La Salsa Mexican Food
8012 S Tacoma Way, Tacoma
(206) 960-9223
Customers' Favorites
Tacos Hechos A Mano
Tlayuda Oaxaqueña
Chilaquiles
Burrito
Breakfast (Desayunos)
Chilaquiles Con Huevo Y Carne
Fried tortilla in red or green salsa topped with mozzarella cheese, fresh Mexican cheese, sour cream, onions, cilantro, eggs, and with your choice of meat-steak, chicken, chorizo, marinated pork, or carnitas.
Chilaquiles Con Huevo
Fried tortilla in red or green salsa topped with mozzarella cheese, fresh Mexican cheese, sour cream, onions, cilantro, and 2 eggs.
Breakfast Burrito
Our large burrito weighs more than a pound and is filled with rice, beans, 2 scrambled eggs, mozzarella cheese, pico de gallo, and your choice of meat: ham or chorizo.
Huevos Ala Mexican
Scrambled egg served with chopped tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeño, and onions. It comes with two hand-made tortillas, rice, and beans.
Huevos Rancheros
Comes with 2 tostadas topped with red salsa, egg, queso fresco, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Huevos Revueltos
Scrambled eggs served with rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas. You can also add ham or chorizo.
Entrées
Mulita
A Mulita are two corn tortillas filled with cheese, pico de gallo, avocado, and your choice of meat.
Tlayuda Tres Carnes
A large tortilla is warmed up and toasted with lard, topped with black beans, cabbage, quesillo, tomatoes, avocado, chorizo, marinated pork, and tasajo (marinated beef).
Empanadas 1 order
2 Deep-fried hand-made tortilla folded in half, filled with either chicken, potatoes with chorizo or cheese, topped with sour cream, and accompanied with lettuce.
Molotes Oaxaqueños 1 order
Our 7-inch Molotes are deep-fried hand-made tortilla folded in a diamond shape filled with potatoes and chorizo, cheese, or chicken in tomato sauce topped with sour cream, cilantro, and either beans or mole. It comes with a side of pico de gallo.
Memelas 1 order
Our Memelas are two thick 8-inch tortillas, freshly hand-made, topped with black beans topped with onions and cilantro. With your choice of meat.
Chile Relleno
The poblano pepper is stuffed with Mexican fresh cheese and coated in a fried egg. The pepper is topped with tomato sauce and sour cream. comes with a side of rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas.
Torta Oaxaqueña
Torta has mayo, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, fresh Mexican cheese, quesillo, and with your choice of meat. You can choose 1, 2, or 3 different types of meats.
Mole Oaxaqueño
Two chicken legs cooked in a delicious Oaxacan black mole sauce topped with sesame and onions. It comes with rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas.
Milanesa
Thinly sliced chicken breast or steak is breaded and fried. It comes with rice, beans, salad, and two hand-made tortillas.
Cemita
Cemita is a Mexican-style brioche-like bun. It has fresh Mexican cheese, quesillo, avocado and onion with your choice of meat: breaded chicken, breaded steak, or marinated pork. Comes with a side of chipotle sauce.
Costillas en Chipotle
Pork ribs cooked in a delicious chipotle sauce comes with rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas.
El Paisa
Cactus topped with quesillo and your choice of meat: steak, chorizo, marinated chicken, marinated pork, carnitas, or lengua comes with 2 hand-made tortillas.
Picaditas 1 order
Three thick hand-made tortillas topped with black beans, fresh Mexican cheese, onions each topped with a different salsa. One has red salsa, the other green and mole sauce. Served with your choice of meat.
Flor De Piña
Pineapple is grilled and is topped with cheese, pineapple cubes, sliced jalapeño and your choice of meat served with two hand-made tortillas, rice, and beans on the side.
Chicharron en Salsa
Pork skin cooked in a delicious red or green sauce comes with rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas.
Burrito Mojado
Our large burrito weighing up to a pound or more is filled with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and mozzarella cheese. It is topped with fresh Mexican cheese, sour cream, and pico de gallo with your choice of meat. Topped with red, green, or mole sauce.
Molcajete Mixto
This includes 5 ounces of chorizo, 6 ounces of marinated pork, 4 ounces of thinly sliced steak (tasajo), 6 shrimp, cactus, quesillo, jalapeño, and green onions. Includes a side of tomatillo sauce. Served with a rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas.
Huaraches 1 order
Our Mexican-style huaraches are two thick 8-inch tortillas, freshly hand-made, filled with beans topped with Mexican queso fresco, onions, and salsa. One is topped with green salsa while the other has red. With your choice of meat.
Sopes 1 order
Three thick hand-made tortilla fried and topped with brown beans, lettuce, fresh Mexican cheese, and sour cream. With your choice of meat: steak, chicken, marinated pork, chorizo, carnitas, or lengua.
Nachos
4 ounces of crispy nachos is topped with cheddar cheese, pico de gallo, and with your choice of meat: steak, marinated chicken, birria, marinated pork, or chorizo.
