I know it seems like my everyday diet is made up exclusively of tacos and pizza, but occasionally I eat other stuff, too. No, I swear.
Nestled in a little white and blue building across from the Basilica on S. 6th Street is one of my favorite restaurants in the Milwaukee area, El Salvador Restaurant. El Salvador is a pupuseria, meaning they specialize in pupusas. Pupusas are made of corn dough (masa de maiz), are round and flat like pancakes, and come with various delicious fillings. El Salvador serves them with cheese, pork, or beans, or you can get all three in the revueltas. They also have them with loroco, a kind of edible flower that grows in Central America.
With the pupusas, El Salvadoran restaurants serve "curtido." It's an AWESOME vinegar slaw that you put on top of the pupusas. It seems like a bizarre combination, but the flavors are FUCKING EPIC together. El Salvador also gives you two bottles of hot sauce to put on your pupusas, a green sauce that's a little spicy, and a red sauce that's a little sweet. I generally opt for the green sauce, whereas my roommate uses both. It's personal preference, really.
The best part about El Salvador Restaurant is that not only is their food absolutely incredible, but it is also crazy cheap. A pupusa is $1.99. I'm totally serious. That giant plate of food pictured above cost me $6. And after three queso pupusas, I am in an intense food coma and in need of a goddamn nap. I have never left the restaurant less than STUFFED.
Oh, and if you're not already convinced, pupusas can kill a hangover like nothing else. Trust me. I'm an expert.
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