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La Guerrerense
Text by Tris Marlis @ Makansutra
I have never been to Mexico, let alone meeting Sabina Banderas Gonzalez and her La Guerrerense tostada cart. However, I’ve pictured myself standing
below the majestic flag of Mexico, eagerly waiting for my order of seafood tostada, as the smell of the ocean – fresh sea urchin, octopus, clams –
engulfs me. I imagined myself holding the tostada and spooning gleefully, Sabina’s homemade salsas from the colourful jars..as kiasu as I can be.
Sabina and her tostada are legendary. The media love Sabina and so are renowned chefs in United States. TV personality, Anthony Bourdain, nominated
her for Newsweek’s “101 Best Places to Eat in The World,” and described her tostada as phenomenal and worth a drive from Los Angeles. That’s a
four-hour drive without a restroom break.
The coastal town in Ensenada, where La Guerrerense comes from, is best known for its fish and shrimp tacos, and ceviche. La Guerrerense is said to
make the best, and that’s where the comparison ends. Their small cart has been parked at the coast of Ensenada for about half a century now, and every
day it is packed with locals and tourists who are looking for five-star restaurant quality seafood at street food prices.
In July 2012, LA Street Food Fest awarded La Guerrerense the highest prize, beating over 100 competitors from restaurants to street food stands. Their
tostada with sea urchin, pisto clams, salsa and avocado also earned “Best Original Dish” award. Sabina and her daughter both have impeccable skills of
blending flavours with their ingredients. In fact, we will not have their usual chile and sea urchin when they come to Singapore for the World Street
Food Jamboree. They said they will figure things out and make do with what we have here. We are very proud and happy to have such hawkers in our midst
at this Jamboree, something we recognise and celebrate.
The World Street Food Jamboree (31 May to 9 June, F1 Pit Building and Paddock) is a mega street food feast featuring up to 40 of the world’s best
street food masters from Indonesia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, USA, Mexico, Malaysia, Denmark, China and Singapore. The Jamboree aims to create better
awareness for some of the lesser known but still excellent street cuisine and the personalities behind it, bond communities through a vibrant food
experience and generate opportunities for the public to the part of the industry. For more information, go to www.wsfcongress.com
http://www.makansutra.com/
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From an Ensenada streetcorner to Singapore! Wow! Such a neat ending.
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La Guerrerense's Sabina Bandera Takes on Singapore as Ensenada Represents Mexico at the First Annual World Street Food Congress
From The OC Weekly
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2013/05/sabina_band...
By Bill Esparza
"Fresh from an appearance at MesAmerica, Mexico's most prestigious international chef conference founded by Chef Enrique Olvera of the legendary
Pujol, our own Sabina Bandera of La Guerrerense has been given the honor of representing Mexico at the 1st annual World Street Food Congress in
Singapore. Sabina and her daughter Mariana Oviedo arrived a few days ago here in Singapore--I'm here too to attend some talks, and support La
Guerrerense as Mexico's official coordinator for the festival. Our 1st lady of ceviche will begin a 10-day run at the WSFG's street food jamboree
featuring vendors from 10 different countries including: Thailand, Indonesia, China, United States, Malaysia, Vietnam, Denmark, Singapore, and Mexico.
The congress has been created by Makansutra founder KF Seetoh, an entrepreneur and photo-journalist dedicated to spreading the gospel of street food
as a culture and a viable small business model, with support by the Singaporan tourism board. It has been a challenge coordinating this event for La
Guerrerense in terms of ingredients--Singapore's seafood products are simply no match for Baja California's rich and fresh fish and shellfish, and
they're having to fry the tostadas here from tortillas that had to be shipped from Australia. Today, as I cut bitter Calamansi limes--almost like
bitter oranges in taste and color--and we scrambled for equipment came the moment of truth--how will LaGuerrerense play in Southeast Asia, without
access to sea urchin and all the other magical ingredients that make them one of the best street vendors in the world?
When Seetoh made his rounds today,making sure everybody will be ready for tomorrow-the festival runs from May 31 to June 9th--hey, I know you're still
on Thursday, but we are on Friday here in Singapore, he had his first bite of La Guerrerense and proclaimed, "yes, there is a god!"
I too was amazed, I mean the taste is different--the seafood is a bit strong here, the lime is caustic, and sea urchin is too expensive for Sabina to
prepare her world famous tostada de erizo, but the flavor is still La Guerrerense, 100%. The chiles here are nice and potent; Sabina is featuring a
salsa that normally uses habanero to incorporate a local flavor, and substituting it with a long red chile that's identical to a chile found in
Brazil--it is quite flavorful, too.
During the day, Sabina, Mariana and I have been exploring the local hawker centers (Singaporan food courts found all over the city), and taking in the
grand spice mix of cultures that is Singapore. Today, it was a taste of Southeast Asia as vendors from Indonesia, Vietnam, and Malaysia stopped by
Sabina's booth to offer a taste of their countries. Ceviche is such an unknown food in Southeast Asia, La Guerrerense has created quite a stir these
past few days.
La Guerrerense will be reuniting with Anthony Bourdain (La Guerrerense was featured on No Reservations Baja), one of the World Street Food Congress
council members during the course of this epic food event. Other council members include Saveur editor James Oseland, Bryant Ng of the Spice Table,
and a cast of luminaries in the Asian food media scene.
If you can't make it to the jamboree in Singapore this week, you can head down to La Guerrerense in Esenada where Sabina's husband and son's are
holding down the fort, or cart, while mom and sis are bringing their flavors to the world stage. One taste of the tostada of sea urchin ceviche topped
with pismo clam, chiles de mi jardin, and fresh scooped avocado and you'll know why La Guerrerense has become Mexico's street food ambassador. Arriba
Mexico!"
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
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Sabina and Bourdain yesterday at the World Street Food Congress 2013 in Singapore:
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One big get was Sabina Bandera Gonzalez of La Guerrerense, in Ensenada, Mexico; she's a Bourdain favorite who's had the event's longest lines for her
ultra-fresh seafood c-cktails and tostadas.
Read More http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2013/...
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