Finding the Best Hard Shell Tacos - All The Tacos

Some people say that the hard-shell taco is sacrilegious. It is not a taco and it is not Mexican they say. But actually, that beautifully crispy and fried tortilla filled with cheddar cheese and lettuce does have a Mexican background and we should be very thankful and proud about it. On this episode, our taco guru Francisco Gómez takes us to the heart of California in search for the best hard-shell in town.
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[@itsallgood5314]

This dudes shirt game will always be elite lol 10/10

[@lionlight777]

HAAA you said this many times before.. And agree its on FLEEK

[@glorybr]

His jacket is a Tony Delfino jacket, a really cool Mexican designer. The shirt might be his too

[@abergs-dp2ob]

the other guy at the end rocking a (J) Dilla's Donuts shirt tho 11:30!

[@elsapomasguapo]

Damn it's sold out

[@chasepape2664]

Dont try to bring Fleek back bro

[@MsMedford]

Tacos don't discriminate. Damn right they dont. ❤🌮

[@OneManClicka]

amen

[@badshabz1]

Pasta doesn't discriminate

[@efrainrodarte6395]

The taco loves everybody

[@joevega5477]

Only tyrants like trump hillbillies 🤣

[@TACOSANDWORKOUTS]

tacos are awsome

[@mads-henningjensen7178]

Hope the audio and video editors over at vice get paid fat for their good work.

[@lionlight777]

Nice, another sound engineer.. Respect.

[@NicholasLeader0]

Taco Gordo

[@TACOSANDWORKOUTS]

they have awesome production team, I wish one day my videos get to that level. I'm my own sound, camera man and host.

[@correadoggsten]

wow didnt even realize this was the case

[@impulsethoughts3683]

OMG this needs to happen more often. A Mexican (foreigner) who speaks English, sharing culture with an American who has Mexican (foreign) heritage. There's so much to learn and find out about all the differences there.

[@carlosr3099]

One of the best host, hands down. Cheers compa 🍻🍻

[@TACOSANDWORKOUTS]

give tacos and workouts a shot

[@slipknot9023]

@Crazykerv why did he get fucked up in one?

[@guerrero_5104]

slipknot9023 for the sponsor :/ mundet sidral he have to drink that soda haha

[@Scorpio--]

@@guerrero_5104 He just need to refill the bottle with beer. Problem solved.

[@miguelsan1978]

Deltaco tacos are the best

[@thegourmetgrandadandfamily]

Tacos for me anytime of the day or night *I LOVE THIS CHANNEL* even more now....😋😋😋😋😋

[@elviejodelmar2795]

I grew up (I'm 73) as the only anglo in the barrio (I was known as the vato americano). Our local corner store produced menudo (you had to bring your own pot to carry it away), enchiladas, tamales and hard shelled tacos. I remember asking for a taco in English and abuela in the back telling her granddaughter, "Dile al gringo que ya no hay." I replied, "Orale abuela déme un taco." "Pués, habla español entonces."

[@ns88ster]

Now explain to the rest of the class what those words mean.

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

@@ns88ster “tell that American we’re out” “Grandma give me a taco!” “Well, speak Spanish then!” 😂

[@deathblade909]

helll yea mitla cafe,! that place need to be recognized as spark that stared taco bell. its crazy we grew up eating marisco jalisco, and mitla. We never knew how historic they where untill recently.

[@AkodoNoEyes]

Love how much pride these people have and it is reflected in their food.

[@diamondsupplyco]

Just in time for taco Tuesday

[@rebeccamolina3822]

Aww man another episode of the host sober? Don’t get me wrong he’s great either way. But I love the slick stuff he says when he drinks. This guys hilarious!

[@cuauhtemocaleman]

rebecca molina right! I was wondering the same shit since the last one that came out. Desperately need the Victoria sponsorship 😂 still a good show Fsho

[@user-jh4ir6km5p]

El chupe es infaltable para hacer apetito

[@goodputin4324]

you're caliente

[@TACOSANDWORKOUTS]

what episode is that?

[@fernandogutierrez1838]

This episode was too sober for me

[@barabusband]

Eduardo Gutierrez well I’m drunk as hell right now if that helps.

[@TACOSANDWORKOUTS]

hahahahaahh yeah, what beer you like?

[@barabusband]

Tacos & Workouts Bud Light Lime! And a lot of em!

[@elhiezenberg8393]

Because it was not in Mexico

[@sevenoctobers7471]

Nothing but respect for what most people consider as their gateway drug to the world's best cuisine. My first taste of Mexican food was a hard shell taco our neighbor made. Never looked back since then. Salute to Lucía Montaño whose recipe travelled oceans and links generations.

