Food in Tijuana

[Captain Solo]

For fish and shrimp tacos you should try Mariscos de Damos on Constitucion across from hotel Korea. Man, it's so fresh, juicy and delicious with salsa and cream sauce, much better than anywhere else including restaurants outside of La Zona like Titos. They serve 3 tacos for 100 pesos or $5 but they are so huge big-eating guys can only finish 2. Of course they sell lots of raw shell fish so they are fresh and delicious.

Who the hell can eat 1.8 Kg fried fish. Geez! Titos has very good deals on variety of fried or grilled fish. Try it.

Most mongers are meat and potatoes, not seafood eating types. La Perl a has a very nice facility with a bar in a perfect location, but unless La Perla switch to meats, it can attract only Mexican, not hungry mongers. I think if La Perla turns into a small version of Mr. Pampas, it will attract a lot of hungry mongers and can charge a premium prices for food and drinks and makes lots of money. La Perla has been a dismal failure for 20 years in that seafood model. It's time for them to try new menu to attract the main clientele with big money to spend in La Zona, I. E. The gringos.

It's not hard to set up a Brazilian grill. You only need a charcoal grill with a rack and metal skewers to grill the meats. Each batch can be grilled and ready in under 5 minutes. Only skewer and grill limited amount of meats when guests are present so the meat won't spoil and wasted like sea food. Of course they should also marinade and grill some sea food like shrimp and octopus and perhaps even chicken and pork. Eventually they may make far more money than Mr. Pampas.

We should give La Perla's owner some free consultation to get what we want to eat in La Zona. I am sick of driving down to El Centro for food, harassed by dirty policias or hit by high curbs and cause $1,000 damages to my car.

[Member #4730]

That is some "balling" stuff there. I am glad I am cheap and sex girls in Mexico, I can't afford US prices anymore.

Same here, could probably swing the food and beverage, but the escort would have to be a freebie as I would be treating. I love the value of international pootang. Too many women in the USA With GPS regardless if they are being paid of if a significant other. We all pay one way or another. I like the tacos from the stand on the corner of HK. The only other place that is good, but a good drive is Puerto Nuevo for grilled lobsters. I was with friends that knew how to get there and it was a drive. I'll have to try Pampas next time and hope I don't get an Uber that is working with the police to set me up. I read a report here where a member took and Uber and the policed tried to shake him down for money.

[Jackie888]

Moe,

I like La Perla too.

I would take visitors from out of the country to La Perla so they can try unique Mexican cuisine in an authentic Mexican hut with a thatched roof, well, tin roof now. A lot of them were very impressed how fresh and tasty seafood is in Mexico. They were delighted with the large fried whole fish served with salsa, shrimp botana, clam cocktail. Some serve it at home to impress their guests. But we would have to run when their bands started playing. The noise was just way too loud, very annoying. In comparison Mr. Pampas has a string quartet paying soft and sweet music, very nice to dine to.

La Perla has very few clients day or night. The menu got smaller, less interesting, raw seafood is not as fresh as the street carts. I don't know how they survive. I feel sad for them.

They need a special on their menu. Something that is cheap, good and unavailable elsewhere in the Zona Norte. I gave their fish taco a try and found it to be disgusting. How fucking hard is it to throw a fish stick in a tortilla?

But I still eat their prepared fish. Sometimes, because they fuck up and often have no 800 g fish inventory and I have to buy a 1600 g or order something else. How the fuck am I going to at a 1.6 kg fish?

With so much floor space, they should consider turning it into a club.

[Captain Solo]

Moe,

I like La Perla too.

I would take visitors from out of the country to La Perla so they can try unique Mexican cuisine in an authentic Mexican hut with a thatched roof, well, tin roof now. A lot of them were very impressed how fresh and tasty seafood is in Mexico. They were delighted with the large fried whole fish served with salsa, shrimp botana, clam cocktail. Some serve it at home to impress their guests. But we would have to run when their bands started playing. The noise was just way too loud, very annoying. In comparison Mr. Pampas has a string quartet paying soft and sweet music, very nice to dine to.

La Perla has very few clients day or night. The menu got smaller, less interesting, raw seafood is not as fresh as the street carts. I don't know how they survive. I feel sad for them.

[MemoeNasty]

The place looks very nice, clean, upscale in the pics. Looks like they invested a lot in that place in a less than good location. La Perla has been there for decades under many different owners and is just barely surviving.

Too bad it may take a long time before they will build up a steady clientele. A lot of restaurants Tijuana are just limping by, some had to close down after toughing it out a few months.

It's across from La Perla near pepe parking. Will try it out.

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I like La Perla but nobody seems to give a shit about the place. I like the layout of it with the restaurant up front and the bar area in the back. Too bad about them being slow but now that I think about it the last few times I was in there the place was dead. Moe.

[SeaBeeJoe]

I used to work at a restaurant in the states that charges $200 for for a tomahawk steak. And of course it would be a crime not to pair it with a $400 bottle of opus. Guys would come in with high class escorts and drop a couple grand on dinner. I don't want to
even try to figure out how much the escort was being paid.

That is some "balling" stuff there. I am glad I am cheap and sex girls in Mexico, I can't afford US prices anymore.

[Jinxx]

$55 USD for a tomahawk steak in Mexico? Really? It better be served by 2 waitresses with DD cups, one sits on my lap the other feeding me slowly. And they better have smaller bellies than mine.

I used to work at a restaurant in the states that charges $200 for for a tomahawk steak. And of course it would be a crime not to pair it with a $400 bottle of opus. Guys would come in with high class escorts and drop a couple grand on dinner. I don't want to even try to figure out how much the escort was being paid.

