I tasted sweetness, heat and an herbal undertone like chimichurri without the oil slick. All Mauricio Varela would say is that they don’t use achiote, the most common al pastor spice.Īl pastor gringas incorporate grilled tortillas with cheese at Mister Diablo, a San Antonio taco truck specializing in al pastor. The trompo created the perfect storm of charred edges and juicy interiors to absorb the secret blend of herbs and spices that give it a healthy sunburned complexion. While Mister Diablo offers five protein options - pork al pastor, carne asada, chorizo, chicken and the all-star meat supergroup called alambre - al pastor is the go-to, and for good reason.
The tortilla is a thick, handmade corn masa masterpiece, both stout and flexible, grilled to bring out the corn’s natural sweetness.
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On : 52 Weeks of Food Trucks: Carnitas Don Raúl on Broadway kicks off series with a Worth a Drive ratingīest dish: Overlapping the sides of a 9-inch paper plate, the cuchillo ($10) is everything you want in a taco, only bigger. The trailer represents a journey that began in Santiago de Querétaro in Mexico with a dream and a 60-year-old recipe for puerco al pastor, a dream squeezed into a black trailer not much bigger than a walk-in closet, with the idea for a second trailer in the works and for a restaurant sometime in the future. Takeout/delivery: Patio dining and takeout available. It’s not just the radiant red layers of pork spinning on the vertical rotisserie spit called a trompo it’s the creative ways they spin it into taco truck standards like tacos, taquitos and tortas, along with less common options like huaraches, gringas, mulas and Aztecas. So he came up with the cuchillo, a taco that wields the same cutting-edge flavor at about half the size, packed with your choice of one of five meats, including some of the city’s best al pastor.Īl pastor is king at Mister Diablo. Mauricio said his father didn’t want the hassle of wrangling the more common machete taco, which can stretch up to 18 inches long. That’s because Mister Diablo co-founder and chef Edmundo Varela invented the cuchillo when he started the truck with his wife Mayra Olguin and their son Mauricio Varela in 2019. What you won’t find is “cuchillo” associated with a handmade corn tortilla folded over into a long blade of a taco, except when it’s accompanied by the words “Mister Diablo,” a San Antonio taco truck parked at Broadway News just down from the Pearl. The menu at Mister Diablo Mike Sutter /Staff Show More Show Lessĭo a Google search on the word “cuchillo” and you’ll find out that it’s Spanish for “knife,” that a few restaurants use the word in their names and that it’s a town in New Mexico.
Mike Sutter /Staff Show More Show Less 10 of10 Mini taquitos with al pastor and pineapple are a top seller at Mister Diablo, a San Antonio taco truck specializing in al pastor. Mike Sutter /Staff Show More Show Less 9 of10 Mike Sutter /Staff Show More Show Less 8 of10Ī mula brings together chorizo and cheese with tostadas top and bottom at Mister Diablo, a San Antonio taco truck specializing in al pastor. Mike Sutter /Staff Show More Show Less 7 of10Įdmundo Varela, left, his wife Mayra Olguin and their son Mauricio Varela own and operate Mister Diablo, a San Antonio taco truck specializing in al pastor. Mike Sutter /Staff file photo Show More Show Less 6 of10Īn Azteca with grilled chicken includes cheese and nopales with tostadas top and bottom at Mister Diablo, a San Antonio taco truck specializing in al pastor. Mike Sutter /Staff Show More Show Less 5 of10Ī supersize, handmade corn tortilla folded over al pastor and pineapple gives the cuchillo its shape at Mister Diablo, a San Antonio taco truck specializing in al pastor. Mike Sutter /Staff Show More Show Less 4 of10Īlambre - a mix of asada, sausage and bacon - is an option on a huarache at Mister Diablo, a San Antonio taco truck specializing in al pastor. Mister Diablo is a San Antonio taco truck parked at Broadway News on Broadway specializing in al pastor. Mike Sutter /Staff Show More Show Less 3 of10 Pork al pastor roasts on a vertical rotisserie spit called a trompo at Mister Diablo, a San Antonio taco truck specializing in al pastor. Mike Sutter /Staff file photo Show More Show Less 2 of10
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