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00:33 Origin of Tacos
02:25 Gabe’s Salmon Taco
02:45 Taco #1 Taste Test
05:36 Rob’s Surf and Turf Taco
06:16 Taco #2 Taste Test
09:31 Derrick’s Purple Potato Taco
09:58 Taco #3 Taste Test
12:26 Marshay’s Cali Chicken Taco
13:26 Taco #4 Taste Test
15:32 And the winner is…

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no it’s a black taco i see some cilantro okay I’m going to say this is a Mexican taco doesn’t have any meat on it that should be illegal [Music] hola hey how’s it going my name is Gabe hi my name is Derek hi everyone I’m Rob Gordon hi my name is Maria Nicole and today we are trying each other’s tacos y’all be yelling at us in the comments to get real representation but y’all don’t show up when we do casting so if you like to be in a video check out the description below i’m Mexican-American like third generation i grew up out in Palm Springs i’m originally from the Bay Area i’m a first generation born grew up in Washington DC my dad is from Englewood my mom is from Brooklyn so the Englewood is how I learned how to make these Cali tacos today well a Mexican taco entails tortilla some meat cilantro seavoya and it has like auntie’s love you ain’t fully Latino if you ain’t never had a taco a black taco is literally tacos from the grocery store not in the pack not the soft cute tortillas no you buy the Taco Bell box tacos or equate if you’re going to Walmart tacos had to start in Spanish somewhere mexico i just feel that way because I feel like it’s a Spanish sandwich i think tacos come from the Aztecs so tacos has a really interesting origin back when the Spanish colonists were here and they were documenting their interactions with indigenous people here in the Americas and one of the cotices they mentioned that like they put the food on the plates and then they ate the plates they were talking about tortillas Mexican food Central American food Latin American food in general has a lot of lot of deep roots in indigenous culture and history as well as like contributions from our African-American brothers and sisters everything’s a little bit better when you put black in it it’s a little bit more seasoned everyone makes tacos differently you know what I mean one time I went to a Mormon’s house and they just gave me like just ground beef there’s so many different types of tacos the taco truck street tacos tuesdays is big tacos and tequila even vegans have vegan tacos there’s so much interpretation there’s so much variance ultimately it tastes like home and that’s what’s important [Music] today I brought my fish taco it consists of tortilla and uh some salmon well seasoned black pepper onion garlic uh has pico deayo and then it has guacamole on top my taco will win i hope it does win i’m not that confident okay a corn tortilla yay that’s a salmon taco a little pico deayo yeah maybe some salsa wakate or guacamole look like it’s cheese on there and I see some cilantro i’m probably the only Mexican in existence who’s allergic to avocado so I’m gonna be trying some of the different elements in here it looks messy but sometimes messy is good as far as taste the tortilla is crispy i like that do I try this now cuz I’m hungry this is good they like put lemon on it definitely like garlic onion mhm oh that’s good m that’s decent i got a little piece of hair in there what look at that mhm just that on camera my My bad my apologies it should be disqualified if you ask me take this home i can’t even tell you what I taste but I taste a lot of like freshness like fresh herbs fresh veggies onions or whatever fish taco was a bold move by the way when it comes to fish tacos I honestly preferred mine fried i think you got to do like a mahi mahi i think you got to do a tilapia i think you got to do something that’s a little more neutral but it is good see that right there that’s a special ingredient i ain’t know I was coming to a um salon it’s delicious it’s juicy the tortilla is good you did that thank you mhm the fish is well seasoned so that’s fantastic what I dislike about it is I think you should use a different type of fish for fish tacos so that way you can pile on the pico deayo the salsa the the cabbage or lettuce guides something like that i never thought salmon on a um on a taco will be good but that’s pretty good whoever this was he it was well thought out outside of the hair i think it’s black cuz there was so much seasoning on the salmon the corn tortilla gives it away i’m going to say this is a Mexican taco i’m going to give you a I’d be generous but girl the truth is the truth i’m going to give you a nine nine and a half okay nine and a half nine and a half we’ll give it like a like a three i mean it probably would have got a seven but the hair gave you know I mean minus points for the hair i mean am I wrong if we’re just judging the fish I give it a seven i’m at a little bit of a disadvantage here the only thing that I think would have made this taco better is just adding some rice give me a rice i don’t know maybe a corona today I brought my lamb and lobster taco got a little rice on there a little sauce forgot the lettuce but we here me and my girl we was chilling one day i love lamb she likes seafood i said “Let’s create something do it together.” You do the surf with the turf at the restaurant but we going to do it at the crib the lamb I did it with like garlic rosemary a little bit of thyme salt pepper and then uh the seafood i’m from DC we do we do seafood a little different you do the obey on there little bit of garlic let that thing sit up in the pan with a little garlic butter change your life i believe my tacos going to win cuz I’m a [Music] winner ooh oh so we got a flour tortilla as you see we got some meat they got some white rice i’m not really a fan of white rice that much because it lacks seasoning this look like a surfing turf this smell like a Applebee’s plate this is going to be good i see some shrimp lobster i beg your pardon and some steak oh it’s lamb and lobster who would have guessed it’s still got a little red in the steak okay cuz you know we like we we we like to overcook our steak this feels like a quesadilla than it does like a taco it literally smells like apple bees i’m impressed lobster girl [Music] it’s not bad okay so the taco is kind of bland it’s juicy definitely well seasoned i kind of want another bite i’m not as excited after the bite it’s not much seasoning in it but overall it’s cooked which means I don’t get salmonilla yeah that’s great i do wish it was spicier i give them props on on well seasoning it here’s my honest critique everything in here is cooked well it just don’t belong on a taco let me just get it from the middle mhm see you don’t need this now this feels like kind of like a falafel in terms of taco I wouldn’t call this a