We've been trying to brand our means to La Tortelleria for nearly a yr now, since Claire too Lauren started raving almost it. Something almost Kensington felt really far away though, at to the lowest degree until nosotros realised that the Upfield prepare problem would instruct us within 500m or thus of the restaurant. It's tucked into a really uninspiring industrial expanse - there's no means it's relying on passing traffic for its customers, people are seeking it out.
They're seeking it out for proficient argue - La Tortelleria promises Melbourne's most authentic tortilla experience, hand-grinding their ain corn (a procedure called 'nixtamal') rather than using the finer, processed masa flour that most places use. They've choke their ain mechanism pumping out hundreds of tortillas to serve inward the cafe too to sell for people to conduct maintain domicile too brand their ain tacos. They likewise sell a bunch of Mexican groceries - spices, sauces too the like.
It's pretty tiny - peradventure seating for 30. We turned upwardly on a Dominicus for tiffin too had no problem getting a tabular array (although by1pm it was to a greater extent than or less full). They conduct maintain bookings though too it would endure wise to telephone telephone ahead if yous were aiming for dinner or had a grouping for lunch.
The menu's pretty straightforward - there's a guacamole too corn chip dish ($6.90), a pick of quesadillas ($3.50-$4.50), to a greater extent than or less non-veg tacos, a tostadita de tinga ($4.70) too empanadas (dinner only, $5). There's likewise a part plate alternative ($40 for ii people), which would endure the means to choke if yous had the hunger for it.
We didn't, thus nosotros express ourselves to the quesadillas too the tostadita de tinga. We ordered 3 of the 4 quesadillas (all veganised - although to a greater extent than on that inward a jiffy): the frijoles (beans too white cheese, $4.50), chorizo (based on a spicy tofu, $4.50) too hongos (mushroom, $4.50). The tostadita de tinga is a difficult tortilla base, topped alongside refried dark beans, lettuce too crema, $4.50).
The tortillas are interesting - much chewier than the touchstone soft taco too alongside a lot to a greater extent than flavour. The fillings didn't actually stone my globe - they were actually loaded downwardly alongside 'cheese', overpowering the mushrooms, tofu-chorizo too beans. The tostadita de tinga fared a piffling better, alongside the crispy base of operations too the lite crema instead of the cheese letting the edible bean flavor smooth through. We forgot to role the chipotle sauce until correct at the end, thus nosotros powerfulness conduct maintain made a fundamental strategic mistake.
H5N1 greenback on the vegan options: nosotros were both amazed at how melty too cheesy our vegan quesadillas were, thus it wasn't that surprising when nosotros were informed yesteryear Toby that the 'vegan' cheese that La Tortelleria is Mini Chol, which yesteryear many reports is non vegan. Tread carefully.
Our sense at La Tortelleria brutal a chip curt of the really high expectations that I had for it - the tortillas were excellent, but the fillings of the heavily cheesed quesadillas didn't mensurate upwardly to the fresher too to a greater extent than varied offerings at places similar El Chino, Touché Hombre or fifty-fifty The Reverence. We'll endure dorsum to pick out handgrip of to a greater extent than or less tortillas too peradventure to attempt the chef's sampling plate too to gustatory modality the well-regarded flan, but I dubiety we'll choke regulars.
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La Tortelleria has been given the thumbs upwardly yesteryear Footscray Food Blog, melbourne gastronome, TO STAY OR TO GO?, The Glutton too The Lush, The tiny gastronomer, Fika & Kuidaore, Tune Into Radio Carly too Eat And Be Merry For Tomorrow We Die(t) too Let's Get Fat Together weren't quite every bit impressed.
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La Tortelleria
72 Stubbs St, Kensington
9376 5577
menu: 1, 2
http://latortilleria.com.au/
Accessibility: Not good. The entry is upwardly to a greater extent than or less stairs (see meridian photo), too things within are narrow too quite crowded. You lodge at the tabular array too pay at a high counter. There's a unmarried unisex toilet.
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