January 7, 2015 :: 11:39 AM
Raul Castillo, best known as Richie from HBO’s Looking, took some time off from filming the show’s second season to sit down to talk food with San Francisco drag icon Juanita More.
Among other highlights, he shared a photo of himself as a chubby kid and revealed that his nickname at the time was ‘Gordo’, along with admitting to the weirdest thing he’s ever eaten:
“The strangest was bugs. I’ve had chapulines (grasshoppers), gusanos de maguey (worms from the agave plant) and ants. I tried them both in Mexico and at Mexican restaurants in the U.S. The grasshopper tacos at Oyamel in Washington D.C. just might be my favorite. My cuñado (brother-in-law) Omar Rodriguez was head chef there for a while and they killed it on the chapulin tacos.”
He also revealed where you might find the cast of Looking hanging around late-night in San Francisco:
“I rarely indulge in late-night snacks but as you can tell by my answers it is hands down tacos. Last year, while filming Season 1 of Looking, we were all hanging around the Mission on Day of the Dead. I threw down on a lengua taco and a carnitas taco from La Taqueria on Mission. Man, they throw down! Loved that place.”
Check out the rest of the interview to hear him talk about tacos and his mom’s cooking while you wait for Looking to return to HBO this Sunday, January 11th.