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		<title>TacoBlob&#8217;s Salad Toss: ThunderCloud Subs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TacoBlob</dc:creator>
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The salad saga continues…  I’m always looking for low-cal alternatives for lunch.  Hot Tip: Try front loading your meals with more calories in the daytime and less at night- probably more realistic way (with cardio &#38; no donuts) to lose weight while you are pumping away at the office.
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<div id="attachment_604" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 280px"><em><img title="Salad" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image001.jpg" alt="Austin Club Salad: Smoked chicken, bacon, avocado. Carrot shreds, hard boiled eggs, cucumber, cheese, tomato, peppers and red onions." width="270" height="233" /></em><p class="wp-caption-text">Austin Club Salad: Smoked chicken, bacon, avocado. Carrot shreds, hard boiled eggs, cucumber, cheese, tomato, peppers and red onions.</p></div>
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<p><em>The salad saga continues…  I’m always looking for low-cal alternatives for lunch. </em><strong><em> Hot Tip:</em></strong><em> Try front loading your meals with more calories in the daytime and less at night- probably more realistic way (with cardio &amp; no donuts) to lose weight while you are pumping away at the office.</em></p>
<p><strong><a title="www" href="http://www.thundercloud.com/home.html" target="_blank">Thundercloud Subs</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Austin Club Salad</strong> is pretty good.  Hearty and healthy, <strong>bacon</strong> and smoked <strong>chicken</strong> make for a nice combination especially with <strong>avocado</strong>.  I always get the <strong>Thundersauce- </strong>vinegar &amp; oil with paprika (or cayenne-  not sure but it&#8217;s got some kick), extra <strong>pickle</strong> wedges and a few <strong>jalapenos</strong> or <strong>banana peppers</strong>.  They actually charge extra for each individual pepper which I think is extremely silly.  After a <strong>bag of chips</strong> and tax you&#8217;re lookin at $8 or $9.  I was feeling obligated to tip-<em> especially for the things I’m about to say. </em><span id="more-590"></span></p>
<p>I’ve been frequenting Thundercloud for a few years now.  It has cool atmosphere, weird stuff on the walls, and, of course, the staff is a hoot- their music always kicks me into an acid flashback panic attack- usually there’s a <a title="wall of sound" href="http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/730/an-insiders-look-at-the-grateful-deads-wall-of-sound" target="_blank">Grateful Dead roadie</a> making my sub.</p>
<p>The ingredients are decent &#8211; BUT really hit &amp; miss.  One time around the Holidays, I think I got some <a title="e.coli blog" href="http://www.ecoliblog.com/" target="_blank">tainted lettuce</a> and literally was so sick that I browned my bed mattress&#8230;I’d like to thank <a title="www" href="http://atxfurniture.com/" target="_blank">ATX Furniture</a> for the replacement.  If you need a good mattress go see Borelli.</p>
<p>At Thundercloud you are often victim of the person making your sub.  If too stoned or too angry, they will screw up just like <strong><a title="subway post" href="http://tacotown.org/2008/12/02/tacoblob-how-to-toss-salad-like-jared/">Subway</a></strong> or any other “hands-on” pube-dispensing lunch facility.  You must be very descriptive and monitor their every move.  When you walk up and you say, “SALAD”, and they go for the bread, you are already in trouble- <strong>Terry Schiavo</strong> could toss a better looking salad than what you are about to get.</p>
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<div id="attachment_605" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 142px"><strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-605" title="Terry" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image002.jpg" alt="wiiite...Ohhh...Weeet!" width="132" height="153" /></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">wiiite...Ohhh...Weeet!</p></div>
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<p><strong>The Bacon</strong> is real, thick, smoky and fresh.  The avocado is very good and consistent.  The salad is typical<strong> iceberg shreds.</strong> The <strong>red onions</strong> are great for bad breath and no taste- virtually useless in my opinion.</p>
<p>They do take the time to give you ½ of a <strong>hard boiled egg-</strong> I kind of like this, but then again <em>this</em> could also be the reason I got sick &amp; my body went into toxic shock a few years ago.</p>
<p>Again, I’m not pointing my finger <em>at</em> <strong>Thundercloud</strong>…but…Let me revisit this really quick…You see on that fine day, <a title="video" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0HM0RtRv-E" target="_blank">Casey Jones</a> was BLASTING- the dude making my sub was sweating and he wiped of his cutting knife on his bib (had a Jiffy Lube logo on it) almost like he was wiping blood off his sword in battle…</p>
<div id="attachment_606" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 186px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-606" title="t-cloud employee" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/image003-294x300.jpg" alt="Employee of The Month: December" width="176" height="180" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Employee of The Month: December</p></div>
