, eating up as much delicious street food as I can . I enjoy tasting and documenting as many dishes as I can and I'm going to make videos for YOU along the way! Over the next few years, I'm going to travel around the world and document as much food as I can for you! I love delicious food! This channel will show you real Chinese food and real local food, not that stuff they serve in the Buzzfeed challenge.
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Tlayudas - Oaxacan Street Food
Tlayudas are a Mexican street food! It is a heathy, fresh, and fun dish that comes together super fast and has minimal cleanup. This recipe is vegetarian (vegan friendly if you remove the cheese), packed with whole food plant based goodness, and we really love to have it in summer as a light dinner because it is so cool and crisp. The breakdown consists of a crisp tostada, topped with refried beans, a veggie slaw, and your favorite toppings (we use avocado, pickled red onions, and cotija cheese). Give it a try! Your family will love it.
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