'I discovered the 'real Mexican pizza' while drunk in the Mission 9 years ago.'
on Taco Bell’s website dedicated to informing the public of anything and everything Mexican pizza related. Much to the delight of every Taco Bell stan, the late night snack is scheduled to return to the menu for good on Sept. 15, 2022.
But there’s a better “Mexican pizza” right here in the Mission District of San Francisco: the Oaxacan specialty known as the tlayuda. It can be found at a few of the Oaxacan restaurants throughout the city. The version at La Oaxaqueña at 2128 Mission St., though, holds a special place in my heart, like a first love, because it was the first time I ever experienced a “Mexican pizza.”A view through the entryway of La Oaxaqueña, on Mission Street, in San Francisco.
The cashier undersold exactly how large it would be. Much to my surprise, the tlayuda was gargantuan. The edges of the circular, flat, thin and crispy shell of masa brimmed over the edges of an extra-large white dinner plate. A smooth layer of refried pinto beans covered the entire tlayuda hull. Shredded green lettuce, milk-white Oaxacan quesillo, sliced avocados and chicken in an acidic-red chipotle sauce blanketed the giant, edible disk.
SFGATE reporter Nico Madrigal-Yankowski digs into a tlayuda from La Oaxaqueña, in the Mission, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022.In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, the tlayuda is usually found as a street food. At night, vendors set up their tents and heat up their comals, shaping the tlayuda shells by hand, which are made with higher-starch corn so that they can stretch wider than a regular corn tortilla.
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