What does "al carbon" mean as seen in Mexican restaurant menus?

Question

What is a "taco al carbon", or "fajitas al carbon y camarones grandes"?

Answer 1

"al carbon"--grilling over charcoal--is a great specialty of northern Mexico.  

Answer 2

el carbon means the coal, so basically it's food that is cooked over open flames. grilled fajitas with large shrimp

Answer 3

It means charcoal, food cooked on the charcoal grill. Th meaning is grilled tacos, i'm sure like the thin cut grilled steak, and grilled large shrimp fajitas.

Answer 4

It means that the meat has been grilled.

Answer 5

Some Mexican restuarants will bring your order of say fajitas and shrmp out to your table on a little hibachi grill with mesquite charcoal sizzling the meat right at your table. Talk about hot off the grill!!!!!!!