Taco Trucks in Yuma

Well, we discovered you probably should try this on a weekday, on a warm day, on a work day. Not on a Saturday, on a cold day, in the middle of the afternoon.

We had to go to Algadones for new glasses (I lost my good ones somewhere and have been running on an old prescription) so on the way back, we cruised 8th Street - "Hey, it's Tio Juan's!" "Oh, look - it's El Toro Meat Market!" "There's Juanita's!" But none were packed with customers, the workers looked cold and miserable, and we couldn't find El Navarita, with its good Seafood Cocteles.

So we settled for Tio Juans. No tortas, no tacos, only cocteles. Shrimp? Octopus? Combinacion? O Todo? We ordered one with everything and one with shrimp and octopus. We couldn't tell the difference. They were $6.00 each, more than I expected - or $8.00 for the large. (But then I looked at Kirk & Ed's descriptions and Juanita's large is $11.) They were delicioso. Lots of shrimp, lots of octopus, served in an ice cream sundae kind of glass, with seafood juice (? whatever that was), clamato juice, fresh squeezed lime, and tiny chopped cucumbers and onions. But then he tried to charge us for a large one each - I'm not sure they were worth that.

We'll do this again - maybe Tuesday when we go back to pick up the glasses it will be warm and mid-day.

I found a blog with a recipe for the campechanas - seafood cocktails - but it doesn't have the octopus/calamari in it, which could be added. It does have oysters - good idea.
http://armidacooks.blogspot.com/2006/07/campechana-version-20.html