Mexican Seafood Tostadas at Mariscos 4 Vientos, Los Angeles

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Read more about Mariscos 4 Vientos: Support our videos: I wasnt in Los Angeles for very long, but I knew for sure I needed to eat some good Mexican food when I was there, and few things are as good as Mexican seafood tostadas. After doing some research I ended up driving towards downtown LA to eat at a restaurant and street food truck called Mariscos 4 Vientos. I didnt realize at the time I was eating there, but they had two differing places to eat - you could eat inside, its kind of a blue painted restaurant from the outside, or you could choose to eat from the food truck which was parked along the side of Olympic Blvd. I chose to eat at the truck, and actually since there wasnt much seating, we got our tostadas and tacos and headed back to the car to eat in the car. At Mariscos 4 Vientos I ordered a few of their shrimp tacos (tacos de camaron) for my wife. The tacos were had shell, and came filled with bits of shrimp, and with plenty of tomato salsa on the side as well as plenty of avocado to go with them. The shrimp were fresh and firm, with some kind of almost creamy sauce on the inside. They were overall quite good, but nothing compared to the Mexican seafood tostadas I ordered and ate next. I started off my meal with a mixta tostada, a mix of different bits of seafood, like shrimp, octopus, and fish ceviche, all piled onto a crunchy tostada base. One of the best things about eating tostadas is that youve got so many goodies on top, without too much tortilla or carbs to block all the delicious flavor of the fresh ingredients. So when you eat a tostada, the ingredients have to be good - you cant cover them up with anything. At Mariscos 4 Vientos, the ingredients were fresh and the portions of everything were pretty generous. On the bottom of the mixta tostada was a first layer of fish ceviche, minced fish mixed with tomatoes and onions, and seasoned with pepper, salt, and lots of lime juice. Then came a layer of octopus and shrimp, and also a thick layer of fresh creamy avocado. Everything together was bursting with flavor, the seafood was all fresh, and the flavor was nice and sour from the lime juice. I couldnt resist but to add on a bunch of the salsa chili sauce provided. The salsa was a little spicy, and had a wonderful dry chili flavor to it. This Mexican seafood tostada was awesome, I was extremely happy. I also got ceviche de camaron, a shrimp ceviche, bits of shrimp mixed with onions and tomatoes and cooked in the acid of the lime juice, and seasoned with salt and pepper. Since we got it for takeaway, and since there was a lot of juice, this ceviche tostada wasnt assembled, but the tostada shells were instead served on the side. Since I was eating in the car, and it could have gotten quite messy, I decided not to assemble the tostada, but to just leave it separate and just dip bites of tostada chips in the ceviche. The shrimp ceviche was incredible, it may have been my favorite dish at Mariscos 4 Vientos. The shrimp was perfectly seasoned, tender, and full of flavor. Finally, we also ordered a tostada of aguachile rojo, a red shrimp cocktail. The shrimp were left whole and within a tomatoey and slightly spicy red colored soup. It was nice and salty and a little sour, but I overall I liked the flavor better of the other two tostadas. All the Mexican seafood we ordered at Mariscos 4 Vientos was delicious, and if youre ever looking for extremely tasty Mexican seafood dishes when youre in LA, this is a good restaurant and street food truck to try. If you want to eat here, heres the information: Mariscos 4 Vientos Address: 3332 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

Maria Miranda
This is one of most favoritate places in LAMariscos 4 Vientos has two sit downhole in the wall restaurants down the street from the food truck. If you go on the weekend, expect a 45 min wait for a table as it's really a small place with a patio. Recommend to bring a jacket in case it gets chilly in the patio.
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Andrew Cho
I always stop by here before I head back home to Loma Linda after visiting family in LA. Thank you Mark for the suggestion Definitely some of the best ceviche I've had in a very long time Also the workers are nice and they always give me extra pulpo and shrimp which I absolutely love
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Petr Frizen
LAs city skyline in the morning is hysterically romantic I also suspect would dare to assume, that the corn tostadas do taste at its best just as they are, especially, when fresh and piping hot slightly chilled Eating in the car techniques are very impressive.
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Billy Bryant
aquachile verde, and that cheesecake flan they got 2 brick and mortar spots acros th3e street from the eachother right up the street. from this truck. one has beer the other doesnt. as you know mariscos and beer go hand N hand
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Mohammad Lone
Hey Mark, your videos are awesome The food is so varied and interesting, you're lucky to travel so much. Most important of all you seem a cool guy Thanks for giving us an insight into different food cultures. :)
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Edgar Llamas
I have been eating at that lunch truck since 1996, he used to be across the street at the projects, selling under a tree, now he owns 3 trucks and 3 restaurants. Very good food. Love the shrimp tacos.
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Michelle Saavedra
idk what salsa that was, but authentic mexican salsa has the seeds from the peppers, and parts of the veggies. it is a biy chunky. Maybe it tastes good, but to me, that is not authentic. sorry.
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bianca chow
I love your videos the appreciation you show for all these delicious foods that most of us will never get to taste is almost as fufilling as actually being there Keep up the awesome posts
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Dani Tapia
If you come to Chicago you can get a small container of the mixed seafood for the same price you paid for that tostada plus a handful of tostadas on the side. It will be more for your buck
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An na
Having a mark video Marathon and seeing these older videos, you can really see how you've toned down the 'wiens leans' food tasting reaction these days Love ya man. My favourite YouTuber
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