<p>It just did NOT look sanitary.  Not to mention his cigarette-crusted fingernails and <a href="http://mirror-in-bom1.gallery.hd.org/_c/medicine/cannabis-pipe-made-from-carrots-and-pineapple-called-a-bong-being-smoked-ANON.jpg.html?sessionVar=spider" target="_blank">bong resin</a> on his forefinger made me think that the food inspector was literally “out to lunch”.  So, I GOT SICK, and NO, I don’t think it was the 6,000 beers I drank that night&#8230;IT HAD TO BE THEIR FAULT!</p>
<p>Anyway, Thundercloud has been making Austin happy for years.  For all of us, whether we’re eating at <a title="yelp" href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/buffet-palace-austin" target="_blank">Buffet Palace</a> and we see some kid launch snot all over the serving spoons or we see a meth head sweat onto our tomatoes, it’s just the chances we take when served food by our fellow human beings.</p>
<p>Side note:<br />
<strong>The Nada Chicken Salad<span style="font-weight: normal;"> (made with </span><a href="http://lonniebhodge.com/" target="_blank">Panda meat</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">) is also good, get those on the salad.  The &#8220;nada&#8221; is weird- they microwave these Good Year tire patties&#8230;It’s fun to see them burn their fingers while trying to cut them.  Makes me want to say “so how much do you make an hour again?”…That’s high risk pay in some jobs!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>TacoBlob</strong></p>
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		<title>TacoBlob: How to Toss Salad Like Jared</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TacoBlob</dc:creator>
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<address style="text-align: left;"><em><strong>editor&#8217;s note: </strong>sorry, no taco&#8217;s here, but <a title="bears" href="http://www.planetbears.com/" target="_blank">BEAR</a> with us &#8211; Tacoblob is just getting back in to the blahggin game, and trying to be healthy too &#8211; <a href="http://americanglute.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">BUTT</a> of course, taking healthy eating advice from TacoBlob is like getting</em> parenting advice from <a href="http://brahsome.com/2008/12/02/happy-birthday-britney/" target="_blank">britney spears</a>.<br />
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-556" title="jared-subway" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/jared.jpg" alt="" width="280" height="165" /><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Most of you are naturally skinny.  You can &#8220;carb up&#8221; and still not give a fuck.  I don&#8217;t even eat carbs (except 4,000 beers per week) and I still can&#8217;t see my dick when I piss, so I have to consider healthy alternatives.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">I&#8217;ve had the miserable privilege of eating at <a title="www" href="http://www.subwayfreshbuzz.com/" target="_blank">Subway</a> almost daily since my new office is only a few doors down. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">The first few times I ate Subway salads they sucked balls.  BUT, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">I finally found a <strong>low-cal fat buster salad</strong> that&#8217;s not packed with pubes and carbs.</span><span id="more-551"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Knowing the staff is important, or at least <em>manipulating</em> them is crucial.  You have to be forceful, demanding- literally steer them towards the right toppings.  You might have to say &#8220;more, faster, more, hurry up…&#8221;  Also, be careful with <a title="youtube" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjteKYxIM8" target="_blank">meth-heads</a> and others that are miserable (90% of the staff)- they will ruin your sub.  But if you cultivate a good relationship with these people, you just may be in store for a healthy oasis of food that doesn&#8217;t cause post-lunch <a title="poop report" href="http://www.poopreport.com/" target="_blank">toilet spackle</a> in the office bathroom.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-558" title="subwaysalad3" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/subwaysalad3.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="352" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><strong>This salad</strong> is EASY.  If <a title="wiki" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Fogle" target="_blank">Jared</a> had this salad he&#8217;d be looking <a title="skinny dude" href="http://act-intl.org/images/w-photos/photo_2000/w-borenaman.jpg" target="_blank">Ethiopian</a> in no time.    First, get the <strong><a href="http://www.subwayfreshbuzz.com/menu/other_favorites/chicken_florentine/index.asp?rdr=PartnerSites:Flatbread:ChickenFlorentine:SUBWAYcom:W8:2008" target="_blank">chicken Florentine</a></strong> and ask them to microwave it.  I get <strong>double meat</strong> because I have to feed my monstrous penis. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">As they microwave, <strong>make sure to get half lettuce, half spinach</strong>.  Load all the veggies, the more the better.  Don&#8217;t let them be cheap about it, really load &#8216;em up.