Pollo Asado
Chicken is marinated Oaxacan style. It comes with rice, beans, pico de gallo, lettuce, sliced jalapeños, and two hand-made tortillas.
Burrito Regular
Weighing up to l lb or more the burrito is filled with rice, beans, mozzarella cheese, pico de gallo with your choice of meat. Avocado slices and sour cream are extra charges.
Bistec Ranchero
Thinly sliced steak is marinated Oaxacan style topped with the house specialty's red sauce and sliced onions. It comes with rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas.
Burrito Vegetariano
Filled with rice, beans, mozzarella cheese, and pico de gallo, with your choice of vegetable green beans, zucchini, or cactus. Avocado slices and sour cream are extra charges.
Camarones a La Diabla
Shrimps are marinated in a red sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and two hand-made tortillas.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Shrimps are marinated and seasoned with garlic served with rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas.
Pollo en Salsa Verde
Two chicken legs and zucchini slices are cooked in a delicious green salsa that comes with rice, beans, and two hand-made tortillas.
Tlayuda Vegetariana
A large tortilla is warmed up and toasted with canola oil, topped with black beans, cabbage, quesillo, pico de gallo, avocado, and cactus or Mexican zucchini.
Tlayuda Oaxaqueña
A large tortilla is warmed up and toasted with lard, topped with black beans, cabbage, quesillo, pico de gallo, avocado, and chapulines (grasshoppers).
Tacos
Taco Regulares
Topped with cilantro and chopped onion with your choice of meat: steak, marinated chicken, marinated pork, al pastor, chorizo, carnitas, birria, barbacoa, lengua, and shrimp.
Tacos Dorados 1 order
Fried crispy golden tacos filled with chicken topped fresh Mexican cheese, sour cream and is served with a side of lettuce, rice, and beans.
Taco Plazero
Served with a hand-made tortilla filled with rice, boiled egg with your choice of meat.
Tacos Hechos a Mano
Served with a tortilla freshly handmade and is topped with cilantro and chopped onion with your choice of meat: steak, marinated chicken, marinated pork, al pastor, chorizo, carnitas, birria, barbacoa, lengua, and shrimp.
Quesadillas
Quesadillas Vegetariana
Two hand-made tortillas filled with cheese, epazote, jalapeño and with your choice of vegetable-zucchini, cactus, flor de calabaza (zucchini flower), or huitlacoche (corn mushroom).
Quesadilla Con Tortilla De Harina
One large flour tortilla filled with cheese and your choice of meat: steak, chorizo, marinated chicken, marinated pork, carnitas, or lengua. It is accompanied with sour cream and pico de gallo.
1 0rd Quesadillas a Mano
Two hand-made tortillas filled with cheese, accompanied with pico de gallo, avocado, and with your choice of meat.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas
It comes with four Enchiladas filled with chicken topped with Mexican fresh cheese, sour cream and is served in either red or green salsa. It comes with lettuce rice and beans.
Enmoladas
It comes with four enmoladas filled with chicken topped with Mexican fresh cheese, sour cream and is served in mole sauce. It comes with rice and beans.
Enfrijoladas
Two tortillas topped with Mexican fresh cheese, sour cream and is served in a black bean sauce. It comes with rice. You may add steak, chicken, marinated pork, chorizo, carnitas, lengua, barbacoa, or eggs.
Tamales
Tamales Oaxaqueños
Pork-rib bone tamales are cooked in red salsa. The pork-rib bone tamales do have rib bone in them.
Tamales De Hoja De Maiz
Corn leaf tamales are filled with chicken in red salsa
Soups (Caldos)
Pozole
The chicken soup comes with hominy accompanied with a side of chopped onion limes, lettuce, radishes, and a spicy red sauce. It's served with three tostadas.
Masita De Barbacoa
The spicy stew consists of chopped hominy and is seasoned with cilantro, chopped onions, and jalapeño. It is topped with lamb barbacoa and is served with two hand-made tortillas.
Mole De Olla
The spicy beef soup consists of corn, carrots, cabbage submerged into a broth of chile guajillo, chile pasilla, and is seasoned with garlic, onion, and cilantro. It is accompanied by a side of rice and is served with two hand-made tortillas.
Birria
Our red stew is made of beef and guajillo chiles and spices. It is accompanied by rice, a side of cilantro, onions, limes, and 2 hand-made tortillas.
Menudo
The spicy beef tripe soup is accompanied by a side of chopped onion, cilantro, limes and comes with two hand-made tortillas.
Caldo De Pollo Blanco
Our cilantro-based soup consists of 2 chicken legs that come with potatoes, corn, carrots, cabbage, zucchini, accompanied by a side of rice, and is served with 2 hand-made tortillas. The soup is not spicy.
Kid's Menu (Menu Para Ninos)
Chicken Nuggets
Five pieces of dinosaur nuggets served with 7 ounces of potato wedges.
Mulitas
Mulitas are two corn tortillas filled with cheese, pico de gallo, avocado, and your choice of meat: steak, marinated chicken, marinated pork, chorizo, carnitas, barbacoa, birria, lengua, or shrimp.
