Finding The Best Birria Tacos In Los Angeles | Food Tours | Insider Food

"Food Wars" hosts Harry Kersh and Joe Avella travel across Los Angeles to find the best birria tacos in the city. They'll be visiting five locations in just one day to see what the city has to offer. This is "Food Tours."
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Birria El Jaliciense
05:31 - Tacos Y Birria La Unica
11:48 - Burritos La Palma
14:30 - Teddy's Red Tacos Truck
20:24 - Birrieria San Marcos
24:52 - Final Decision
30:43 - Credits
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Finding The Best Birria Tacos In Los Angeles | Food Tours | Food Insider

[@ashishkulkarni9783]

This series can literally go on forever, given that we have so many cuisines worldwide. Harry & Joe just going around the globe for food & banter

[@susanharris5331]

Amen

[@Nainara32]

I preferred the early ones where they were eating exotic foods in Britain like pies and mash.

[@ashishkulkarni9783]

@@Nainara32 Pies and Mash are exotic? 🤣 These are everyday meals

[@Scrappycoco14]

gm asis

[@ashishkulkarni9783]

@@Scrappycoco14 lmao who is dis

[@Ross42800]

I actually like this series MORE than Food Wars. I could rewatch them endlessly. Every time I think you guys are done, another episode comes out. And now were in LA so many more things for Harry to try❤

[@tubulartuber]

i think food wars is the filler content that gives them the budget to shoot on location stuff like this

[@Nooticus]

Exactly

[@cheekychappy1234]

​@@tubulartuber The OG Food Wars was probably just a low cost Covid friendly non-travel food show that they could record in their respective offices and then merge the footage in the edit to create a global food show in a local way. That original McDonald's video now has had 14M views

[@brqxton8974]

This series singlehandedly keeping Insider afloat

[@360shadowmoon]

This is the only series I watch on this channel.

[@ShoelessJP]

The Harry and Joe bromance makes this series so good. Please continue these, and perhaps consider showcasing even more types of local and regional food variations because there are a world of cultures and dishes out there which would be great content... getting Joe and Harry outside their comfort zone with something along the lines of Thai or Vietnamese food would be AWESOME.

[@Nooticus]

Agreed

[@nullakjg767]

with harry its a slowmance. feels like joe is doing 90% of the work in every segment.

[@Biker1124]

@@nullakjg767he’s gotten more confident but you have a point. Especially the first few food wars videos. He was kinda a stick the script type of guy.

[@PeteDaveRob]

Bring them to Korea!

[@andrewvalentine6977]

​@@PeteDaveRobwould be amazing if they could do a collab with Korean Gentlemen.

[@joseguerrero6050]

Birria is a very common breakfast food in Mexico particularly Jalicos where it was invented. It's usually eaten on Saturday or Sundays as a hangover food.

[@ramonserna8089]

Birria after when you have a hangover taste like the gods.

[@pt6134]

The British guy is a mega nerd, the look, the pokemon, the love for food, he's a champion!

[@LudiCrust.]

Nerds are sexy 🤷🏼‍♀️🤭🥰

[@KiGeprak]

He's so Bulbasaur.

[@jamesleung2450]

These two have the best chemistry for these kind of videos

[@nullakjg767]

the british guy is kind of a bore. i feel you could replace him with anyone and it would be better.

[@SteveBunce365]

@@nullakjg767 How about we replace him with ya mam

[@Nooticus]

LMAO i wonder where you’re from 😂 Harry is amazing

[@markjones1337]

They do have a good chemistry I agree, but it's not an overt thing, whatever it is they are just really nice to watch, not being foolish or trying to hard. Just a very pleasant watch.

[@markjones1337]

​@nullakjg767 your a bore, I know because your misses told me.

[@kates7277]

The bromance continues stateside!

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

I would call it a love/hate relationship.

[@karan_hiremath]

@@Woozlewuzzleable every good bromance has the givin each other a lil bit of shit lol

[@DarkCobra88]

Harry: "Your whole country is terrible at making tea" okay i laughed so much, i love the two's chemistry and banter, even country jabs are so tame and funny not just petty, they sure sell the food too. Looks good. I hope they keep this series going forever.