[@ZemogZaidRacso]

Gracias por esa exposición de sabor, ingenio, valentía y honestidad de quienes llevan su tierra en el corazón y se la muestran a los Estados Unidos con el corazón. Me hiciste llorar brother en estos tiempos de discriminación. Thank you for that exposition of flavour, wit, courage, and honesty of the people who carrie their country in the heart, and show it to the USA with the heart. You made me cry in this discrimination and deportation times.

[@israelcanepa2431]

I'm Dominican but I'm obsessed with the Mexican gastronomy. Viva México

[@rgdssd]

Por fin! Datos históricos sobre el origen mexicano de los tacos dorados en EEUU! Bien hecho chicos. Ahora por favor hagan video sobre la historia de los burritos. 😎

[@fcogomezdiaz]

próximamente...

[@Tuskasami]

That Dilla's donuts shirt really brought up some good music memories. @11:38

[@cheesebo1gee]

Am I the only one that would visit LA exclusively for the street food? This stuff looks amazing.

[@pmodd]

Not a great reason to visit LA to be honest, but the Mexican food is decent. Go there and see how it works out.

[@aphexon.]

about two days travel, just to eat crap food is a bit much.

[@frostytheredd]

Honestly, I'm with ya, that sounds like a great time.

[@albertledesma5173]

You’d be surrounded by crappy people while eating your so-so food. Not a great sacrifice.

[@Irv2488]

Id do the same lol food looks amazing

[@genjii931]

Respect for the hard-shell taco, at last! As with people, it's the insides that count.

[@jlopez1017d]

Right my family and I are Mexican but we love a good shredded beef hard shell taco too

[@walk4God]

My sister in law learned to fry and build her tacos that way like the first restaurant and they are amazing

[@notyou1178]

I gotta stop myself from binge watching this it makes me so hungry watching all those delicious tacos!

[@omarset2go]

Mitla Cafe tacos are super amazing. The best hard shell tacos in Socal that I have ever had.

[@peezyworld420]

Grew up in Riverside and have ate every place several times. The best hard shell ground beef tacos anywhere are in Riverside though. Go to Tina's Mexican food on University Ave.

[@goodputin4324]

what to order?

[@alejandrizzle26]

hell naw theyre not

[@oldaccount8478]

I grew up in Riverside too. I don’t think hard tacos are good at all 🤢🤢

[@LorenzoMartinez-rr8vk]

Keep this series coming forever!!!!

[@talkingfights]

also I love the english translations of the spanish, hella stuff gets mistranslated or left out and its super funny

[@jmcosmos]

¡Me siento tan feliz de que hayas decidido subtitular el diálogo en inglés y en español! Todos pueden compartir y disfrutar de esto.

[@wiliambanquiter8039]

English here, same

[@tcole7692]

He did a bad job stealing the recipe because Taco Bell tacos are so nasty you can tell those tacos at the restaurant taste better because there filled with grand ma love not theft

[@peezyworld420]

You obviously never ate Mitlas. It's not that great

[@ericzepeda4378]

@LaVioletaAmatista its fucking nasty!

[@KennCobain]

Eric Zepeda What do you ecpect for a dollar

[@ericzepeda4378]

Kenny Do I have had great tacos for a dollar or under.

[@dylanjacob5062]

Pepsi Co took over in 1978, prior to that the taste and quality was much better

[@Finebyme123]

I love Francisco. Francisco for the win.

[@aviatorix8805]

Always awesome to see my man Francisco Gómez

[@thehappyhandler827]

that place with the flautas reminds me of chicos tacos in el paso tx.

[@sergiotorres9279]

Chicos tacos its gross

[@sergiohernandez6783]

This comment reminds of Gabriel Iglesias (Fluffy)

[@Osw-Aldo-]

Chicos tacos is trash as any mexican restaurant in the US

[@jlopez1017d]

Could we hook this guy up with Frank from the Pizza Show to make something together they’re both great hosts

[@davidsanchez3521]

Dude love tacos, love your show, dont ever run out of tacos 😁

[@bradleymorehouse7462]

My grandpa, God bless him, frequently took me to Cielito Lindo for taquitos and a Coke in a glass bottle. That was about 55 years ago, and I still remember those occasions fondly. Really, there is so much spectacular Mexican food in Southern California, I don't know how you'd decide which establishment to feature.

[@AntonioHernandez-rh3wx]

Good God. How do I get a job like this brother? Dream job. Eat, drink, and.... Well we'll leave the ready to the imagination, but this guy's living the dream.

