On a recent trip to Hillbilly Country (Eastern Tennessee) Jen and I scoured the deep, sweaty, nasty,underbelly of the southeast in search of the ultimate Hillbilly Taco. Like the ones Mexicans eat at NASCAR tailgate parties. Well, I'm not sure what we were expecting to find like maybe a chitlin taco with Cheese Whiz sprinkled with some Copenhagen served up in a Dolly Parton boob-shaped platter? (Hmmmmm....boobies.....). Well, what we didn't expect to find was a couple of the most bad-ass tacos ever. After stumbling around in Knoxville on a Sunday night we came across a place called "Soccer Taco". We almost passed the place just because of the incredibly dumb name........glad we didn't. We walk in and it's like a sports bar/taco stand place with all kinds of soccer shit hanging from the walls, big TV's, beer and TACOS. There is a football game on (REAL football) so we sit at the bar and I order it up........one carne asada and one al pastor. Bring it on Senior Billy Bob and none of that special "chaw" sauce!
This is one of those deals where you order some food even though you are not really hungry. We had just drank a bunch of beer and and ate a bunch of fried pickles (ya, no shit) down the road - so, really, the last thing I needed was tacos. Like when you're camping in the backcoutry or something - EVERYTHING tastes good. Hamburger Helper that was made without the hamburger and butter and then burned to the bottom of the pan......that shit is GOOD in the backcountry. Just the opposite for me that night, when you are already full and then a taco is staring you in the face.....chances are it's not going to be as good as if you came in just starving. Soccer Taco is doomed for a bad taco review.
Well Jethro, I gots one thing to say.....yee-fuckin'-haw!! Dems was da bes tacos I done had in many a long spell, prawlee da bes in Tennessee!
Homemade corn torts doubled and off-set up topped with the most kick ass tenderest meat ever. The veggie stuff was left in a little bowl on the side for casual application as needed - cilantro, onion, lime and salsa. The meats, both carne asasda and the pastor, were simply amazing. The torts were fresh and also amazing. There were no jalepenos to be seen - I could have asked but to make this dish perfect there would already be one there on the plate. After fried pickles, numerous beers and now two awesome tacos I was totally stuffed.....but still could have eaten more of those tacos.
The Review:
Carne: 4.8/5.0 (amazing)
Torts: 4.8/5.0 (amazing tambien)
Sides: 4.3/5.0 (could have used a jalepeno)
Total Sabor: 4.6/5.0
Atmospherico: 3.5/5.0 (really dumb name scares people away)
Total Score: 4.4/5.0 Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllll!
