Looking for lunch in Fairlawn and happened upon one of the two Bomba
Taco outlets. Fancy hipster tacos with more of a Central
America/Caribbean vibe to the flavors and lots of rum. We showed at
an off hour and they were definitely off. Our server was thinly
kind, got our order wrong, then overcharged us for stuff we didn’t
get. She was clearly struggling to paste on a facsimile of caring at
all. We ordered quite a spread, but I think you can do better at
places like the tiny Funky Truckeria in
Barberton for local fancy tacos. |
We started with the Roasted Corn Dip, which reminded me a little of
the corn at El Carnicero, just
cheesier…not a bad thing. It was served with a crazy variety of
sliced and fried plant matter…namely yucca, plantain, malanga and
corn. The adobe fries are functional fries coated with adobo
seasoning, the corn dip is much better. |
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Slices Of Veg And Pretty Good Corn... |
...Beat Out Dusty Fries |
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Over all the tacos were too spicy for Steph and homogenous and
monotonous for me. The heat level was fine but it all but
obliterated any of the other nuances that might have existed. Her
pork taco (BBQ Pork with Salvadorian slaw, crispy onions, tamarind
bbq) was blanketed by the stifling BBQ sauce, the cauliflower taco
(Roasted Cauliflower with pickled jalapeños, lemon confit, goat
cheese, aji verde) could have been anything, and I had to dig apart
her last taco (Crispy Shrimp mango, jicama, pickled jalapeños,
garlic aioli) to figure out which of the crispy ones she had brought
us and which we never saw (Crispy Fish jicama, mango, jalapeño
remoulade)…which in the end was fine. |
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First Three Tacos |
Pork All Sauce |
Is That Cauliflour Or Fire? |
And Is This Fish Or Shrimp? |
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My three tacos had less heat (we clearly ordered backwards which
makes me wonder how accurate the menu descriptions are) but still
aren’t going to challenge many other taco places
on my list. All in all the braised duck
(Braised Duck Mole pickled red onions, queso fresco, housemade mole
sauce) was probably my fav with the earthy mole underlying the rich
braised bird. The crispy avocado (Crispy Avocado pico de gallo,
cilantro pesto sauce) was terribly outclassed by
Funky Truckeria’s and the chorizo
(Chorizo & Potato goat cheese, smoky aioli, hot sauce) needed more
brash spiciness to stand out through the potato. I don’t know that
I’ll be back with a kitchen barely more inspired than our walking
dead and either forgetful or deceitful server. |
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Second Three Tacos |
Get Avocado In Barberton |
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Chorizo Is A Bit Lame |
Duck...Best Of Lot |
Ratings | |||||||
Food |
Service |
Ambiance |
What's Best |
What's Worst |
Overall |
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D+ | D- | C | C | D- | D | ||
Duck | Lots |