[@EasyPeasy_Japanesey]

Isn't the tea in the UK imported? 😂

[@LHLH78]

guys in LA and he's drinking British tea???😒

[@ddlee84]

@@EasyPeasy_Japanesey As is the coffee in the US lol another way we are both very similar :P

[@PapagenoMF]

Tea isn't even indigenous to the UK. they got it from China, along with everyone else in Europe.

[@WordAte]

I believe this is the first time Harry and Joe have ventured outside of London and New York. It is great to see them expanding this series to other cities. They should try sammiches in Pittsburgh (some with Kielbasa and Pierogi), BBQ in Birmingham, and soba in Portland.

[@sugarcuba4628]

they went to philly too

[@WordAte]

@@sugarcuba4628 That's right. I forgot about the recent Philly Cheesesteak video.

[@CraigGrannell]

“BBQ in Birmingham” And then curry in Birmingham in the UK.

[@linkjag]

As someone who is both part of foodie culture and the pokemon fandom, can confirm you got me

[@normtrooper4392]

Please send the lads to Japan for a video with ramen

[@fayesouthall6604]

Yes 😊

[@greenmachine5600]

Yes please

[@pmaigotthat7211]

Ramen is overpriced and mid

[@umeshudeer1]

Love the Food Tours series - seriously hoping that many more vids are planned! Joe's good-natured grumpiness is hilarious when paired with Harry's puppy-like enthusiasm, and it's always awesome seeing the hometowns featured.

[@llchapman1234]

The cow logo has never steered us wrong 😂😂😂

[@4plus4equalsmoo]

haha steer

[@DropkickMurphysFan01]

Y’all know what you’re doing releasing these at lunch time EST

[@catliciousoz]

The curry ep dropped just before I woke up at 5am on good Friday (central Oz time). I was jonesing and drooling for curry for ages before I could access... Oof.

[@eap8317]

this chapter of Food Wars is my heaven!! Birria tacos always lift up anyone's spirits!! American Tex-mex is absolute rubbish next to a Birria taco! Here in the UK there a few places where you can eat birria tacos, but the few ones out there do them very well... birria is a warm hug on a winter's day, with the combination of rich consomé (thick broth) and tortilla taco filled with lots of meat!!! can't go wrong!

[@KillerTacos54]

WE'RE SO BACK BABY!! God I love this show, please never stop

[@bethellena9611]

Joe’s smile at 23.55 is so sweet🥺 he seems so happy and proud that Harry likes the tacos!🌮 love their vibe together in this vid🫶🏻

[@shanewittershicks6491]

Love how throughout the episode, Joe says things like "this is a level of flavor you're not used to" - lowkey throwing shade at British food 😂😂

[@jacksheville]

Woah we're in season 4 of food tours.

[@pizzadanitza]

Birria is love. Birria is life.

[@amyamnguyen]

Omg I love that the tables have turned and we're in America with these two!

[@micaylabirondo836]

Astonished. Bc these Food Tours are getting better and better! What's next?? I'm so excited to see more Food Tours! Are you gonna stay in L.A.? Are you gonna do L.A. donuts? Sushi? Ramen? I'm so proud of Harry for handling the spicy and maintaining his honest, british, diligent review of the food. LOVE you guys!

[@dw4070]

Joe please have someone from one of those restaurants/food trucks teach you how to pronounce Birria correctly 😂 great video! Can’t wait to see what the next one is!

[@at0mly]

I was dying, the way he said it made me think of "diarrhea."

[@ForkNinjaa]

Beer-ria lol

[@dilly2j]

Came here for this comment..was irritating me the whole video. Even Harry was saying it closer to correct.

[@toaztelg]

Seriously, this series is some of the best content ever on youtube ❤

[@Jamie_kemp]

Not that they should ever be compared, but this is the new worth it.

[@katherinegarcia40]

The exact thing came into my head 😭 such good series !!

[@MannyRiberaOriginal]

When back in the UK, show him some elite ‘Turkish Döner’ kebab.

[@antoniob.9396]

They nowadays have them also in New York

[@MannyRiberaOriginal]

@@antoniob.9396 not enough Turks there. British and German kebab is elite.

