{"id":14310,"date":"2021-06-15T14:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=14310"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:06:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T18:06:25","slug":"tulcingo-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=14310","title":{"rendered":"Tulcingo Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part of what I\u2019m calling the \u201cGolden Oldies\u201d series: photos I had posted on Instagram in bygone days that surely belong here as well, from restaurants that are still doing business, still relevant, and still worth a trip.<\/em><\/p>\n

In a recent post I noted that there are seemingly dozens of restaurants along the Latin American strip on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn\u2019s Sunset Park and no, I\u2019m not going to try to eat my way through all of them. But back in April, 2017, we visited one of the neighborhood\u2019s better known eateries and it did not disappoint. Tulcingo, at 5520 5th Ave, offers an extensive menu and we barely scratched the surface. Here are a few photos:<\/p>\n

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\nBirria (it\u2019s a two syllable word) hails from the Mexican state of Jalisco. I don\u2019t recall if this dish was as trendy then as it is now, but I do recall that Tulcingo\u2019s rendering was a tasty one. It\u2019s essentially a meat stew, customarily made with goat although this version is Birria de Res so beef is the star of the show. Birria distinguishes itself from similar recipes in that the meat is marinated in savory adobo before it goes into the stew pot \u2013 and you can taste the difference.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd while we\u2019re on the subject of beef, these are Tacos de Lengua, tongue for the uninitiated – so tender that I was about to describe it as meat that melts in your mouth but I thought the better of it. Delicious.<\/p>\n

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\nShifting the focus from head to toe, or more specifically from mouth to limb, this is Pierna Adobada, pork leg, marinated and roasted to perfection.<\/p>\n

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\nPlato Barbacoa de Chivo. If you\u2019ve never tried goat before, this is a good way to do it because you don\u2019t have to wrestle with extricating bits of meat from a carcass \u2013 no bones about it. Barbacoa is marinated and traditionally steamed in a pit which guarantees juicy results although other methods of preparation can be just as successful; it\u2019s pulled and shredded for serving.<\/p>\n

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\nRice and beans to stave off teasing about how meat-heavy our dinner had been!
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\nTulcingo is located at 5520 5th Ave in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
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Another in the \u201cGolden Oldies\u201d series. Read on…. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,6],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-14310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instagram","category-restaurants-food-courts","tag-mexican"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14310"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14318,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14310\/revisions\/14318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}