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The Taco Project

I stopped in at Los Dos Compadres in Campbell the other day. This place is a taqueria and a place for mariscos–seafood. All the oysters, mussels, octopus, and lobster on the menu looked intriguing but I was here to try the tacos. This restaurant was crowded for lunch and I had high hopes but, alas, the tacos ($2.25) were less than great. I ordered carne asada and al pastor as ususal and both violated my first rule about good tacos–they were too big. The sturdy two-ply tortillas prevented them from falling apart but they were still unwieldly. The carne on the carne taco was gray and chewy and lacked that springy, juicy inside, crisp on the outside thing that I love so much. The pork specimen oozed an orange pool of grease. A little bit of grease is a good thing but part of the art and craft of a good al pastor taco is striking the right balance between grease sopped and dry. I actually poured the grease off before I had a bite. The taco gets points for the generous inclusion of pineapple (often placed on top of the pork as it roasts in a vertical broiler) but the preponderance of grease dragged it down.

Los Dos Compadres

100 W. Hamilton Ave. Campbell. 408.379.9133.

Taco tally

1. Tacos Eva

2. Tacos El Rancherito No. 2

3. Los Dos Compadres

4. La Cabana