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Appearance(7): The Nachos had a generic look to them, not that this is necessarily a bad thing. All the ingredients that make these Nachos what they are were there and I was ready to start digging in. Cheese and carne asada and pico de gallo were spread throughout and there were plenty of jalapeños to be found.
Quality of Ingredients(6): On this occasion I ordered the carne asada Nachos. The carnes asada was cooked medium and had no special flavor to it. The refried beans didn’t have too much to them, but they got the job done. The Velveeta cheese was nice and melty, but again, it had a normal taste to it. There was shredded American cheese that was straight out of a bag of preprocessed cheese. There was also pico de gallo throughout, which was mainly composed of onions but had a decent taste. Although not on the Nachos, the salsa bar contained, among salsas and chiles, some of the best guacamole I’ve had in a long time. It had just the right amount of cilantro, lime, salt and mayo and was the chunky kind. The chips had probably been sitting out for a while, but they weren’t too stale.
Distribution of Toppings(6): Although the carne asada and refried beans were nothing special, there was plenty to go around. The salsa bar had plenty of pico de gallo and delicious guacamole, so you could serve yourself as much as you wanted. The cheese was distributed just enough to cover most of the chips, although I did have a few dry chips left over. They also included a side of chips with the Nachos. Sure, this may seem like an odd side but considering you could get as much guacamole as you wanted, this didn’t seem like a bad thing. The chip to topping ratio varied depending on how many extras you put on, but you could easily put a little over 1/3 of toppings on each chip and have enough to go around.
Price(7): For $6.69 and the amount of actual toppings that was available, the price was actually pretty good. If you were too share these Nachos everybody would get plenty of the good stuff (if you consider generic ingredients good stuff), but the best part to me was the guacamole. I can’t stress how good it was and how awesome it was too be able to eat as much as one wanted.
Overall(26/40): The Nachos were not great, but they were not tasteless either. However, thanks to the help from the salsa bar these Nachos made it out of the generic category to a step above. Considering there are not too many delicious Nacho options in Compton, I would recommended to anyone that’s chillin’ with their homies down there.
-iwst99
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Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 2:15 pm. Add a comment
Appearance(6): These Nachos are served on a Styrofoam plate. There are small containers with lids that one can use to fill up with salsas and after that you must resort to balancing everything back to your desk (since it’s a work lunch truck). The Nachos look like a big mess, with all the toppings thrown on top in no particular manner.
Quality of Ingredients(8): Everything about these Nachos was scrumptious. The guacamole was composed of avocado, salt and lime, and it was more liquid than chunky, but not enough that you couldn’t dip it on chips. The pico de gallo was tasty as well and composed of tomato, cilantro, some lime and a big portion of red onions. Beans tasted fresh and not out of a can. The grilled chicken had little taste, but this was made up by all the other delicious toppings available. The chips stayed crispy until the last bite. These Nachos offered two types of cheeses: shredded jack and the award winning cotija cheese, which was sprinkled on top.
Distribution of Toppings(8): The beans were layered on top of the chips and the rest of the toppings were distributed all throughout the top of the Nachos. The guacamole was on one side of the plate and the sour cream on another kind of awkwardly. The rest of the ingredients were spread out evenly throughout the top and didn’t over power one another. There was enough toppings to cover every chip at about a ¾ to almost full chip ratio.
Price(10): Considering these Nachos come to your work and are prepared by one single cook that prepares dozens of other orders at once, the $4.50 price tag was excellent. Not only because it was cheap and convenient, but they were so delicious.
Overall(32/40): I am extremely lucky to have this lunch truck bless me with its presences twice a workday. The price is right, and whether I’m craving Nachos in the morning or afternoon, I know I can rely on my local lunch truck to fill me up with delicious Nachos.
-iwst99
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Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 2:04 pm. Add a comment
Appearance(8): The Nachos get top points for presentation. The scoops of sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole are nicely placed uniformly in the middle of the plate. The chips are spread around in a way that it would be easy to grab any of them without having to dig through any toppings. The cheese melted on most of the chips on top looked rather inviting and so did the shredded chicken. I did see quite too many chips on the bottom that looked dry, which is not good.
Quality of Ingredients(8): The guacamole was composed of onion, cilantro, tomato and huge chunks of avocado, which all tasted fresh. The pico de gallo included the typical tomato onion and green peppers, which were al fresh but nothing special. The chicken was marinated with a citric marinated and had a decent taste to it, nothing to rave about. There were two types of cheeses, jack and Velveeta, which tasted fresh enough, but the consistency (which I’ll get too) was not at all appealing. The chips had a good corn taste to them and didn’t get soggy at all, but this was mostly due for the lack of cheese on them.
