For lunch I decided to finally stop by this Taco Truck over in Potrero Hill. I’d seen it but the name threw me off, Liz & Gaby. I just imagined some old lesbian couple running the shit, I’m talking like grey haired buzz cuts, wear crocs, and ride Harley. You know, Liz and Gaby, after their trip to Mexico where they bought wooden dolls and went on hikes for a Teva experience. Well they decided to open their own taco truck. Problem is they can’t cook, so inside of the truck we have two latino dudes and no old lesbian couples to be found.
Anyways, moving along I rolled up expecting to grab some tacos and then I saw the menu and they had a “Cubana Torta.” This thing had Milanese, ham, and sausage. Three kinds of meat? Oh man I debated cause it was lunch and I had to go back to work. I said wth and ordered it. Few minutes later a massive block of tinfoil showed up in the plexiglass window.
Now as can be seen here things are not as the menu described. The “sausage” was just some hot dogs cut up. I thought I was getting a pressed torta, hence the whole Cuban torta flip. Turns out that was just a reason for them to put some fried ham up in there. Then there is the breaded beef, the Milanese, that could have benefited from some small attempt at seasoning. The sandwich was goddamn massive though. That photo was taken at the half way point, which at that point is about as big as a regular torta anywhere else. I wasn’t sure if I was ready to go to war with a torta at lunch but I figured it, I’m not loosing to some hot dogs just cause it’s noon on a Wednesday.
It was an interesting torta, probably could have benefited from some salsa. I think if the Milanese was better and this thing had some real sausage it could be pretty real bad ass. The ham was kind of useless in there. I’m not a fan of big sliced tomatoes in tortas. Tortas get mushy and sliced tomatoes are like slip n slides to the beans and bread.
If you want a brick of mediocre sandwich holler at Liz & Gaby, they got bland and big on lock at 18th and Carolina.