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">You gotta time the hot <strong>chicken</strong> and the <strong>cheese</strong> at the same time for maximum melt.  But, if you can&#8217;t see your dick when you piss, better axe the cheese and possibly even the meat, just to reduce the fat.  Also, add <strong>vinegar and oil</strong>.  If you want natural fat like olive oil and olives- which they say are good for your heart- I&#8217;d do it- Makes for a nice coating over my ulcer that I&#8217;ve got from pill abuse and alcoholism.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Garnish with <strong>oregano</strong>.  Make sure and get <strong>jalapenos</strong>, unless you are trying to watch salt intake- gotta watch out for the pickled shit.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">This is a low-carb meal, you can do the math when u first get in there and count up the chicken, the veggies aren&#8217;t much for calories or fat.  The key here is the chicken, <strong>THE CHICKEN</strong>, it&#8217;s what makes it filling enough for a salad.  Be careful with <strong>tuna</strong> &#8211; it&#8217;s not only filled with disgruntled employee SEMEN, but also has <strong>fatty mayo</strong>.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">So that&#8217;s my pick of the week for salad.  Subway is cheap, they see a salad and usually just charge you salad prices , not realizing you got meat.  That’s part of being <a title="wiki" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi" target="_blank"><strong>jedi</strong></a> about it- confuse them with a <strong>yogurt</strong> or one of your bullshit fake smiles.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">The key is the microwave and the low fat chicken.  Of course you can do their lunch meat too- sometimes a little <strong>pepperoni</strong> or <strong>bacon </strong>is a great mix with the chicken especially if you can get them to cut it up.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Or just get off your ass and make your own LUNCH!</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Happy Lunching!</span><br />
TACOBLOB</p>
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		<title>Taco Blob: Taquerias Arandinas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TacoBlob</dc:creator>
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<p><em>originally posted 10/13/07&#8230;bumped for your pleasure, and since TacoBlob has apparently given up writing, or tacos&#8230;or maybe he&#8217;s too busy <a title="glute" href="http://americanglute.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">prowling for glutes.</a> <strong>- cabeza</strong></em></p>
<p>After a long 10 hour day at work, and nothing much to do this evening, I got the feeling I got to ramble. So I head down to where I used to dwell, Riverside area in South Austin.  Thank god I just paid my car insurance, one thing about driving on the East Side, especially around Oltorf and Riverside is that folks drive like cock-asses.  After dodging low riders and angry community college kids, I decide to go down memory lane and drive by my old misery pit, my old apartment complex in South Austin.  Chevy Chase Downs, I actually picked the place because it was named after <a title="wiki" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevy_Chase" target="_blank">Chevy Chase</a>, it had two pools and looked pretty depressing</p>
<p>This was a great match at the time as I was fat, angry and miserable&#8230;<span id="more-160"></span> <img title="chevy_chase.jpg" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/blobArandinas/.thumbs/.chevy_chase.jpg" border="0" alt="chevy_chase.jpg" width="240" height="180" align="left" />I stopped by and realized that I don&#8217;t know why the fuck I just made the choice to revisit that place&#8230;Why do they bother to put up flags in these urban apartment shitholes?  As to say there is something majestic about a mass quantity low cost apartment complex that makes it &#8220;flag worthy&#8221;.  Although I high tailed it outta there, something dawned on me, this area reminded me of all the badass places to eat down in this neck of the woods:  Taco-Rama, Taco-lane, whatever ya-wanna call it, South Austin, Riverside, Congress, we all know they hold some of the best true to earth taco places.  Being a Yankee asshole from the North, this is truly an experience that grows on you.  I was fortunate at a young age to travel to Mexico and experience real taco stands,  this place brought back that flava, now if only I could get my virginity back!</p>
<p>Ahh the sweet smells of Riverside, I can hear the gangsta rap, and those fuckin grackle birds that shit all over everyone are flyin all over the place.  I think I hear someone being raped in the alley, ahh fuck it I&#8217;m HUNGRY! It&#8217;s a full moon tonight, I&#8217;m hungry.  As I walk in, it&#8217;s yellow, it&#8217;s bright, I am somewhat familiar to this out-of-country experience.  Just a few folks scattered about the room.  I sit down, and received prompt service.  Salsa is pretty good, fairly predictable, and the darker chipotle salsa is not really my cup of tea, but still pretty tasty.  I ordered a <strong>Tecate</strong> and the <strong>Alambres Especiales</strong>.  WOW!  I will get back to this, but let me just say, I had NO idea how badass this dish was.  Let me repeat, <strong>Alambres Especiales</strong> $7.25, glad I opted out for the $10 BJ down the street.</p>
