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Kauffman, For Some Reason, Reviews La Torta Gorda; Reidinger Hits Up Burmese Kitchen

Quesadillas at La Torta Gorda.
Quesadillas at La Torta Gorda. Photo: Lara Hata/SF Weekly

In a summer rife with so many notable openings, both large and small, we don’t totally understand why Jonathan Kauffman is still reviewing things like La Torta Gorda (2833 24th Street - see also his reviews of two lackluster Vietnamese crawfish joints, and his roundup of food trucks that may be better left to Birdsall on the blog). We get that he wants to give attention to the little guys, but we need him out there using his one weekly review to give us a second opinion on all the stuff Bauer’s covering, and then some, and saving the call-outs for tiny ethnic joints for the truly marvelous, off-the-grid places, or posts on SFoodie. But anyway, La Torta Gorda apparently has a great carnitas torta, and their mole poblano is to die for. [SF Weekly]

We’re used to Reidinger, on the other hand, always sticking to the road less traveled, and we’ll be *shocked* if he ever files a review of Wayfare Tavern — and would we really want to read his opening three paragraphs on taxidermy, anyway? Today he writes up Burmese Kitchen on Larkin Street, noting in particular the “marvelous” ong no kau swer soup, the tea-leaf salad, the fried golden tofu, and the prawn and sour leaf salad. He’s not so hot for the pork with pickled mango, however. [SFBG]

Kauffman, For Some Reason, Reviews La Torta Gorda; Reidinger Hits Up Burmese