Kid Carne Plate
The Kid Carne Plate comes with rice, beans, and one large hand-made tortilla.
Kid Menudo
Beef tripe soup is accompanied by a side of chopped onion, cilantro, limes and comes with one large hand-made tortilla.
Kid Pozole
The chicken soup comes with hominy accompanied with a side of chopped onion limes, lettuce, and radishes. It's served with 2 tostadas.
Kid's Burrito
Filled with rice, beans, mozzarella cheese, with your choice of meat: steak, marinated chicken, marinated pork, chorizo, carnitas, barbacoa, lengua, or shrimp
Kid's Quesadilla
Flour tortilla folded and filled with cheese and side of sour cream with your choice of meat: steak, chorizo, marinated chicken, marinated pork, carnitas, or lengua.
French fries (7 oz)
7 ounces of French fries
Dessert (Postres)
Esquite
Corn kernels are cooked with epazote topped with mayo and cheese.
Elote
Corn on the cob is coated in mayo, cheese, and chili powder.
Gelatinas
There are 3 different types of Mexican Gelatin desserts. Milk-based, water-based, and some are half milk-based and half water-based. They can be topped with rompope which is rum eggnog.
Churro
Drinks (Bebidas)
Aguas Frescas (32 fl oz)
Horchata, hibiscus, pineapple, cantaloupe, chilacayota, and tepache. All our Aguas Frescas are 100% real fruit freshly made for you to enjoy. Drinks are one size, 32 fluid ounces.
Jarritos
Mexican soda comes in a variety of fruit flavors-mandarin, pineapple, lime, tamarind, and fruit punch.
Arroz Con Leche
A traditional warm milk-based drink made with rice and cinnamon.
Champurrado
Traditional warm milk-based chocolate drink thickened with cornstarch.
Chocolate Caliente
We serve both milk-based or water-based Mexican hot chocolate.
Sides
Empanada (Single One)
Each deep-fried hand-made tortilla folded in half, filled with either chicken, potatoes with chorizo, or cheese, topped with sour cream, and accompanied with lettuce.
Molote (Single One)
Each Molote is a deep-fried hand-made tortilla folded in a diamond shape filled with potatoes and chorizo, cheese, or chicken in tomato sauce topped with sour cream, cilantro, and either beans or mole. It comes with a side of pico de gallo.
Quesadilla Vegetariana (Single One)
Each hand-made tortilla is filled with cheese, epazote, jalapeño, and with your choice of vegetable: zucchini, cactus, flor de calabaza (zucchini flower), or huitlacoche (corn mushroom).
Taco Dorado (Single One)
Each fried crispy golden taco is filled with chicken topped fresh Mexican cheese, sour cream and is served with a side of lettuce.
Tostada De Tinga (Single One)
Each fried tortillas topped with chicken tinga, lettuce, fresh Mexican cheese, and sour cream.
Enchilada (Single One)
Each enchilada is filled with chicken topped with Mexican fresh cheese, sour cream and is served in either red or green salsa.
Picadita (Single One)
Each thick hand-made tortilla is topped with black beans, fresh Mexican cheese, and onions. Served with your choice of red salsa, the other green and mole sauce. Served with your choice of meat.
Tortilla Chips
Huarache (Single One)
Each Mexican-style huarache is thick 8-inch tortilla, freshly hand-made, filled with beans topped with Mexican queso fresco, onions, and salsa.
Tortilla
Large corn tortilla is freshly made to order.
Sope (Single One)
Each thick hand-made tortilla fried and topped with brown beans, lettuce, fresh Mexican cheese, and sour cream. With your choice of meat: steak, chicken, marinated pork, chorizo, carnitas, or lengua.
Avocado
Beans
Refried pinto beans
Bolillo Bread
Bolillo bread is toasted and is cut in slices.
Fried Rice
Fried rice
Fried Jalapeño
Guacamole
Memela (Single One)
Each memela is a thick 8-inch tortillas, freshly hand-made, topped with black beans topped with onions and cilantro. With your choice of meat.
Pico De Gallo
Quesadilla a Mano (Single One)
Each hand-made tortilla is filled with cheese, accompanied with pico de gallo, avocado, and with your choice of meat.
Sour Cream
Limes
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Recent Reviews
Excellent food! My husband and I ordered Tamles Oxaquenos and it’s the best tasting kinds of tamales. Owner often came check on each table and make sure everything was good. My husband and I enjoyed a lot and will come back again!
June 2024
Buried inside a nondescript strip mall, this is an authentic gem for real Oaxacan food. Huge variety, all carefully prepared by friendly and knowledgeable staff. Oh, please order the Tepache drink: freshly made and super-delicious.Only downside: portions are HUGE. I would have liked to try multiple, smaller plates
Kid-friendliness: Huge food court with plenty of large tables.
Kid-friendliness: Huge food court with plenty of large tables.
April 2023
I ordered 3 carne asada sopes. The meat was seasoned very well and they were really good. My only complaint is that the sopes had more lettuce than meat. Other than that, they were great. Will definitely be going back to try the rest of the menu.
February 2023