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<p>As I munch down chips, the waiter came over to change the channel from the static channel to more static with WW-II warplanes crashing into the sea, some sort of war documentary, apparently he thought I might find this interesting.  An old man came in and sat close to me, he was talking to himself in Spanish, I thought that was kinda neat.  I think he muttered &#8220;yo quiero comer el gordo gringo&#8221;, maybe not.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">TacoMutt™ is not very happy, she is not allowed in, I probably could have taken her out on the patio, maybe next time.  Not too sure if it&#8217;s safe to sit out on that patio, last time I was in this area we got rear ended by a drunk guy in a car wash parking lot, it was useless to try and do anything about it, hey just like Mexico!  I made sure to order the TacoMutt™ a <strong>Lengua Taco</strong>, we&#8217;ll get back to that shortly. She took the liberty of getting it all over my leather seats.</p>
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<p>The <strong>Alambres Especiales</strong> is listed on the menu as Beef Fajitas, bacon, onion, bell pepper and cheese.  Let me add that they threw in some sort of mystery sausage ham, I looked all over the menu and didn&#8217;t see it.  Either way, this dish was amazing.  Unfortunately I must compare it to a cross between the top of a meat lovers pizza and a Denny&#8217;s meat lovers skillet, but this did not compare.  It was fresh and zesty, lots of fresh green peppers all woven together nicely with nice cuts of beef and plenty of mozzarella on top.  Talk about portions,</p>
<p>I was starving and couldn&#8217;t finish the dish.  This was really impressive, in the four years of frequenting local S. Austin taco joints, I finally found a dish that truly stands out for me.  I was really impressed with this dish, and it&#8217;s different from some of the &#8220;usual&#8221; dishes we are often ordering when we go to places like <a title="yelp" href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/taqueria-arandas-austin-2" target="_blank"><strong>Arandas</strong></a> and <strong><a title="chappy's Review" href="http://tacotown.org/2006/08/15/la-tapatia-2/" target="_blank">La Tapatia</a></strong>, etc.</p>
<p>Staff was great, nice, I speak Spanish pretty good so it wasn&#8217;t awkward.  There was one guy in the restaurant that eyeballed me the whole time, and I am certain he wanted to stab me, but as I left, he smiled at me.  No really, it was badass, and they get a <strong>B+</strong> all around.  I have yet to find a south side taco place with comfortable lighting, but I guess low lighting costs allow for cheaper tacos so Amen, Dios Mios.</p>
<p>The menu looks good, and next time I will be trying some of the <strong>Caldo</strong>.  The guy sitting next to me had a huge bowl, it looked really good.</p>
<p><img title="buddi" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/blobArandinas/.thumbs/.mail.google.com.jpg" border="0" alt="buddi" width="240" height="180" align="right" /><strong>Recap: </strong>Location blows, Riverside is a depressing place for me, because I lived a depressing life for a while down there.  So get yer car insurance renewed and haul ass down there!  They have awesome food, fresh and clean.  Nice people.  I used to eat at <strong><a title="www" href="http://www.elpolloregio.net/" target="_blank">Pollo Regio</a></strong> down there as well, some of you have Pollo Regio near your house, it&#8217;s those drive thru shacks that usually look like they are on fire, wow, I love that stuff!  Cheap chicken, also a favorite of mine.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s not forget about TacoMutt™!  She downed her taco super fast.  <strong>Her rating:</strong> She was panting about 5 minutes after she ate it, but she did not wake me up last night with any sort of issues so she gives it a two paws up.</p>
<p>If you have full coverage, head down to Riverside:</p>
<p><strong>-Taco Blob</strong></p>
<p><strong>Taquerias Arandinas</strong><br />
2110 E. Riverside</p>
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<li> Atmosphere: C+</li>
<li>Staff: B (Spanish required)</li>
<li>Food: A-</li>
<li>Price Range: $5-7</li>
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ZuZu: Handmade Mexican Food
FM 2222 &#38; Mopac, Austin Texas, 78756
www.zuzuaustin.com
TacoBlob: Front Line reporter
It&#8217;s Wednesday. I&#8217;m pissed as usual, thinking about George Carlin today, he always points out &#8220;instead of T.G.I.F. that we should say H.S.I.O. (Holy Shit It&#8217;s Only Wednesday)&#8221;. It has been my mantra all day, it really feels like a Wednesday. After a [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/untitled_1a.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-699" title="Taco Zuzu Blob" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/untitled_1a.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="179" /></a><strong>ZuZu: Handmade Mexican Food<br />
FM 2222 &amp; Mopac, Austin Texas, 78756<br />
www.zuzuaustin.com</strong></p>
<p>TacoBlob: Front Line reporter<br />
It&#8217;s Wednesday. I&#8217;m pissed as usual, thinking about George Carlin today, he always points out &#8220;instead of T.G.I.F. that we should say H.S.I.O. (Holy Shit It&#8217;s Only Wednesday)&#8221;. It has been my mantra all day, it really feels like a Wednesday. After a miserable day at work, I knew it might be time to write a review for Taco Town, I write best when pissed, so all I needed to do now is get drunk and we&#8217;d have a review. After downing some old High Life that has aged (I found in our carport earlier in the week) I made my way towards ZuZu. It&#8217;s actually one of the closest taco joints to my house.<br />