When he mentioned Mazatlán I felt so proud 🥰

[@MediCali951]

Hard shell taco and McDonald’s both created in San Bernardino what a trip!

[@majordomomedia]

One of our favorite shows!

[@acastro1990]

Hate that when he comes to the U.S.A he doesnt drink in those episodes.

[@BeyondDaX]

Well this episode is sponsored by that mexican apple soda brand in this case.

[@westcoastkidd17]

As an LA native, Marisco Jalisco is amazing!!! Their tacos are bomb, but they have some of the best ceviche as well!!! If you're ever in LA, it's an absolute must try

[@Mickcotton]

My Favorite is El Tepeyac in East L. A. Hard Shell Tacos. ❤️

[@vincenzovieri3743]

damn rite titos tacos are the best and i drink that salsa because its soooooooo good.

[@rmknicks]

Three tacos and a side of refried beans to scoop up with the chips!

[@jlopez1017d]

I hate how expensive it’s gotten. I just recently started ordering the guacamole and after drowning my taco in salsa and guacamole I can’t go back

[@willneverreadreplies]

The salsa is shit, only 69th generation mexicans and white people love that tomato sauce crap

[@scuffedcomedy4819]

One of the best series on MUNCHIES

[@emmysan8784]

What is a 'sacrilege' is taco bell. A lot of mexicans forget that hard shell tacos have always existed as 'tacos dorados', and as he said the food changes depending on the region. A lot of northerners have a dislike of the flavor from southern tacos, so who says you can't change the recipe as long as it tastes good.

[@staystiiizy658]

Chillest guy and show ever 👌

[@broseppicarnalizmo315]

My family ate at Mitlas every sunday from the 60s to about 93, or 94? They said something happened and it wasn't the same. Mitlas catered my grandfather's funeral a few years ago and I thought that they did a great job! Se hacen un jale bien chingasote cabrones!!! The food was soooooo gooood!!!

[@mrloboloco702]

Hope y'all had something to do with that Taco Show on Netflix... Similar Format, just more documentary like on their side.

[@MRREE-zw6xc]

Mitlas is fire!! I'm going broke always going back haha

[@piedrabuena59]

Someone tell this guy to head to El Paso Texas, Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio and Austin for the amazing tacos here in TX

[@pardymo9554]

Dont forget waco belton ndallas

[@TheSpritz0]

REALLY awesome video, damn I wish I was there eating a little from each place he visited- well done MUNCHIES!!!!!

[@thisdamnthingy]

Hard shell or soft tortilla, I wish to eat all the tacos. The crunch when you bite into a hard shell, immediately folllowed by the multiple textures within, is a truly magical thing. This was the wrong thing to watch before dinner, which is not tacos.

[@gothsauceproductions5243]

Can’t believe that I went into this with a real craving for some good hard shell shredded beef tacos & of course I’m thinking the location will be no where near me since I’m staying in SAN BERNARDINO CA I nearly fell off my seat seeing that this place that I drive by daily sells great hard shell tacos cause I been looking everywhere for some

[@cornpop8570]

Jack in the box tacos are the best!! 👍🏻

[@verxatile]

Beautifully amazing, I'm gonna enjoy this timeless dish within divine timing.

[@starsdaisuki]

I love all tacos, but hard tacos have a special place in my heart.

[@yaboy_jose1745]

We need more of TODOS LOS TACOS !!!

[@26alas]

Awesome! Love these mini docs! Cielito Lindo is good Mexican food been there.👍👌

[@twitchykun]

So this is where Taco Bell was born.

[@kangaroofuno]

That's history

[@albertledesma5173]

No it’s not. It’s a bunch of BS.

[@JoeyEsqueda]

@@albertledesma5173 Theres a few testimonies online confirming Glen Bell's taco stand started across the street from there.

[@kangaroofuno]

Yep,this is where modern Mexican-American food got started. I've never been to mitla cafe but I salute to them for paving the way Americans think about Mexican food. It may be flawed and wonky at first but Hey it's a start!

[@twitchykun]

@@kangaroofuno my San Diegan taco sensibilities are challenged

[@acruze7763]

Plazita Olvera ...Cielito Lindo...great food across the street from L.A. UNION STATION...🤤

[@alexc.3032]

I always said it Mexican food is the Best hands down , everyone eats and loves our food no matter how they make it and it keeps evolving also to the next level because of our ingredients

[@OneManClicka]

wow i learned so much about a classic Mexican food

[@francinasoto4063]

Me encanta como Francisco presenta, que sigan poniendo mas shows con el

[@bakerXderek]

So happy you guys gave proper props to Mitla Cafe out here in San Bernarghetto ! I live by there and found out the story from them about Taco Bell stealing their taco idea.

