ricky's fish tacos

here's the thing. if you're craving ensenada-style fish tacos, you go toricky'sfish tacos. it's all quite simple, really. flour tortilla, generous filet of battered fish (or shrimp), shredded cabbage, fresh pico de gallo, and a choice of four different sauces that you can drizzle on to your heart's content

every month, it seems as though dozens of new high-concept/fancy/$$$ restaurants open in los angeles. and yes, we do enjoy trying them out, although the speed at which that happens depends on the state of our bank accounts. but the fancy stuff? that's not the main reason why we love the l.a. food scene. much of the beauty of this city is the sheer number of quality cheap food options. and the place that epitomizes the glory that is street food? the parking lot operation you see below.ricky'sfish tacos are bomb as hell. tucked away in a small lot right off sunset junction (around the corner from the vista movie theater), ricky piña mans the double fryer to produce the most amazing fish and shrimp tacos we've ever had. the batter is a thing of beauty - light, airy, and crunchy. both the fish and shrimp come out cooked perfectly, and when stuffed into a warmed tortilla along with shredded lettuce and your choice of any number of available salsas (don't forget the crema

ricky's fish tacos - private birthday party 11.17.2009 we recently happened to be invited to a birthday party forricky'sfriend . now, i didn't know or even heard of ricky until this party. but it looks like he sells fish tacos for $2.50 on the street in los angeles on saturdays and sundays and everybody just likes it. when we were at the party, ricky was frying each fish so we can eat really freshly cooked fish tacos. but it seems like he also deep-fries each order when he sells on the street, too. that could be one of the secrets why the tacos were so good. also the tortilla was warm. i only know fish tacos from fast food, where the fish has been sitting for a while, so it's not crispy or delicious. but this freshly deep-fried fish was so crispy outside and so soft inside. you really wanna try it. they also had homemade pupusa, rice, beans and tortilla chips. my first time homemade mexican food was great, and the best part was none of them had cheese.