[@TheEAtoday]

👉Birrieria Gonzalez in East LA is the best imo 🌮🌮

[@WheelzGaming88]

The best food duo on all of the internet at it again giving us superior content

[@catliciousoz]

Wholesome, cheeky, joyful, Harry and Joe food tours always delivers! No disrespect to the other awesome insider food hosts and formats, but the chemistry between these two can't be beaten, particularly when exploring more than just big fast food chains. ❤ Please keep going forever!

[@AlfredAmeneyro21]

"I don't know how common is birria as a breakfast food, as a 9 am meal." Bro.... Come to Mexico...

[@ericktellez7632]

True, most birria I ever have is usually for breakfast in a sunday with a small consome.

[@TheHehe1223]

We need more Joe and Harry in LA

[@querolloguey]

I live in El Paso and all of our birria spots have ramen, too. I think it's a pretty common thing. We do elote ramen too, so I think ramen noodles are just one of those things you can kind of throw in whatever tasty liquid you want.

[@blahdblah0007]

Yep, Tucson too.

[@MrBenfranz]

AT LAST Harry has been Officially dragged to LA. This will be GREAT.

[@edwardlara4271]

There’s also a Burritos La Palma location a couple of blocks from Tacos y Birria La Unica on Olympic Blvd. in Boyle Heights It’s a small window next to an event hall. Highly recommend getting the burrito special, birria burrito covered in a green salsa or the burrito de chicharron.

[@brendalizechevarria1234]

Absolutely love these videos with Harry and Joe 😊 please post more food tours. ❤

[@karanramdin3258]

Food Tours slowly becoming the new worth it 😂😂❤, great series lads

[@ejaybugboy3yt]

Of all the food tour episodes, this one I am the most jealous of. I love birria and my god, they all looked incredible.

[@redcomet0079]

I got a fever & the only prescription is more Food Tours 🤒💊🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@pandaslayer]

gotta love these dudes together, just some bros pounding some crazy delicious food, living their lives.

[@Mrbink01]

The way they pronounce birria...c'mon

[@ninjaundermyskin]

Right? I was like, they clearly aren't from California, but did nobody correct them the entire day? 😅

[@JuQui228]

@@ninjaundermyskinthe British guy was actually saying it more right than the American guy! 😆

[@gnarrcan108]

Dawg it’s called pronouncing it in an accent. When you speak a certain language you have some kind of accent and that affects the way you pronounce words from different languages. It’s like when native Spanish speakers say things like “Junited State” instead of “untied states” or French people say “Amburger” instead of “hamburger” lmao. Take a linguistics class before u try to get elitist.

[@alberttinambunan5071]

best series in food insider, i rewatch if i wanna go sleep😅

[@JeffTaylor-tr7my]

Joe why are you so bad at eating tacos? Every time he has it falling out the other side. Harry fgured it out right away. Turn your head...not the taco.

[@VelvetTeacake]

Spoiling us with so much Food Tours. Love it ❤

[@Notsosweetstevia]

Without Joe and Harry, there is no channel.

[@PoeticallySavaged]

I love it when you bring us on Harry & Joe's dates. :P

[@dpkarell]

This series should go on forever. Give Harry and Joe all the money

[@user-zu1kk3nt4r]

Luv this series much more than food wars

[@ianmccown]

I am so happy there is finally a LA video! A while back I made a comment suggesting they do LA, or like Glasgow Scotland, and it got a bunch of likes, and insider foods even liked it. Letsss gooooo!

[@adanibarra1453]

Birria is so good! It can get messy though. But so good!

[@lilagonzales1145]

Hahaha hearing pokemon go from Harry was something I wasn’t expecting

[@devwithsoul]

love this series ❤️❤️❤️

[@yinyanz]

Best series ever!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Ooooh nice to see Harry in LA!

[@shadyfanatic555]

I'm going for Birria Tacos for lunch today! Thanks.

[@nibirbharali2649]

I can watch this both go anywhere and do nothing. There is kind of an aspirational quality to what these two are doing. I mean what more is there to life. Good food and good company. Cheers!