My last blog was on Taco Bell, so in keeping with the tradition of chains and fast food, I wanted to try this place out. Turns out it has pretty high regards in my circle of friends, even the TT staff has given this place some props. Since my last blog was on the dreaded Taco Bell, I figured I might be able to get away with getting some food to go once more.</p>
<p><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_2a.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-700" title="Taco Mutt" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_2a.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="240" /></a>I mean first off, TacoMutt™ has to eat with me- and it&#8217;s a weeknight and I didn&#8217;t really think it would matter too much if I ordered it to go. This place has a fast food style too it. I argued with my roommate Bernie that this didn&#8217;t do Taco Town any justice if I got the food to go and ate at home, he told me I had to eat there to really do a thorough review, after arguing with him, I cracked his fake teeth with a bat and headed out the door. I won the argument. So I made sure to take some notes on the experience, and what to expect if you choose to dine in.</p>
<p>After finishing my jumbo beer, I proceed to take the 1 mile drive in my gas guzzling SUV to my neighborhood taco joint. Don&#8217;t worry I passed my breathalizer, I was able to start the car. With my pilot uniform on, there&#8217;s no way the cops are gonna mess with me anyway. It still smells in my car from that fart I packed in the seat after work, Triumph Café has a mean Pho, I really don&#8217;t like what they do with the broth.</p>
<div id="attachment_701" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 244px"><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_4.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-701" title="zuzu_4" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_4.jpg" alt="hang on, just a few more pulls.." width="234" height="176" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">hang on, just a few more pulls..</p></div>
<p>The empty-tank-gas light just turned on in my vehicle, looks like I am riding the bike to work tomorrow, this meal is going to put me out until Friday. I pull in I noticed they have a nice little outdoor area for pigging out, but I forgot TacoMutt&#8217;s™ leash so we had to do it to-go.</p>
<p><em>Note** I know some might say that this isn&#8217;t a true review, or Taco Town experience, but we don&#8217;t all always have time to dine in, I had a rough week, and peeking into the establishment kind-of freaked me out anyway, there were just too many Westlake white people in the building I didn&#8217;t feel comfortable.</em><br />
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<p><strong>Time to Order:</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_703" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_6.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-703" title="zuzu_6" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_6-300x224.jpg" alt="well stocked salsa bar" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">well stocked salsa bar</p></div>
<p>The entire staff of ZuZu was very authentic and genuinely nice, and the guy at the register helped me pick my meal. The only people giving me strange looks were the people eating there, but when you go eat somewhere and take pictures you get funny looks, especially if you are in a pilot uniform with flip flops and you look like a fat bald jerk. After a few declined swipes of my Visa, I&#8217;d like to thank American Express for allowing this meal to take place.</p>
<p>&#8220;What do you recommend?&#8221; I ask. &#8220;The Catfish,&#8221; he says, so I get the BBQ Catfish Tacos with Flour tortillas. The ZuZu blackened catfish is super zesty and has a fresh succulent bite to it. The sliced avocado and light dusting of BBQ sauce with a little cheese makes for a non-intrusive flavor blast. I really didn&#8217;t taste the BBQ sauce, it was very light. I got the Corn Salad and the Ancho Roasted Potatoes as sides. I also made sure not to forget about TacoMutt™, and ordered her a Chicken Soft Taco from the Kids menu. They had a truly impressive spread at the salsa bar.</p>
<p>I got bad enough breath, so I passed on the onions. The green sauce in the middle to the back was my favorite (in picture above). A fresh green salsa with the perfect balance of cilantro. The pico was fairly predictable and not very &#8220;soupy&#8221; it was a little bland for me, I think I would take Taco Cabana&#8217;s pico over this.</p>
<p>Remember, I am the fast food Taco guy. I am too tacky to be writing reviews on the really good places, I am just a temp for Taco Town, remember this when you post comments about my poor comme mmmmkay?</p>
<p>By the way, TacoMutt™ just let one go (broke-wind), we just finished the meal about an hour ago (I am now writing and uploading pics) and she is already staring at her rear end acting surprised at the sound, I love it when dogs do that! Since she doesn&#8217;t talk much, I guess that gives the Children&#8217;s Menu Chicken Taco a thumbs up!</p>
