The restaurant’s menu of Oaxacan-inflected, Lebanese-inspired dishes is at its most compelling when it goes full-bore on its vaguely exotic-sounding premise of “Arabesque Oaxacan” cooking. Patricia EscárcegaX’tiosu, as you soon learn, leans more Mediterranean than Mexican in substance; the chicken shawarma tacos are the only tacos on the premises. X’tiosu KitchenFelipe and Ignacio Santiago bring Oaxacan-inflected Lebanese dishes to Boyle Heights. PRICESSides and salads, $5-$7; falafel plate $9.50; chicken shawarma taco $1.25; kebab plates $11.75-$14. RECOMMENDED DISHESChicken shawarma taco; tabbouleh Oaxaca salad; Oaxacan hummus; falafel plate; chorizo kebab.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 10, 2019 13:30 UTC