My grandma is the leftover queen.” This is true. She wasn’t sure if it would be good, but it was da bomb. Jess cooked me up an omelette and used the leftover Coloradito enchiladas. ML: It was the premiere of season two, so I was frantic when I woke up. They’re delicious, but the pozole was soothing the hell out of my sniffles.
Jessica got enchiladas de res (beef) smothered in a sweet mole Coloradito sauce. The other reason I’m obsessed with them is their AMAZING mezcal cocktails with great names like “Kate Y EL Chapo.” I’m a mezcal freak, so this place has my whole heart. It’s truly a hidden gem and has the best Oaxacan food in town.
The chicken’s a touch dry, but I’ll forgive that because the flavor sings. It has this creaminess to the caldo that I try to make out, but can’t quite put my finger on. I’m not normally a pozole fan, I grew up on my Mamá Fina’s menudo, but gotdamn does this pozole hit the spot. They pointed me towards Madre’s for the pozole.
They’ve lived here six years, so I count on them to give me the real on Mexican food in the area. from southeast Los Angeles, where I grew up. I recently moved to Culver City here in West L.A. I asked Marvin and his girlfriend Jessica what great caldos (soups) they’d recommend in the area. As the day progressed I started to feel under the weather, too. LYC: We both got dinner from Madre’s, actually. I actually thought I accidentally ordered curry when I opened it. To be entirely honest, it’s better than my grandma’s. Besides my grandma’s, Madre Oaxaca makes the best gotdamn pozole I’ve ever had in my life. I needed some hearty chicken soup, so I ordered a big-ass bowl of red pozole from Madre Oaxacan Restaurant. I freaked out thinking it was COVID, but I would have to take a test for the Gentefied event tomorrow night and it would turn out negative. ML: For dinner, I was feeling a little bit of a cold coming on. I work from home these days, and the fridge is where the heart is it would seem. I became like a bird at a park throughout the day, pecking at that pizza between writing, meetings, and other craziness. I’ve never been to Italy, so they clearly have me fooled ’cause that pizza’s pretty delicious and I’m convinced it was really made in Italy and not a factory in Cudahy, California. I tossed it in the oven and savored a few slices. I scavenged my fridge close to noon and found a frozen spinach-and-ricotta pizza from Sprouts that claims to be made in Italy. Couple that with early morning interviews with America and Marvin and I had what all workaholics have for breakfast, tea and air. You would think Halloween and my adorable Tinkerbell costume were to blame, but it was something much cuter, a revision of a feature the homie America Ferrera (an early supporter and executive producer of the show) is directing next year. Linda Yvette Chávez: I had a few very late nights in a row. My dog wore her knitted turtleneck sweater. Then, like most mornings, I walked my daughter (my Chiweenie Coco) to pick up a black coffee from Super Domestic Coffee. Anyway, I just really wanted to start this fancy food journal with some busted-ass broke-kid breakfast to let you all know I’m grounded and humble. The only thing I didn’t have was some tortillas. But I’m bougie now, so of course I’m using all-beef franks. And today, I needed to eat something that reminded me of home. Hence, spicing up scrambled eggs with some chopped-up hot dogs. But you know, broke parents do what they gotta do. I still remember holding back tears once when I had to eat rice and beans for the eighth day in a row. It’s one of those quick, cheap dishes I ate WAY too many times as a kid and vowed never to eat as an adult. Linda and I talked a lot about this during the first season. It actually bothers me that this isn’t something I can order at a taqueria. You won’t find this on any Mexican restaurant menus, but trust me when I tell you this is a staple in every Mexican household.
(Translation: Scrambled eggs and sliced hot dogs). Marvin Lemus: I woke up with a craving for some huevos con weenies. I mean they’re delicious, but the best taco in Los Angeles? Come on!” “I can’t believe he hasn’t been struck by lightning for that blasphemy yet. For co-creators Linda Yvette Chá vez and Marvin Lemus, eating together - and arguing about the food - played a big part in developing the show, and Chá vez still can’t believe Lemus thinks Kogi has the best tacos in L.A. Described by our pals at Vulture as “a bilingual love letter to Boyle Heights,” the show centers around three cousins and a family taqueria. On Thursday, the second season of Netflix’s Gentefied premiered.