[@albertledesma5173]

BS story. I wish someone would ask them to prove that dumb story.

[@bakerXderek]

@@albertledesma5173 The proof is that it's right fucking there in person lol. The old taco bell spot was across the street and every local here knows.

[@kangaroofuno]

@@bakerXderek At least Glen bell introduced the taco to the general public for better and for worse. Thanks to him,everyone on earth knows what a taco is. Without taco bell,the general public of the world won't ever know what a taco is.

[@ehbrazzy2845]

@@albertledesma5173 it's common knowledge to everyone in the San Bernardino area. Glen Bell started Taco Tia as his first taco chain and sold them as a whole as he wanted to make another chain a franchise that people would buy into as owners and operators of his branding Taco Bell.

[@albertledesma5173]

Eh Brazzy Again, if nobody provides proof, I call BS. Because everyone in California says something doesn’t make it true. I can’t take any Californian serious.

[@thewhitematstudio]

The best of both worlds is freshly, light fried tacos in a skillet.

[@jozsefjamesofficial]

I remember the first time lining up at Tito’s being a broke musician. A friend was telling me about this place in Culver City where I lived at the time and said ‘be prepared to line up, you have to get the fried tacos, chips and salsa.....but don’t forget the bean dip’. The first experience sitting outside in the parking lot eating Tito’s was amazing. It was so cool seeing the place run like a machine. The food amazing, the experience amazing. I must have been back there 100+ times since my first day.

[@CheesyNoodlez]

You’ll like this video. It shows every step in the Tito’s process kzbin.info/www/bejne/e36uq4Gjg8qNors

[@rosiev.445]

I love your videos!!! Keep them coming!!!! 🌮 🥘 🍺 🥩🍤🌯

[@edarriaza8113]

I love watching munchies

[@KevinBostwick]

I just ate dinner and now I want tacos!

[@danmangonista772]

Tacos are different on every state in Mexico. You got flautas, hardshell tacos de papa similar to Mitlas, tacos de frijol and many more versions. Mitlas is an original taco recipe and is best and better than the bell tacos.

[@mjollnirtsubo]

outstanding video as always. much love

[@talkingfights]

love these! I get hype whenever I see a new one of these vids

[@Charles53412]

For those that do not know, Mitla Taco's has a connection with Taco Bell ! Glen Bell creator of Taco Bell actually worked at Milta Cafe and learned how to make the hard shell taco.

[@Kedbuka]

Great episode. I prefer Francisco's adventures in Mexico but this was a nice departure into the U.S.

[@tothetune]

Los Monitos in Ontario,Ca were the best. R.I.P Los Monitos

[@andrianc91]

Been going to Mitlas Cafe since I was a kid.

[@meechdayshaun8798]

I've been in San B for some years and just found out about them. Definitely going by there.

[@24kachina]

I'm a 52 year old native of Tucson, AZ and have been eating and making good Mexican my whole life. Tacos Dorados are an art form - but they should never have crappy yellow cheddar tossed on as an afterthought. Cotija on lettuce. And if you must cheddar - you out it onbthe meat FIRST so it can melt.

[@pardymo9554]

What cheese you use then

[@adolphrivas9709]

If you are ever in Mount Vernon, WA try the Mexico Cafe. Great crisp tacos. Make sure you put the house hot sauce on the taco.

[@CheesyNoodlez]

Nothing tops a two hard shell taco combo with rice and beans at a mom and pop restaurant. Extra points if they say “careful, hot plate” when dropping off the food

[@nativelatinosfooktrump5348]

✌ people from Northern Ireland are still Irish and Scottish people are not British. but we can enjoy each other's culture

[@zackjudge6467]

Scottish people are British, for now at least

[@ThelmaGriffin-r2l]

I cook all kinds of tacos turkey tacos, chicken tacos, steak tacos I bought asada taco it was good onions and Calandra 2 sauces red and guacamole radishes limon lime MANIFICO MEXICAN TACOS

[@ThelmaGriffin-r2l]

Muy Bein.

[@HardcoreMFDance]

I love this show and I love this nigga. That brief shot of him smiling at 9:14 hahaha dude is so happy lol

[@andrewconcepcion2660]

Tito's Tacos, moved to OC from culver city in late 70's, been a customer since then

[@kangaroofuno]

How's their Food? Is it good?