Distribution of Toppings(4): The guacamole had huge chunks of avocado. They were so thick you couldn’t cut through them with a chip and, unless you used a knife and fork, you would end up trying to balance a huge piece of avocado on your chip. This caused all the guacamole to disappear rather quickly. The cheese was congealed as soon as the plate hit my table. Whichever chips had cheese from the beginning were the only ones that would get any and every other chip was destined to be dry. Any surrounding chips that were even brushing against the cheese would get stuck together, causing you to lift about 7 chips up when you were really trying to only grab one. The cheese was as thick as the avocado, and again, too thick for a chip to slice thorugh. The pico de gallo and sour cream were only enough for a all chips if you only dipped about ¼ of each chip. The chicken was scarce, there were only about 7 jalapeños and about five grains of corn thrown in for no good reason.
Price(4): I admit that this particular location had some nice views due it being near the marina, which sadly was not enough to make up for the $10 price tag. The ingredients were fresh, but there weren’t nearly enough toppings to cover all the chips. Our waitress came by maybe twice, and one of those times was to bring a bottle of Tabasco sauce I asked for, as that’s the closest thing they had to any type of salsa.
Overall(24/40): I don’t mind paying for atmosphere sometimes if the Nachos are good, but these Nachos were a pain to eat. I had to struggle to separate all the chips every time I was trying to grab just one, and in the end I had way too many dry chips due to the lack of toppings.
-iwst99
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Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 1:41 pm. Add a comment
Appearance (7): You get the option of either 8 or 12 Nachos on the menu. Each chip was prepared individually. The Nachos were decorated nicely around the plate. It was still a little off putting seeing them individually made and at first it’s a little hard to tell what’s going on with them. The guacamole was scooped in a small container but the sour cream and pico de gallo were simply scooped over some lettuce shreds in the middle of the plate. There were also some jalapeños all around the chips.
Quality of Ingredients (7): The pico de gallo tasted quite fresh as well as the guacamole (that was basically just avocado), but there was nothing setting them apart from other places. The chicken is grilled and marinated when you order it, and the taste of the Margarita marinate gave juicy taste. The salsa that comes on the side (if you order it) is quite tasty as well and gives the Nachos a good flavor. The jalapeños also tasted like they had been recently sliced up.
Distribution of Toppings (7): Since the chips were individually made, every chip received an equal amount of cheese and chicken. The guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo portions left a little to be desired however, as you could only cover about ¼ of each chip with them if you wanted all your chips to receive some.
Price (6): As tasty as I thought these Nachos were, the price with chicken of about $9 didn’t seem to cut it. It doesn’t help that the tiny bit of guacamole on the side was and extra dollar making it $10 total plus tax. There was plenty to keep me full, but not enough of the toppings I would have liked.
Overall (27/40): The Nachos got the job done but they seemed quite pricey for what they offered. If you were sharing them with friends everyone would get about the same amount of chips, cheese and chicken. These Nachos also force you to top each chip individually with your fork and are not as fun as eat as regular Nachos.
-iwst99
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Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 1:29 pm. Add a comment
Appearance(2): Just looking at these Nachos made me want to reach for water to dehydrate them. They looked so dry, even with the little pico de gallo that was thrown on top. The chicken was fried and looked as appetizing as the greasy beans. The big glob of sour cream on top did nothing to help the presentation. There was little to no cheese to be found on top, which made me wonder if there was even any cheese on them.
Quality of Ingredients(2): The fried chicken had no flavor to it and tasted extremely greasy. The pico de gallo also had little flavor, didn’t taste very fresh nor was juicy at all, which didn’t help the already dry Nachos. The little Velveeta cheese that was available eventually combined with the greasy beans and the fried crumbs from the chicken to become a little soupy and nasty mess. The chips had the taste and consistency of having been sitting in the kitchen for a few days. The freshest thing out of everything was the sour cream. At least it provided a little moisture. I could not finish these Nachos due to the taste and greasiness, and that’s rare for me. Oh, and they were also lacking in guacamole which was a huge minus.
Distribution of Toppings(5): Most of the Nachos consisted of greasy beans and fried chicken. There was so much fried fat on the chicken that there was little actually chicken to be seen. Eventually everything turned into a weird brown/yellowish glob that was painful to look at. Sure there was more than enough toppings to fill up all of your stale chips, but it’s nothing that I would recommend a sane human being to consume.
Price(4): With the most random price of $5.47 I definitely not get my money’s worth. It doesn’t help that this place has some of the dirtiest floors and tables (even for Compton). They had a salsa bar, which they rave about on their menu, and in their defense it had some pretty tasty items. Considering I didn’t even finish the food due to the horrid taste, I definitely wasted my money on this one. There was enough food to fill up you and four other friends, but who has four friends that they hate that much?
Overall(13/40): Don’t eat Nachos here. For a place that specializes in Mexican food, this was quite disappointing. Oddly enough, other menu items are quite yummy.
-iwst99
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Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 1:15 pm. Add a comment