[@Disco-Terry]

Our stereotypes were right all along, American fine dining = burger vans on the side of the road!

[@OllieTheFirst]

Beats our U.K. burger vans serving bland beans on jacket potato’s in a sweaty box 😔😂

[@Timo-qb1gf]

And always out of plastic cups, cutlery and trays.

[@ruud2040]

9 AM ?? Oh my....! I only wish !. Love this video guys. Love from The Netherlands . (fat change that i am going to get that here!!)🤔 👍

[@julieDJTFP]

Harry in the house!! Welcome back to the USA!

[@shaneo714]

The best food series going around❤

[@ryanmosier6300]

Love these two dudes!!

[@samuelopoku-mensah1724]

back with a banger! I'm hungry now

[@robinconn9328]

Joe's wife for the win! Black shirt! Harry and Joe are such a winning pair ❤

[@antoniobarry]

NEW FOOD TOURS LET'S GOOOO!!!!!

[@jessemosqueda1603]

Best duo on FoodTube!

[@yoandreee]

harry and joe are back 🔥

[@Orlak3lly]

I just found a place literally down the road from me that sells these tacos and I really want to try them now because of Food Tours! Thanks lads!

[@elizabethnavarro5247]

love this series and the bromance, birria is so yummy

[@jonfriktion07]

Yes more food tours!!!

[@emmab2013]

Great ! More, more !!!

[@PradeepRaajkumar1981]

Lovely WOnderful.. TAKE it easy with the TACOs...

[@christonalva7032]

Joe is just a sucker for all the birria taco spots they went to. hahahahaha. I swear the Cheese birria is something else. So happy to watch these two share meals together.

[@Leonardo-cs9ij]

He cannot prounounce birria at all though. Why did a producer not tell him? its bee-rria not burria. one time I get it but its just embarrassing that for a full 30 min video he gets it wrong. there is one time he comes close at 13:03

[@obiwan8393]

Can’t wait to see more episodes

[@Mark-ki7ic]

New Orleans and Cajun next ?

[@fayesouthall6604]

Yes please 🙏

[@TheHasaanM]

I never want this series to end

[@WTT_321]

I’d love to see Harry and Joe try out the following: an international delicacy that’s either common or not, or just like how they did the UK/US swap food wars, I’d be curious to see how Harry would react to trying a fish n chips place in the US or vice versa for Joe with American food in the UK for example…! There’s so many possibilities with this series and I’m glad I’ve been rewatching this series because this popped up (albeit a wee bit later for me since I just logged in)! Also just noticed they’re in LA!!! 🤩🤩 I hope they can try out some Korean BBQ or even Japanese food, something outside their comfort zone 🤔

[@Buzzkill-wn7tf]

Got nothing like this where I live...nothing at all. Think I need to book a flight because that food looked amazing!

[@munda_music]

Let's gooo, time for Joe to be reading up on the restaurant's wikis now

[@squishy1624]

i genuinely feel bad for anyone who hasn’t tried AUTHENTIC birria tacos made by hard working Mexicans. truly one of the best foods in the world. proud to be a Mexican❤

[@JuzAnotherHooman]

That's crazy how this Insider Food episode featured Leo Messi. 🔥🔥

[@tayloredin99]

stopppp I go to that highland park place all the time. I'm so sad I missed the dream team.

[@foodNtravel87]

I want to travel to LA now and yet so hungry!!!!!!! Damn it! Love this show

[@thejquinn]

Best Donuts in LA next?

[@ItsToXxy]

Roll your r's Joe

[@heathermartin8932]

Amazing!! The first time I had Birria was in the market in Guanajuato.....what a debut! Traditionally its cooked in a fire pit in the ground. It was goat.. If you live in London you can try it in Deptford 😆

[@fayesouthall6604]

Goat or beef ?

[@heathermartin8932]

@@fayesouthall6604 In Deptford? Beef I think.

[@legomars1]

Thorough food analysis.

[@estefaniaalaniz2562]

I need birria tatemada!!! Is so delicious, is insane, I remember my childhood whit that, my vacation in Teocaltiche, in Los Altos de Jalisco, the best birria tatemada is in this area, more in Teocaltiche and Jalostotitlan ❤

[@christineseth3431]

Birria is fantastic! Generally made with goat meat or beef! We eat this a lot in Puerto Vallarta. It’s generally done by lunch. It’s great for a hangover, hence the early start for this!

