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El Gallo Giro

South Santa Ana, United States of America

4.2
3k
1442 S Bristol St #1A, Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA +1 714 549 2011

Serving

Sandwich type

Torta Cubana

Recommended by Edwin Goei and 3 other food critics.

Recommendations

"Mind you this is a hot sandwich, fresh off the girdle. Each bite is a meat lover's dream. Crispy beef, spicy tender pork, headcheese, and fresh creamy slices of avocado to top it all off..."
"The Torta Cubana comes with four meats, pork leg, bread beef, head cheese and ham and topped with avocado, tomato, lettuce, beans and mayo. Wow! What a treat. The torta was great. I loved the spicy pork leg and the breaded beef. Both were very tender and had lots of flavor. The toasted torta bread was so soft. A great sandwich."
"The Torta Cubana is their best creation. Composed of 4 different types of meat: milanesa de res (breaded beef), pierna de adobada (marinated pork leg), ham, and seasoned head cheese, it is a flavorful combination. It doesn’t stop there, there is panella cheese, avocado, a dab of refried beans, lettuce tomato, and roasted jalapeño. Paired with squirts of their red chile salsa (ask for it when you pick up your order), it is an addictive meal."
"I was full, but not satisfied. I wanted more. More of that porky flavor. More shards of that crispy beef. More of that rich, yet cooling avocado. And, yes, even more of the disturbing cartilage crunch of the headcheese. And that, my friends, was how I devoured a massive sandwich and felt every bit like Homer Simpson when he uttered these immortal words: "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!"."

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