"Tortilla Later!"

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EARLIER THIS WEEK I INADVERTENTLY enjoyed a "TACO TUESDAY" in what would turn out to be a "Tortilla Tuesday", since I had three meals that day that involved the Mexican staple.

After making these SHRIMP, CORN, AND FRIED ONION TACOS for a dear friend (and Cinco de Mayo) the day before, I used some leftover tortillas to make a TORTILLA EGG TOAST dish for breakfast Tuesday morning.

Later that afternoon, I walked by what is still by far one of my neighborhood favorite (and still my most blogged about) restaurants, Cascabel Taqueria, and decided that I was long overdue for a sit-down lunch there.

The weather was finally perfect for sitting at one of the outside tables, as it was for my lunch special of the deliciously tasty and fresh pescado tacos (crispy yellowfin tuna belly, hearts of palm, olive, onions), which comes with a side of their ensalada luchador (bibb lettuce, grape tomato, fingerling potato, pickled jalapeño, queso fresco, toasted pumpkin seed, tostado), which also pops with a plentiful variety of clean tastes and enjoyable textures.

Washing each bite down with sips of a freshly-made watermelon agua fresca completed the delightful meal, and was as usual the culinary highlight of the day—barely besting my earlier tortilla egg toast and the crispy-fried CHILI CINNAMON SUGAR TORTILLAS I would up ending my culinary Tuesday with.