Food Digest

This looks pretty disgusting — and don’t get me wrong, it didn’t taste much different than it looks — but it was a very sweet meal.

I got stuck in traffic heading back to town from the north ‘burbs at the tail end of rush hour. I was headed to the school where the Missus teaches, to watch her students in their annual talent show. She’d promised me pizza if I got there in time. Well, it became obvious that wasn’t going to happen. I got there right as the show started, and the Missus met me outside the auditorium door with a greasy brown bag with a steak torta from La Pasadita in it.

All her co-teachers had snarfed down the pizza, and she knew I’d be hungry, so she went to the local taqueria and got this and a can of Coke for me, which I ate in a classroom while sitting on one of those tiny chairs kindergartners sit on. (I should have gotten a photo of that. I’m sure I looked awesome.)

Well, anyway, the torta was extremely soggified and cold after sitting in the bag for an hour. I was hungry, though, so I ate it anyway. And gave the Missus a kiss (when her students weren’t looking) to thank her for being so thoughtful.

I was on the train headed home after a long day at the office when my phone rang and the Missus offered to meet me at La Pasadita, if only I could get off at the Division Street stop. I happened to be one stop away. Perfect timing. This place used to be my favorite steak taco in town, but the quality has certainly slipped. It’s not terrible. It’s just not the best. But the pico de gallo, on the other hand, is a different story. I used to rave about it. No longer. It’s not even mediocre anymore. It’s just bad.

You sneaky bastards. The Missus and I were driving by, saw the familiar La Pasadita sign and decided to stop in for tacos. As we walked through the door, we realized something very important. This wasn’t La Pasadita. Whoever owns this little taco shack apparently had a sign, covered up the ‘s’ and the ‘d’ and started a restaurant called La Palapita. Even though we felt tricked, we decided to give it a try. Steak tacos are not nearly as good as La Pasadita, but they did the trick.