A Like-I-Love-You Confession

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DATE: June 11th, 2015
LOCATION: Chelsea Market
75 9th Avenue (Between 15th and 16 Streets), New York, NY 10011 

I'm really discovering a love for the food market/hall type spaces... as is evident in places I've ventured to this year, such as City Kitchen and Philly's Reading Terminal Market.  I have a like-I-love-you affinity to these vast food options and deciding at the last minute what my stomach's craving.  Last month, for the first time, I went to Chelsea Market.  I didn't realize it was such a stylish and trendy market full of multiple stores, flea markets and food shops.  Whenever I've heard of Chelsea Market before, I just assumed it was one large famer's market or a type of Trader Joe's grocery store.  This is not your soccer mom's suburban mall, flanked by department stores and lower-grade food courts (although I admittedly do enjoy the free toothpick samples of chicken teriyaki & an Auntie Anne's Pretzel).  It is a trendier way of making food courts fun in the city.



There are so many options from Buddakan to Num Pang.  On this day, we went with a fast, simple and cheap selection, Los Tacos.  I ordered 2 corn tacos, the Carne Asada (grilled steak) and the Adobada (marinated pork).  I LOVE when there is a self-serve option for toppings and ingredients.  At the counter, there were 3 bowls of spices.  Not surprisingly, I went for all 3 to get the variation of spices.  The "mild" just looked like a pica de gallo, with the tomato & onion bits.  The medium was a green salsa and the red naturally was the spicy.  I put a mix of all these on both of the tacos. 

Carne Asada
Adobada

With no particular order, I went for the carne asada first.  I thought the grilled steak was cooked well and tasted fresh.  It was enjoyable and pleasant until I took a bite out of the adobada.  The pork tasted well-marinated and juicy, I loved this one so much more that I wanted to break up with grilled steak and replace him with another adobada!  There's not much more I can say to elaborate on how good the marinated pork taco was, aside from you must try this the next time you're in need of a taco fix and around Chelsea Market!  Oh, and did I mention that the tacos were each under $4?

Bottom Line: Los Tacos is a great, cheap food selection in Chelsea Market.  While the grilled steak taco was good, the adobada was the one that amazed my taste buds.

Happy Noshing, Jeanne
Location: 75 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA

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