[@thewhitematstudio]

Btw the Taco show is the best food show on this channel hands down

[@alexzamoraclips]

When you speak both English and Spanish and can just enjoy the video without reading the subtitles 😇

[@elemir17]

I still read them i dont know why

[@EthelbertCoyote]

I remember the first time I went into my local Mexican grochery, I was getting a mess of dried chillies, mole paste, dried poulantro, Mexican oregano, cinnamon and star anise. The older woman behind the counter seeing a midwestern white guy gave me a look like she was worried I was going to cook her dog... I was shocked and said slowly "they are all for differnt recipes..." She started to laugh so hard.

[@poppat3238]

I love that they didn’t show him eating Tito’s tacos… he didn’t wanna lie and say they were good 😂

[@lilmisslady]

lmaooo fr 💀

[@tobydammit6599]

Titos is straight garbage marked up like crazy.

[@czgsycygy3738]

Killer series! Congrats!!

[@josealbertomiramontes3047]

Mitla cafe a a unas cuadras donde yo vivo! Muy delicioso pozole!!!

[@genevieve1963]

Maybe Rachel Ray can go there to learn how to make real pozole. 😂

[@donovansalgado8098]

Tell me Franciso doesn't look a little like the Mexican version of Billy from Stranger Things. He just needs the Psuedo-Mullet. 😂 I love this guy and the show! Keep it up!

[@logansmith9437]

I can't say I see that at all.

[@edwardssistershands]

This is the best show.

[@Darthhooktu]

Me gusta cómo el taco de concha dura es análogo al inmigrante. ¡El migrante tuvo que volverse difícil de vivir en América! ¡viva México!

[@joseg.castaneda8991]

Let me clear this up, Most mexicans don't think the hard shell taco (taco dorado) it's a sacrilege, but more so what places like Taco Bell has done to the taco including the rest mutated "Mexican" food on their menu. Hard shell shrimp Tacos like the ones on the last part of this video, that hold a lot of the original flavors and combinations, are a great example of how hard shell taco can be a great taco and can rise above the rest. That taco could be a winner on any food fest or taco competition held in Mexico.

[@ns88ster]

And yet people prefer the Taco Bell taco to your primitive shitty attempt at good food in Mexico. Wow!

[@alinewright1093]

My mom came from Mexico she has passed now. But when frying tacos she would ask soft, medium or hard tortillas shell. She opened a Mexican restaurant in 1960. That was a thing. At least she sold her enchilada sauce recipe for $50.00 to a rep from an American food company. I was there when it happened $50.00 was big money then.

[@chaunguyen1359]

This is the best episode of Todos Los Tacos, easily. The level of production in this episode is off the charts

[@DarcOfTheShadows]

I love this guy. Ain't nothin wrong with wanting a hard shell taco here and there- they might not be what you'd think of as authentic Mexican tacos, but who cares? At this point they're an entirely different dish, and a fucking good one, too. If you like tacos, I dare you to get a really good hard shell taco and not enjoy it. It's like fans of chili complaining that Cincinnati chili isn't real chili- like, yeah, that's not the point, it's not trying to be. It's something different, created by people taking an established food and tweaking it based on what they have available.

[@jesusfranco4571]

Amo Este show Es mi favorito de munchies

[@pandabutter1266]

Homie loves his soda with tacos. This is my favorite host

[@AvenueD417]

Panda Butter apple soda is good tho, better than coke or sprite.

[@pandabutter1266]

@@AvenueD417 oh I agree

[@danielretamal2081]

Yo did my boy quit drinking? It's all good. We're here for the tacos anyway. Provecho

[@MRxavo17]

Finally! This is exactly what I've been telling everyone for years, hard shell tacos are 100% Mexican,

[@albertledesma5173]

No they’re not. This is a BS story.

[@JoeyEsqueda]

@@albertledesma5173 Lol someone is butthurt.

[@joekidd777]

@@albertledesma5173 so you think a tortilla never got fried in Mexico?

[@albertledesma5173]

Joe Kidd Yes!! Absolutely!! That’s my point! Tortillas have been getting fried in Mexico for centuries and this place is gonna come along and say “we invented the fried taco.” Of course all the gullible kids are gonna believe this nonsense but thank you for making my point for me.

[@KingJT80]

@@albertledesma5173 they introduced the fried taco to Americans...let's put it that way

[@helenabasquette7222]

56year old white guy here tacos are my no.1 food ,rolled .hard shell soft shell im in ✌️

[@Crushenator500]

I gotta say, most of the food in this episode looked like ass. I'm definitely down for that mariscos one though. Hard shell tacos with potato are the best. Don't knock it till you try it.

[@llow1170]

Potato tacos a fucking classic. Only those with that Abuela who knew the reciple know that flavor!