[Jackie888]

$55 USD for a tomahawk steak in Mexico? Really? It better be served by 2 waitresses with DD cups, one sits on my lap the other feeding me slowly. And they better have smaller bellies than mine.

[Captain Solo]

The place looks very nice, clean, upscale in the pics. Looks like they invested a lot in that place in a less than good location. La Perla has been there for decades under many different owners and is just barely surviving.

Too bad it may take a long time before they will build up a steady clientele. A lot of restaurants Tijuana are just limping by, some had to close down after toughing it out a few months.

It's across from La Perla near pepe parking. Will try it out.

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[KC Questor]

I noticed a couple of new restaurants. Or should I say that they've been here for a while, but I finally noticed them after a year of non visits to the Zona Norte? Anyways, there is a large new restaurant between Tropical and Pepe's parking. And 2 tiny hole in the wall restaurants a couple of doorways past the Chicago bar. Anyone tried these so far? The one behind Tropical looks upscale for a Zona Norte eatery. But I never see anyone eating there. Lastly, there is an Azul tacos which is separately located from the main Azul restaurant. I see a lot of staff eat there. Standing room and carry out only. But it's got to be either cheap or tasty if the staff eats there.

The restaurant next to Tropical is called Senda Norte. It affiliated with the hotel (like Azul is for Cascadas) and can be accessed from the second floor. It is upscale for the zona, but is still new enough that it is WILDLY inconsistent. Food varies from one visit to the next, ranging from delicious to inedible. Service is terrible. Food basically just comes out whenever it is cooked -- I've seen tables where one person is finishing their meal before the appetizers come out, and one time someone was served their dessert before the rest of the party even had food.

Menu is here: https://www.facebook.com/sendanortetj/menu.

Azul tacos are pretty mediocre. I assume the staff gets a discount or something, because I have no idea why they would eat there instead of one of the much better taco carts in the area.

[Jackie888]

I noticed a couple of new restaurants. Or should I say that they've been here for a while, but I finally noticed them after a year of non visits to the Zona Norte? Anyways, there is a large new restaurant between Tropical and Pepe's parking. And 2 tiny hole in the wall restaurants a couple of doorways past the Chicago bar. Anyone tried these so far? The one behind Tropical looks upscale for a Zona Norte eatery. But I never see anyone eating there. Lastly, there is an Azul tacos which is separately located from the main Azul restaurant. I see a lot of staff eat there. Standing room and carry out only. But it's got to be either cheap or tasty if the staff eats there.

[Captain Solo]

Went down last Sunday day trip with 2 other bros, had a couple rounds of good food, sat drinking in HK, watching sports, strip shows and a couple dozens hot girls flittering by.

There were a few very beautiful new girl, pretty face, all natural boobs and butt, perfect smooth light skin. Bagged 2 girls before going home about 8:30. Checked out other bars but only HK and Chavelas had hot girls.

Had huge, fresh, sweet oyster, half dozen for $5, at Mariscos el Danmos on Constitucion, out on the sidewalk with free, unlimited view of street girls hehe. Impossible to find such fresh oyster in Califonia. Shrimp coctele also very good with large shrimp in salsa and hot sauce. The bro had a chicken nacho for $3. On Liberty path near the Arc, a few bars have $1 beer and 3 tacos for $1, damn good deal and fun to sit out in the path. They also grill seafood outside. Man, delicious.

Weekend is coming up. Anyone want to go to have some sexy fun with hot girls and fresh, spicy, delicious food?

[Sosa23]

I tried a range of restaurants on recent trip, but favorite by far was La Espadana. About a 8 min uber from Hotel Ticuan. I actually ate there twice in four days it was so good! Maybe the best Mexican food I've ever had, and I live in a major US city. I ate like a king both nights, and with 10% tip still only spent $25 per night. No English menu, so either know some Spanish, or put the translator to use. Also, I found the restaurants in that area to be much better overall than those in the Ticuan to Zona Norte area. Also a quiet respite from the craziness for a few hours a day. Enjoy!

[MemoeNasty]

Funny that I spotted good old Luke in the Chicago Club a couple of weeks ago. In person he's a big not fat dude. I guess the camera do add 50 pounds to a person. Jorge has his big giant face posted everywhere in Tijuana. Hope he doesn't try to clean up the Zona Norte.

I watch Luke's videos and have checked out a few live streams. He shows his face and puts all his personal info out there. He even puts his cell phone number out there so you can call him if you want. This is different from other ZonaTubers who just walk around with hidden cameras violating people's privacy. My issue with him is sometimes he goes on and on about how much money he makes or how many girls he fucks. I'm always skeptical about someone when they start bragging about money and at the end of the day the girls he fucks, he pays! That's not saying too much. I think as far as zona norte content goes, he's probably the best on YouTube right now. Maybe useful for someone who's not a regular to the zona. Moe.

[Jackie888]

Zona Norte "UNESCO's heritage site"! Hehehe that's good! I guess Jorge and the camera man are afraid to film in Zona Norte. But also this series is for PBS in San Diego. In Zona Norte on You Tube the number one reporter is insider Luke Powell link to his videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsLiQzpvNWU.

Funny that I spotted good old Luke in the Chicago Club a couple of weeks ago. In person he's a big not fat dude. I guess the camera do add 50 pounds to a person. Jorge has his big giant face posted everywhere in Tijuana. Hope he doesn't try to clean up the Zona Norte.