The last couple times we've stopped in at the Green Door Lounge (see post), which doesn't serve much in the way of food, someone has come into the bar with a bag of tacos from El Compa Carniceria & Taqueria, in the same strip mall as The Door at 711 E. Thompson Road. Taquerias are generally little lunch counters either attached to or inside of a Latino Market, kind of like the snack bars you old people used to see inside those ancient corner drug stores when you were kids, or so I'm told, anyway. Some have tables and chairs where you can eat, and others like El Compa are strictly to-go. The tacos these good ole' boys were bringing in were FANTASTIC traditional Mexican soft tacos-- corn tortilla, chunks of tasty marinated and seasoned beef with cilantro and lime juice. When I later saw that they have $1 tacos on Tuesdays, I had to stop in and pick up lunch for The Little Woman and myself. I got her 3 tacos and the Camarones ala Diabla platter for me. The guy warned me that the platter is very spicy: "Bring it on!" I said. He smiled and said since we like spicy food, he would give me some hot salsa for the tacos as well as the green sauce he'd already put in the bag. I think heard evil laughter echoing behind me as I left the store....
The Camarones ala Diabla was a simple collection of shrimp in the devil sauce, with (I think) rice and beans on the side. I say "I think" because the sauce wiped out most of the rest of my memory of the meal-- it was oh, SO tasty, but it was also oh, SO SPICY HOT! Now, TLW shares my love of spicy food, but she took one bite and immediately ran to the kitchen to fetch us some milk and maybe a fire extinguisher. Thankfully she had more milk standing by when she tried a little of the red salsa on her taco, because it set her lips on fire. I think it was even hotter than the Diabla sauce.... I finished my meal because it was sooooo delicious, but I drenched my tongue in milk and it was still burning for several minutes afterward. TLW very graciously gave me one of her tacos, and we ate them with the verde sauce, which was tasty but also had a little kick. I think the whole meal cost like $11, so it was well worth it. We'll definitely go back, but we'll go green, in regard to the sauce, anyway. !SALUD!
The Camarones ala Diabla was a simple collection of shrimp in the devil sauce, with (I think) rice and beans on the side. I say "I think" because the sauce wiped out most of the rest of my memory of the meal-- it was oh, SO tasty, but it was also oh, SO SPICY HOT! Now, TLW shares my love of spicy food, but she took one bite and immediately ran to the kitchen to fetch us some milk and maybe a fire extinguisher. Thankfully she had more milk standing by when she tried a little of the red salsa on her taco, because it set her lips on fire. I think it was even hotter than the Diabla sauce.... I finished my meal because it was sooooo delicious, but I drenched my tongue in milk and it was still burning for several minutes afterward. TLW very graciously gave me one of her tacos, and we ate them with the verde sauce, which was tasty but also had a little kick. I think the whole meal cost like $11, so it was well worth it. We'll definitely go back, but we'll go green, in regard to the sauce, anyway. !SALUD!
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