Anybody else get the impression that ILX is going to eat some mexican food today?

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Or is it just me?

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:07 (twenty-one years ago)

no mexican food of note in london:/

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I eat it nearly every single day. meh.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

done and done

― Cool Hand Luuke (ex machina), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

i had some yesterday! today i'll have something authentically american.

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Vicenze Fox?

― Huk-L, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe I will! I can go pick up from Picante. I'm thinking...SUPER NACHOS. And I've still got some Coronas in the fridge.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm having pho for lunch.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

tomorrow. have been looking forward to it all week.

― Maria (Maria), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, I am always disappointed when some restaurant in NYC is touted as having real Mexican. Has there been a thread about that or does Jody remember any good places that are up to her now-raised standard?

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw nearly 7 or 8 Mexican places in Park Slope when i was in NY at the beginning of the month. Are none of those places any good? They looked OK to me (as I walked by).

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm, maybe I'll thaw out some sauce and get my enchilada on tomorrow.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

http://guajirodreams.com/blogs/images/speedy.gif

Who's going to help us get the Mayor's cheese?

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually that reminds me, we had brunch once at such a place with an unassuming name like the Park Slope Diner that was really good.

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.vhpaf.org/photos/photos6/Hanoi%20Jane.jpg

"I'm having pho for lunch..."

Whatev Benedict Arnold!

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I had Taco Bell for lunch!

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Man, I am always disappointed when some restaurant in NYC is touted as having real Mexican.

there are a couple of pretty good places. the village voice can tell you where to go: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0319,cheapeats,43880,1.html

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"I'm having pho for lunch..."

Whatev Benedict Arnold!

I have cold I'm trying kill and I don't think Mexican will help.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I eat it nearly every single day

Me too. At least a few times a week.

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I have cold I'm trying kill and I don't think Mexican will help.

No, you need Thai! Thom Kha Kai, more specifically.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I was just chatting with a friend from high school online and she mentioned she might move to Mexico next year. All I could think of was godDAMN do I ever want some mexican food and margaritas.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I had some last night. ... But I am going to a bar after work that's run by a Mexican woman, and she's been known lay out some snacks, so ... maybe?

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

this thread seriously got me on a taco kick that has not ended:
Classic Or Dud: Making Tacos at Home

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

luna, you may be right...

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Ken, there's fantastic Mexican up near me (near Columbia).

― Paul Eater (eater), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

The lady at the burrito shop by my work calls me "Guapo." I think she wants to hook it up.

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

The pity is, I'd kill for pozole for lunch but i have no idea where i could find it around here.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I never had good (by my standards) Mexican in NYC.

::drool:: pozole. . .

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Before I got online I was all set to order a baby stuffed pizza (no, it's baby in size, not stuffed with babies) but now I just don't know!

― ()ops (()()ps), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I never had good (by my standards) Mexican in NYC.

you've gotta go to sunset park (brooklyn) and corona (queens).

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I never had good (by my standards) Mexican in NYC.

Listen to the Texan. She knows what she's talking about.

Calvin Trillin says the same thing, actually. New York, restaurant capital of the world, any kind of food you can imagine, but not a single decent Mexican restaurant.

― slightly more subdued (kenan), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

NOT TRUE NOT TRUE NOT TRUE -- did you read the article i posted?

There are a third of a million Mexicans in NYC now and many of them have restaurants. The Mexican food you can get here now is much more varied than it was 10 years ago. And Calvin Trillin is not a food writer.

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

If I dug harder I'm sure I could've found something passable but overall us Texans are hard to please.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

well where did you go?

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I always bought into that Trillin thing too but Iimagine there's some OK stuff out there now. I wonder where all the Mexicans are from, though?

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

And Calvin Trillin is not a food writer.

Everything I've read by him has been about food.

I mean, I know he writes about other things, too...

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Also Sam, there's a ton of great food in NY that you can't get in Texas so why bother trying to something you can get at home any old time.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I am eating "Mexican" food right now!

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

when is that trillin quote from?

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Early to mid 90's, I think, Jody.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I wonder where all the Mexicans are from, though?