[@greenjackle]

Hello Fellow Humans, Seriously this is making me so hungry. That just looks so amazing. So glad I live in California.

[@RockBottomRiser21]

The boys are back!

[@xoch1717]

I’m obsessed with these blokes

[@ramonserna8089]

Best Birria in LA is "Carnes Asadas Pancho Lopez". The owner is a mexican from Jalisco. If you don't know about Jalisco suffice is to say all good things ever created in mexican culture come from this place: Tequila, mariachis, food, etc. He is the real deal.

[@cessbuller7027]

Where’s that east L.A ,

[@ramonserna8089]

@@cessbuller7027 Northeast LA close to Elysian Park.

[@cessbuller7027]

@@ramonserna8089 by dodger stadium ? So like cesar chazez?

[@ramonserna8089]

@@cessbuller7027 Yup, although I don't know we're Cesar Chavez is.

[@JulioRamirez-zp7pg]

It’s alright

[@user-ku3hu1kq5i]

Never had birria, looks amazing.

[@alexdarkjosh]

I was impressed by the flavor of the goat, it tastes very delicious.

[@harvestmoon_autumnsky]

I'm crying from the way Joe pronounces birria and the fact that they went single tortilla vs the double to keep things from falling apart. Joe's a New Yorker right? He can't speak for American's in this case. It's like asking a Brit to speak for Canada because they're both in the Commonwealth

[@thegamingguy1]

Best food stuff on the internet!!

[@DLFH]

It all looked good, but Birrieria San Marcos is a spot I'll have to put on my must try places in LA the next time I fly through there.

[@zebrajenks]

Every state has birria ramen. I live in OKC and it is everywhere and taco trucks are everywhere here. The south side of OKC is predominantly mexican with mexican bakeries, restaurants, pastry shops, ice cream shops, grocery stores, clothing stores and spanish is the most spoken language on the south side

[@jonbourn]

right, I live on the AR/LA border and there is birria ramen everywhere

[@elizabethmiranda289]

Alooooooooot of ppl from my parents home town moved to Okahoma and have their little hub. I was just in Mex for the hometown celebrations talked to a bunch of people from OK.

[@ramonserna8089]

Mmmm... Honestly it's the first time I saw that combination..feels almost disrespectful.

[@lowbudgetproductions1290]

Food Tours drinking game, whenever Joe says fantastic you shotgun a beer

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

This is going to ruin Mexican food for Harry for the rest of his life, you obviously can't get this quality in the U.K. lol, I triggered a lot of people.

[@benmcnutt223]

There are places just not many, I've made short rib birria which was pretty authentic however getting Oaxaca cheese is pretty much impossible in the uk

[@nullakjg767]

@@benmcnutt223 does uk have a big cheese selections in general? brits seem pretty confident they have better cheese options but many grocery stores in the US have full time cheesemongers working only in the cheese section with many local and international varieties.

[@eap8317]

@@benmcnutt223 true... there are a few places serving good Birria tacos in the UK...one of them is in the O2 arena in London (in the design quarter) and had one in a little street vendor in Bishop's Stortford...

[@jettnash5217]

@@nullakjg767 Most typical stores here will have at least maybe 10 different types of cheese? Larger stores can have up to 100, place near me has an entire aisle dedicated to it. But yeah Oaxaca is pretty rare here unless you're visiting a cheesemonger

[@cessbuller7027]

💯 % you can’t really get authentic Birria tacos in Manchester. Nothing like Teddy red tacos. I buy the recado and the dried chillis from Central America and make Birria myself. As far as bland flavours go in the U.K. I think this is very untrue. The best Indian food would rival the best Mexican food for layers of flavour. London metro area had the same population as L.A metro area it’s a melting pot of all nationalities around the world. You have to remeber as well Birria is not American. I was brought up in L.A and Orange county. I’d say the traditional u.k Sunday roast which is the national dish of the uk tasted better than the national dish of America which would be burger and fries ect