<p>So the salsa bar has some variety, I am a burn enthusiast and I truly seek out hot-salsas/sauces. I am not a big fan of red salsas, especially the ones that taste like Coppenhagen and chewing tobacco. This is where I am a disgrace to Taco Town, I can&#8217;t describe hot sauce for shit, Joby, please help.</p>
<p>Anyway, good spread, good variety, they offer several choices and I like that. I really like taco joints that offer 6 iced down buckets of different types of sauces and other mixins.</p>
<p>They give you a number and make you wait. I waited about 5-7 minutes, and I was surprised the two gays that I ordered before had already received there meal, and that&#8217;s the problem in this town being a minority. After we exchanged phone numbers I proceeded to find a seat. They looked gay, and they ordered more food, they were dining in and they got their food first?</p>
<p>By the way, I just made all of that up, I have a friend that happens to be gay. Did any of that make any sense?</p>
<p><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_8.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-704" title="zuzu_8" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_8.jpg" alt="" width="234" height="176" /></a>Moving forward- So in the meantime I decided to do my standard bathroom inspection. This is when I really do a test to see what you are all about. If it weren&#8217;t for some 8th grader that got mad and threw toilet paper on the floor, this bathroom was choice. It was clean, smelled good and passed the test. I made sure to make sure there weren&#8217;t any children hiding in the trash can. And a local secret, the hand-soap is actually salsa too, next time you order, make sure and sprinkle this special sauce on your taco! It has a strawberry chalky soapy taste that I highly recommend.</p>
<div id="attachment_705" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 182px"><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_9.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-705" title="zuzu_9" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_9.jpg" alt="this is pepe, him and i are going to rehab next week" width="172" height="129" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">this is pepe, him and i are going to rehab next week</p></div>
<p>They also had several reminders for the staff and patrons to wash hands. In fact, this brings up an interesting point. This place is OSHA compliant, they have the choking safety signs up and plenty of cleaning supplies laying around. It looks like they have a very sanitary situation going on, for some of us that prefer to frequent some of the more &#8220;greasy&#8221; Austin taco joints, at least there was nothing to get too uneasy about. A+ on cleanliness. Eat your heart out Arandas.</p>
<p>Some of the artwork in this place creeped me out a little. 5th grade artwork of suspiciously happy.  Nevermind, I did too much acid at a young age.</p>
<div id="attachment_706" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 262px"><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_13.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-706" title="zuzu_13" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_13.jpg" alt="" width="252" height="189" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">TM is ready to hit the road, her Taco Lazer Eyeballs have turned on when she spotted the plastic bag</p></div>
<p>This sums up the atmosphere. We have a place that&#8217;s serving Mopac and 2222&#8217;s busy hustle and bustle business class. They are serving up some really good food and some serious variety, handmade. They actually take the time to put fresh flowers in the leftover Jarritos bottles. Not only are they turning trash into vases, they use fresh flowers! Atmosphere gets an A+ even though I chose to eat on my living room floor with my dog&#8230;</p>
<p>Word! Good service, fast, clean, and check out this menu!</p>
<p>Variety my friends! And reasonable pricing. This was my first meal here, but I haven&#8217;t heard anything bad, they even have Mexican Pizza. I will discuss the sides in just a second&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_15.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-707" title="zuzu_15" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/zuzu_15-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a>Okay ,so I know the Styrofoam to-go box makes it look not so appetizing, but this was truly a good filling spread. If it weren&#8217;t for TacoMutt&#8217;s™ food I would have got outta there for under $10, but I also tipped my friend at the register for being so nice and patient while I ordered. Staff gets an A+, not to mention the food was delivered with a smile by ZuZu herself. Okay maybe not, in fact, someone brought up a good point, what the hell does ZuZu mean?</p>
<p>This does not tell us why. Used without ZuZu&#8217;s permission, this is a screen shot of the About Us section on the website. Looks to be that it used to be a franchise, okay now I am really confused. (Please read above for the truth)</p>
<p>ZuZu: They are authentic, it&#8217;s handmade, Taco Bell and Cabana are crappy and this place should never be compared to those places. It&#8217;s an Austin original I guess. I&#8217;m too drunk now to figure it out.</p>
