Husband and I initially weren't fully settled on eating at Tepito when we walked by because it was basically empty at 7:15pm on a Tuesday. It looked extra empty because the space is gigantic, with a cavernous area with bar + seating, plus another entirely separate room with just tables. But we decided to give it a go, with the understanding that "new" is sometimes synonymous with "unknown", and were seated in the tables-only room. Having not eaten Mexican food in a long time, we were basically craving some typical Mexican fare: chips with guacamole, some decent meat tacos and maybe some decent fish tacos.
The fresh guacamole definitely hit the spot. The chips were incredibly fresh and crispy and the homemade roasted tomatillo salsa gave us an additional happy kick with each avocado-filled bite. The husband was quite pleased because he got to eat chips, which are his favorite thing in the world.
The carne asada tacos were good, but nothing too special.
These tacos, however, were something to write home about. These were the dinner special of the evening: pistachio-crusted tilapia tacos served with pico de gallo, avocado fritters, arugula and spicy guava aioli. Those long fried things you see in the picture are the avocado fritters - delicious, perfectly fried, buttery slabs of avocado oozing into your mouth with the nicely seasoned and crunchy tilapia. Husband and I were quite happy with the fried-ness of the whole thing. Avocados are now on the list of things that should absolutely be deep fried. And I hope Tepito manages to find a way to put those avocado fritters on the regular menu.
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