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<\/a><\/p>\nOver the years as I learn more and my eating evolves, I generally skip the Taco Bell’s and Del Taco’s of the fast food nation and head over to more authentic, yet quick service, establishments. Today I am going to tell you about Fausto’s. \u00a0Fausto’s Mexican Grill is almost identical to Roberto’s Taco Shop. So, if you have a Roberto’s near you, you could order the exact same thing I’m about to tell you about there.<\/p>\n
Food is made to order but has a fresher, more authentic quality to it. No, I’m sure it’s not like visiting a taco stand in Mexico City, Mexico, but it’s as close to authentic as I have found North of the border.<\/p>\n
Fausto’s has an extensive menu for a fast food joint: enchiladas, burritos, chimichangas, ceviche, tortas, nachos, menudo, etc. Good stuff! There are also a variety of meats: chicken, pork carnitas, steak, machaca, adobada, carne asada, and chorizo. Basically, you pick whatever meat you want in whatever “vessel” from which you want to devour it.<\/p>\n
There are usually 2 problems with Mexican food: 1) The “vessel;” and 2) the sides.\u00a0Let me begin with the “vessel.” The vessel is whatever holds your meat. It can be a flour tortilla, corn tortilla, or bread. The bread and flour tortillas are typically bland and really offer very little to a meal flavor wise. The corn tortilla on the other hand has a flavorful, sweet taste. It does impart flavor, but sweet corn has been altered so much from it’s original state, field corn, that it could probably be considered the original GMO. Other than that, I just find it incredibly difficult to put something that is used to make plastic, chemicals, and fuel into my body. I would love to hear an argument as to why eating corn throughout the course of a lifetime causes no harm to ones health.<\/p>\n
Next we have the sides. We all know what a combo platter means…rice and beans. Both are no-no’s on a Low Carb Primal diet. So how do you get around that? Don’t order a combo! Only order a la carte. In the end, it is cheaper and you get exactly what you want. Sounds win-win to me.<\/p>\n
Fausto’s is great because they willingly customize your order. My sister likes to order the carne asado burrito without a tortilla. She gets a sizzling pile of carne asada topped with fresh salsa.<\/p>\n