Baja Style Mexican Food

I have two types of favorite food...CheeseburgerTacos!!!The very first Eat the Street that my honey and I attended, we veered quickly to Baja Style Mexican Food because:1. We followed them on Twitter. 2. I also knew that they also had a tent / area at Honolulu Farmer's Market.Did I regret it? No way, José!Especially when I ate their Taco Duros (see pictures). It didn't matter to me if the price was kinda steep for two tacos... it was worth it. The crunchy shell and taco fillings were delicious and crisp to where if you weren't thinking straight...you'd be digging into your pocket for another $8 to pay for two tacosAt the Second Eat the Street, again I veered to their tent again and ordered the tacos. YUMMMMAYYYYThird Eat the Street...I had to regretfully and sadly walk away from them because I wanted to try the other food trucks that was there.But, I do know that should I ever venture to Honolulu Farmer's Market, they will be one of the vendors that I will be standing there, waiting to order those tacos that screams to me everytime I am near that tent.

A new vendor to join the Eat the Street event:Crispy Quesidilla - 4 stars for the taste, 3 stars for the price. For $7 you get a pretty good size quesidilla with a side salsa (see photo). Very crispy and flavorful, that you don't need the salsa to enjoy the flavor, but not worth a $7 dinner. I could probably eat 4 of them before I get full, which would exceed my budget.

As a transplant from New England (which has some amazing Mexican food thanks to a sizable first generation immigrant population) I've been frustrated by the lack of homestyle Mexican food in Honolulu. A few places I've tried out here have one or two components right (e.g. the frijoles or the salsa), but no one's been able to make it sing.New flash, friends. The best Mexican on the island is at your local Farmers Market. I discovered Baja Style on a random trip down to the Blaisdell Wednesday night Market and their burritos are now a weekly pilgrimage for me. From the homemade tortillas to the salsa selection to the slow roasted meats, I literally cannot get enough of these things. Huge bonus that their beans are fat free and they use brown rice which makes this a relatively healthy meal in addition to tasting amazing. I would suggest first timers try the carnitas with the salsa verde (and throw on the guacamole for $1 extra - totally worth it). I'd love to be able to recommend some of their other dishes, but frankly, I can't make it past the burritos - they are just so good!

Most Mexican restaurants in Honolulu bore me, so I was excited to try huitlacoche quesadillas ($10) at the Baja Style food truck after seeing yummy photos on Twitter.Huitlacoche isn't the easiest ingredient to come by -- even on the mainland, but so lucky here since Baja's has them fresh from corn grown locally in Waimanalo. It's an earthy, deep flavor like some mushrooms, and combined with corn and melted cheese they formed a rich gooey package lovingly wrapped in a perfectly grilled homemade tortilla. Bright pico de gallo, cool cucumber? relish & a punchy tomatillo salsa were nice accompaniments. The BF had a very tasty smoked chicken & smoked ahi burrito ($10) but wanted my plate after he wolfed his food down. Wanted to try the other goodies they cook from scratch like the carnitas & chile verde but was too full and will just have to wait until next time. That's ok though since I got another huitlacoche plate to-go and will lucha libre wrestle the BF for it if I have to. ING location was great since parking was easy, and no crowds like at Eat the Street. https://twitter.com/#!/bajastylehi

Decided that I had to go to Augusts Eat the Street because the theme was spicy. Seeing that I LOVE spicy food it would be a sin not to go. Before I even got the Eat the Street I printed out a list of the vendors that were going to be there and highlighted which items I wanted to try. I stopped off at Baja Style Mexican Food because I knew I wanted to try one of their HOT tamales. I believe one was about $6. I thought that was a little steep seeing that they only gave me one and it wasn't big or anything, but I can appreciate the hard work and labor that went into making it.I got home and unwrapped it from the foil and Mmmhhmm did it smell spicy. It was delicious!! It was actually one of my favorite dishes. Not only was it so tasty but it was the hottest thing I had from Eat the Street (I tell ya I think vendors think we can't handle the hottness, but for this theme they should've turned up the heat!).Anyway, this place is awesome I will definitely try more items from them the next time around!!

We picked up some food from the truck at the Honolulu Night and Market. Waited about 20 minutes. I ordered the Al Pastor ($7), which I was hoping would be a decent size portion, but was slightly bigger than one of their tacos. Tasted pretty good, but not worth the price.My girlfriend got 3 jalapeno and cheese tacos ($10). She is full blown Mexican who knows and loves good Mexican food. The tacos were way too spicy. Couldn't even enjoy the taste of the taco. And she can take a pepper. It simply burned. There's no problem with making really spicy food, but make sure you can actually taste what you're eating at the same time. Also, they charge $1 for sour cream (which by the way, is just from a Costco size tub). Come on...And where were all the other options? I read reviews of burritos, nachos, enchiladas? wtf? I want those. I guess this particular time / truck / event only offered a limited selection and it probably wasn't their best dishes.We have yet to find good Mexican from our home in California. REPRESENT

Not worth a star! Worst tacos eaten in my life. Meat no flavor and salsa=wtf! Anyone can make shredded beef with no flavor and same with pork and chicken. On a sanitation note: the food crew dropped food and put it back on grill and one food prepper has open lesions below his elbow. Happy eating!Will never go to this place again!

Eat the street (and similar events with food) quite honestly disappoints me often. I want fresh, homemade, delicious, affordable food and it seems that I usually get 2 out of the 4. Baja Style Mexican food is definitely 4 out of the 4.12" Chili Verde Burrito: Delish! Crepe-like tortilla, super thin & hand rolled then cooked on the flat top. I've never had a tortilla quite like it before and that is why this food truck gets 5 stars. They turned me on to something interesting and delicious that I will crave again. It really is as good as it gets in Hawaii for Mexican food when it comes to the burrito & that crepe-tortilla it comes in.They have salsas and pickled peppers/onions on the side for your choosing. The portion I had was stellar in comparison to other food carts which charge $7-9 for a bite sized plate. A small plate really needs to be $3-4 if you want to try multiple things.

I make sure to hit this place every time I'm at an Eat the Street event! They're one of the few food trucks that I follow on Twitter and they actually do what I think a food truck should: make the gourmet experience a little more accessible. I'm only sorry I couldn't try their specialty theme item from February's menu as they sold out (a good sign and one that a lot of the trucks were posting). I'll make sure to show up earlier next time!I'm a big fan of their burritos (make sure to try the chicharones) and the nachos. Both are good sized servings and I can say from experience they're still good after a night in the refrigerator. I especially like that the cheese used on the nachos isn't the standard thick sauce, but a crumbled cheese with a taste that really works well with the beans.The fresh ingredients really come through and and the fact that they're geared to be healthier than the average Mexican menu (OK, the chicharones might be a bit of a cheat-day treat) makes it definitely worth while!

Had the chile verde pork burrito w avocado for 11 bucks. It was the size of an entire plate and tasted like the food from a taco stand in SoCal. Great food and came w a drink from the ing cafe.i got it to go and they put the chile verde on the side so it didn't get too messy. tortillas are truly great.