While sitting in traffic behind a guy driving a car worth about as much as all my organs on the black market, I get a yearning for sanity, and some high quality cuisine for a low-quality price. Enter Nachos Con Los Angeles: melting pot that it is, you gotta pull the best of the best from the East and the West, culminating in a crossover cuisine explosion. This is LA, after all, fertile crescent of import cuisine and crossover whathaveyou. Basically, with not much effort, you can find some high quality ‘chos here. I mean, c’mon, it’s Los Angeles, we used to be owned by Mexico – how can you go wrong?

Start at the bottom of the plate (with all the interns) by layering some black beans and garbanzos, a couple small falafels, and maybe even some favas for good measure. Toss on your first layer of organic pepper jack cheese (from happy cows, of course). Scramble a huevo (or 6) and toss em in, chopped and peppered. Cover with locally made tortilla chips, another layer of cheese, and nuke it for a minute or so. Piping hot, smother in fresh guac and pico de gallo, drenching everything in lime juice. Top off with some chopped Thai salad and a sprinkle of Cholula Sauce. Mixing it up, dab a bit of hummus on one side. Add a 12-pack and the beach and you are jet-set. Gimme a ring, I’ll have my people call your people.

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