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<p>Fast food atmosphere, but they exceeded quality expectations, and although I prefer to blather my awful gringo Spanish at most taco joints, these folks spoke good English, which technically should make them lose points, but none of this review makes any sense anyway so&#8230;Back to the meal</p>
<p><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/danfeedbundy2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-709" title="danfeedbundy2" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/danfeedbundy2.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="184" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/chrisfeedbundy.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-710" title="chrisfeedbundy" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/chrisfeedbundy.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="267" /></a>Bernie insisted on feeding her the butter sauce from his scallop dinner as a top off, does anyone reading this work for P.E.T.A.? I can email you our address to serve us the cruelty paper</p>
<p>The Ancho Roasted Potatoes were a highlight for me. They were sharp, and soft to taste. They were pretty crisp on the outside, but it was a thin layer, almost like home-fries. The corn Salad was fresh and zesty. Both were fairly basic sides, but it was a nice change of pace instead of beans and cheese and more food to make my stomach say &#8220;way to go blob&#8221;</p>
<p>She didn&#8217;t chew. She inhaled it. It was a light rub of spices, I really shouldn&#8217;t have wasted this $2.50 taco on TacoMutt™. Oh well, I tasted a piece, I will be getting some of these next time. It was a simple taco, but the choice of fajita spices was sharp and bold</p>
<p>Taco Fats Out. Bernie is whining now because he has to go to bed, he doesn&#8217;t work and he got up at 8am so he&#8217;s living the rough life and now I can&#8217;t do this place any more justice because my roommate is an old washed up loser.</p>
<p>Cheers Taco Town,</p>
<p>Over and out. Chicago BLOB</p>
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 this is the first in a series of reports from our resident taco blob, Chicago Fats.. The blob will be your man behind enemy lines, going boldy where no self-respecting taco lover should ever go.. the fast food joints..wish him luck and prepare to be disgusted and ashamed for him and his sidekick dog [...]]]></description>
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<blockquote><address style="text-align: left;"><em> this is the first in a series of reports from our resident taco blob, Chicago Fats.. The blob will be your man behind enemy lines, going boldy where no self-respecting taco lover should ever go.. the fast food joints..wish him luck and prepare to be disgusted and ashamed for him and his sidekick dog Taco Mutt.</em></address>
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<p align="left"><img title="blob1.jpg" src="http://tacotown.org/wp-content/uploads/blob/.thumbs/.blob1.jpg" border="0" alt="blob1.jpg" width="191" height="240" align="right" /><strong>Tuesday, September 11, 2007<br />
Starring: TT Blob &amp; Taco Mutt</strong></p>
<p><em>Bonus: It&#8217;s 59 cent Taco Tuesdays! Taco Mutt</em><em>™</em><em> is in LUCK!</em></p>
<p>Where the fuck do we start? Walked up to the local grocery store, I just maxed out the American Express on Heineken and the HEB bacteria infested rotisserie chickens just didnt seem appealing to me tonight, so we headed on over to the local TB. Me and the Taco Mutt™. Taco Tuesday is her favorite day.</p>
<p>I walk up to the cashier knowing that I want the NEW! NEW! NEW! <strong>Cheesy Beefy Melt!</strong> Turns out the cashier can&#8217;t talk, in her whispering miserable voice she informed me she was trying to get management to let her go home sick, she thinks she has strep throat. I also have a miserable sore throat too, I hear it was going around, I actually missed most of work today because I couldn&#8217;t talk this morning. Nice to know that cashier lady is rubbing it all over your change!  Turns out, management wouldn&#8217;t let her leave because they use the slime in the back of her throat in the special sauce for the Cheesy Beefy Melt.<span id="more-152"></span></p>
<p>Anyway, so I get the shit, I got my tray and set it on a table.  I headed for the bathroom. I made sure to snag the nutrition facts from the register, I like to know my daily intake of fatties for later. I put the tray on a table, proceeded to the bathroom and pissed on the floor as a token of appreciation.</p>
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<p>I really just peed on the floor for Taco Town. If you question the legitimacy of this photograph, you have my personal guarantee that this is real. I made sure to transfer the stream over to the toilet bowl, just a little trace I left that&#8217;s all In honor of management not letting Diane go home because she has strep throat.</p>
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<p align="left">So anyway, back to the house- I made sure to grab a tray too. No way I&#8217;m eatin In that florescent shithole, it reminds me of my office!</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="left">Taco Mutt™ is ENTHUSED! Here&#8217;s the lowdown on the food:<br />
