Toluqueña

The pescado taco is outstanding. The other taco’s I tried not as good. But the pescado — simple and effective. Fish is not battered and fried, but rather grilled — so its a little more healthful.
Portland is a mecca for food trucks — they cluster in groups of 4 or more in empty lots and are permanent fixtures. Within the 2 blocks of Toluquena, there are at least a dozen other food trucks. Pinch me I must be dreaming.

Tortillas a little dorado, but fish and shrimp tacos so good! And cheap too! The fish is not battered and deep fried, just cooked on the grill. Super good.
And echo what Don B. said about the green salsa, it is really good.
Had a tamale, not so great… really nothing beats Gorditos’ tamales.

There’s a new kid on the block. Toluqueño is the shiny new white taco truck posted up next to LeRoy’s Familiar Vittles on 48^th and Division. Los Gorditos has some competition (although from the looks of things last night, they’re not stealing any business yet).
This sparkling clean truck is offering up a more traditional set of taco truck fare as compared to its well known neighbor. Tacos (asada, carnitas, pollo, etc), burritos, and some interesting tortas (milaneza, cubana, etc). And when I say Cubana, I mean the more traditional style, with a hot dog and what-​not inside. I love the concept but I just can’t get down with cheap wieners.
I sampled the Toluqueño burrito, which was chorizo, potatoes, guac, cilantro and some other junk (can’t recall). It was quite tasty, and a nice departure from the standard _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (insert meat) + rice + beans + colantro + onion burrito that dominates the cart offerings in this town. The clincher was the SALSA.
The salsa at this place was surprising and impressive. I normally just go for the roja at carts because the verde is usually crap. Here, he gave me both, so I tried out the green and was surprised to find a SPICY, flavorful green salsa akin to the style I have seen in SF at places like Taqueria Chile Verde and Cancún. The red was just as spicy, yet not as tangy, and possessed a nice, smoky flavor. Both were incredible, and disposed of with short work. The salsas took an otherwise good burrito and brought it up to awesome.
I definitely look forward to going back and trying out some more offerings from the menu. At $ 5 a burrito, it’s not cheap, but that salsa is worth its weight in gold, so I’ll happily pay that extra $ 1 for some o’ dat awesomeness. Yum.