taco but it doesn’t taste bad i kind of wish that they had either used like a different tortilla like maybe a corn tortilla or just added more fillings you just want to dump all this out and just eat all the meat do y’all see this don’t that look like one of them steamed plates from Applebee’s or chilies that’s what it’s giving it’s delicious without the taco shell i love the lamb the the lamb lobster they cooked it right i would have recommended a different tortilla the meat is super tender somebody put their foot in it but I’m going to eat the rest of this lobster because I ain’t about to waste your money child this is definitely not a Mexican taco because Mexicans they tend to be frugal with the amount of food they give to people my heart is between like black or Middle Eastern this is not a Mexican taco i’m missing the heat the other elements fantastic a black person would do something like this it’s delicious it’s amazing well seasoned but this ain’t no damn taco like this this does not go on a taco i give this a six i love how they cook the lamb on the lobster i wouldn’t call this a taco i would call this a casadilla without cheese got to give it an eight the tortilla doesn’t quite fit so I got a lot of tortilla versus filling but from what I can taste it’s good they’re bringing it today so on a scale of 1 to 10 I’mma give it a seven and that’s only because you I think you did this to play in our face this should have been on some garlic bread they got expensive taste but they need some seasoning this on a taco don’t do that ever again don’t do that okay [Music] today I brought my potato taco potatoes and beans actually potato tacos uh great trunk food but I wanted to add a little more protein so I added the black beans and then I make a special green sauce to go with it i’m going to give you guys the green sauce mexican crema cilantro onion garlic jalapenos and then lime juice i like to crisp up the potatoes so they have a little bit of texture you got cabbage in there for the crunch so all of these elements put together make it the perfect combination [Music] oh my god see this is that LA stuff where is the meat i don’t know what the what the purple part is it’s a purple taco this looks phenomenal i’ve never had a purple tortilla in my life this person went to chef school they got beans onions and cabbage what is happening here i don’t know in all my taco history I’ve never seen a purple taco okay i don’t know what this green thing is is it Is it seaoss child I’m going to let y’all see this it looks like it’s going to make my stomach hurt it look like I’mma have to uh use the restroom let’s taste it [Music] if I was a vegan I would probably appreciate this vegans always trying to convert somebody to doing what they do i’m not I’m not interested ooh m i could taste the smells as I’m biting it i’m not going to lie i like this we all know what a mouthful of beans tastes like right it’s beans but it’s always beans and that’s what it tastes like all right that’s different i love the potatoes i love the seasoning i love the sauce i would have this for breakfast is that a potato no this is deceitful there’s no meat and that’s what’s impressive about it this shouldn’t even be considered a taco cuz it’s not doesn’t have any meat on it you don’t give people a taco full of beans it feels kind of like not traditional Mexican it feels like more like the BJI type Mexican i’m not going to put this on anyone this was a nobody taco i think it’s an audacity taco you have the audacity to do this to people i am going to give this a 10 this is pretty good it took me by surprise i would rate it a five cuz the sauce was good one for effort one for the color three for the sauce i’m going to give you a three and that’s only because you got this green sauce don’t do this to people mm-m i’ve never seen a purple tortilla i’ve seen a green one i think this is diversity in itself and we need more inclusion [Music] so today I bought my version of a Cali taco that’s what I call them look at that tortilla and that chicken that’s cute avocado very thinly sliced cuz we love avocado some jalapeno cuz I didn’t bring any hot sauce so there’s your spice and I made a full plate this time because y’all was on me about my fried chicken and not having no sides so today we have plenty okay okay so I got some black beans some yellow rice with Spanish rice and of course some pico de gallo and a lime on the side honey boom so what makes this dish pop is in my chicken I sauteed it with of course peppers onions garlic all that good stuff so frito rakito a little bit of butter to soften up the meat for my rice listen sasson olive oil onions peppers olives i’m not really a bean person but if it’s mine I could do it and if it’s black I can do it and my black beans I use pretty much the same seasoning that I used in the rice look at that this is going to win it should ooh oh I see a wellproportionate plate this has had to have been done by a woman this looks pretty perfect it looks like my auntie made this this is done extremely well and women pay attention to detail okay what I’m seeing here is what I think is de po this is off to a great start got to have a great woman in your life this is how they would sort your life always got poo a jalapenños yeah breath going to stink okay but I say “Okay queen.” Oh the flavor’s on point it’s very moist kudos on the beans going back in i think I found a winner this one’s crazy we have a contender here this is appetizing it’s good flavor do wish it was a little spicier throw in a chipotle pepper into your sauce mix wow the tortilla’s so soft ladies and gentlemen of the jury who made this taco i’m going to take this to go cuz this is good mhm could have used some heat my only complaint it’s not a Mexican taco but they’ve been to a kasada they’ve been to a kickback i wouldn’t say it’s fully Mexican i would say uh might be Peruvian but it is Spanish this rice is white with an orange flare anybody who’s black knows that’s his own because of the organization it’s black i got to give it an eight like there’s there’s so much going on here and it’s all great i give this a 10 because I would eat it it got seasoning in the chicken it got some heart there’s a story behind this person this is definitely a 10 there were no uh unnecessary colors and beans 10 out of 10 i love this taco who made this only people that plate like that is chefs and mamas [Music] i mean I think I had the most authentic taco here today and I gave y’all a whole plate i gave y’all everything that y’all needed and deserved and loved and yes I love you back and you’re welcome you can’t do everything in life i’m going to take this loss and I’m going to go figure it out i’m going to go to the next dish i’m only going to cry a little bit tonight thank you i knew I was going to win [Music]