The <strong>Cheesy Beefy Melt</strong> is as follows: Imagine a fluffy flour tortilla, with Taco Bell sour cream, cheese and beefy beef. The cheese has the consistency of the 7-11 nacho cheese, I can hear the noise of the 7-11 cheese-gun-machine in my head right now (rar-rar-rar-rar-rar). Anyway, not really that bad. It&#8217;s been about 2 hours as I write this and I haven&#8217;t gotten any warning signals from my stomach or my lower intestines. A typical TB experience, and truthfully, it wasn&#8217;t really that bad. Some regular salted up grade D beef, mechanically separated, with cheese (Everything is good on cheese, even blood and feces tastes good as long as you throw on some cheese).  Some dumpster lettuce and pressed by the creepy tattooed fat guy.</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="left">Mutt Butt got into the hard shelled tacos. She loves them. And that&#8217;s enough for us to know that they must be good. Although she prefers squirrel carcass and litter box remnants, Taco Bell reigns supreme in her heart. She went to town on these babies.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="left">Her<strong> IAMS Mature Blend</strong> costs around 59 cents for 2 cups, so it turns out that the Taco Bell is actually cheaper. &#8220;Hey Mutt! You are eatin Taco Bell on Tuesdays so we can save some money!&#8221;</p>
<p align="left">Would you really wash your hands for $8.48 per hour to start? Of course you get full benefits and that&#8217;s great for your nine kids, but cmon. I mean do you think a customer, usually someone that just smoked 8,000 bongs, stopping by after a trip to 7-11 is really gonna notice if you didn&#8217;t wash your hands?</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="left">Here&#8217;s the deal folks. The truth. Taco Bell isn&#8217;t that bad. Sure they don&#8217;t have organic meats and cheeses. And certainly any employees of a large corporate chain are most likely to mock the behavior of someone that is truly, miserable. So you eat there when you need to. You can be very thankful that they do have standards, they are open late, and it&#8217;s better than starving. Most of the food there is bleached and sauteed in Clorox, So it&#8217;s really not that bad.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="left">Cavemen would have eaten the shit out of Taco Bell back in the day! The food has yet to be proven carcinogenic and we don&#8217;t know that it causes any sort of genital shrinkage. So just shut up and eat it. I had fun going here. It&#8217;s cheap. Although at one point I felt like I tasted infant feces in the meat, it went down smooth.</p>
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<p>I tried to be cool and put the tray in the road as a sort of &#8220;Fuck You&#8221; to the corporate machine. In my mind, pissing on the floor wasn&#8217;t good enough. I was actually planning on acting like a total modern day punk and causing a stunt that was worthy of <a href="www.break.com" target="_blank">www.break.com</a> but I changed my mind and chose to not put tacos in my ass in the parking lot while filming onlookers.</p>
<p>In regards to the tray shots: my camera blows and I almost got busted trying to get snapshots of cars on my street rolling over the tray. My gay neighbor came out while I was trying to snap pics, and he is always getting woke up by me putting shit in the street so this is all I got. Anyway, I did it for Taco Town. I did it for Taco Town.</p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: always" align="left">Taco Bell sucks, but it&#8217;s an American staple. We eat it when we have to as remembrance as to where we come from. We get Taco Bell to remember us of our younger days, or the times when we have to cash in our change to Coinstar at the local HEB just to buy us enough time to get that cash advance at the pawn shop for groceries.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: always" align="left">Taco Bell is like a Tuesday night. Not as bad as a Monday night, and often very tasty on a Saturday night.</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: always" align="left">Taco Bell is like that old porno magazine that you fall back on when you just can&#8217;t find anything else to rub one out to. Kinda like the underwear section of the Sears catalog. That&#8217;s how it goes. They never really come up with anything new, it&#8217;s just old shit layered on new shit. But it&#8217;s really old shit to begin with. <strong>The 7 layer burrito</strong> is just 7 x 2 decades of their bullshit crammed into a fucking tortilla. That bell noise that you hear in the commercials is the same noise that you hear shortly before you gasp your last breath on earth. Seems fitting doesn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; page-break-before: always" align="left">Suck it up. It could be worse, you could be getting water from a shit infested stream and buying rotten meat from a South African meat dealer in the desert sun. Hey thank god for the power of radiated meat. You aren&#8217;t gonna live forever, we all know this. So shut up and eat. They take all the major credit cards! If only they could incorporate a <strong>Pawn-4-Taco</strong>™ program where you could cash in that old CD player or pawn yer lawn mower for a sack of <strong>Chalupas</strong>! Now that&#8217;s an idea!</p>
<p>Over and Out<br />
Taco Blob</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in" align="left"><strong>PS: Health Facts from FATS<br />
</strong> • 1 Crunchy Taco = 170 calories<br />
• Highest Calorie item:  FUCKING <strong>Chicken Fiesta Taco Salad</strong> has 800 calories!<br />
*But w/o the shell its 430</p>
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