Mexican
A Chula Vista Mexican restaurant specializing in Texcoco-style lamb barbacoa, where Roger called the lamb 'Bomb' alongside grasshoppers and quail.
Start with lamb barbacoa or chapulines (grasshoppers) or quail, and check the restaurant’s current menu before you go.
Source-backed notes
“Bomb lamb BBQ Grasshoppers Quail”
Roger rated this Chula Vista Texcoco-style restaurant 4 stars, calling the lamb barbacoa "Bomb" and also trying grasshoppers and quail, in this unpublished Yelp draft.
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