Oddly enough, I was just reading an article about Mexican/US immigration focusing on NYC -- apparently a good chunk of NYC-located Mexican-born folks are from the state of Puebla, east of Mexico City. I don't know if they're the overwhelming majority, though.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

overall us Texans are hard to please

You really can't get Mexican food like you can in Texas. Not even in Mexico. It's a singular, awe-inspiring cuisine.

There's pretty good Mexican food in Chicago, as long as you stay out of any place where they speak any English at all.

― slightly more subdued (kenan), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know too much about Puebla or its cuisine.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

If you've had any dish with 'poblano' in the title...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

mmmm poblanos are a staple of the food around here (tucson).

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

A random page I've found. There are doubtless others.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

There are a third of a million Mexicans in NYC now and many of them have restaurants.

So what? Can all Mexicans automatically cook? I'll tell you, because I found out the hard way -- they can't.

― slightly more subdued (kenan), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I think as the other threads allude Mex food depends largely on where people immigrate from. Cities in TX can vary widely in this. Overall I love TX too much to stay gone anywhere for too long. Nothing ever measures up.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned with the etymology!

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm hungry and cranky. Forgive me. I'll be back after I eat some Super Nachos.

― slightly more subdued (kenan), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

by that logic, who says mexicans in texas can cook? (xpost)

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

California has many Oaxacans and Michoacans. I was in Nayarit and asked some people why Nayarit folks never emigrate to the US and I heard again and again: "No,I like it here." I had to agree.

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmmm. I've definitely had Mole Poblano before.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I am burnt out on sushi and mexican food! I never thought I'd get there!

These days I like a really well made salad, with not too much of any one ingredient.

And crabcakes.

― the black hand, Friday, 27 May 2005 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Link! You guys giving me links! I want first-hand reports- preferably from people who use to live in those parts of the States that used to be part of Mexico. Paul, Columbia is kind of far for me these days, but do you know the name of the places(s) you've gone to?

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe JBR since there are many more Mexicans living here more of them will be able to cook? i dunno.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

NYC: the tortilla factory on Starr St just off the Jefferson stop on the L train. 3 tacos 3 dollars. No english spoken. Hard to beat.

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:51 (twenty-one years ago)

now how did that guy know .. that I was going to have me some chicken?

― Dave. (Dave225), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The Mexican food in Texas is the best I've ever had.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Taco Taco on the Upper East Side (2nd/89-90) has much better Mexican food than one would expect.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 27 May 2005 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

There's pretty good Mexican food in Chicago, as long as you stay out of any place where they speak any English at all.

This is uncharitable and smacks of the kind of food rockism Nick was talking about on that other thread. I think "we" sometimes like to imagine that Mexican food made by Mexicans and served to Mexicans is the "real thing," and that the minute a non-Spanish speaker sets foot in the place, they give us what they think we want, which is invariably blander and less authentic. I'm not saying this happens sometimes, but I think it probably happens less than it used to, and resides only as this fetishistic fantasy. There are plenty of good Mexican restaurants in Chicago where the staff speaks English, for the practical reason that they depend on gringos (still >70% of the city's population) to stay afloat.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I really like that Cafe Tapatio (sp?) place on Ashland. I have no idea if it's authentic. Probably not, since they have vegetarian items. But it's fucking good. I'm hungry.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay I am CURRENTLY eating a beef taco with a tamarind Jarritos. As we speak.

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

That's a rude way to describe your intern.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned. Please. I'm eating.

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

The most disappointing "Mexican food" experience of my entire life was this time in Prague (of all places) when my friend and I were wandering around and saw a guy in a sombrero with a big sign with "MARGARITAS" and an arrow on it. We both immediately got the craving, and, without stopping to ponder the potential availability of good Mexican food in the Czech Republic, followed the arrow, only to find that it led to TGI Friday's (of all places) and, defeated, we went in and just ate chips and salsa and spent like $130 on fruity drinks.
Here is a question, though. Why are the burritos in California so good? I had some in San Francisco last summer that were probably the best thing I've ever eaten in my life, and they had all the same ingredients you can get in a burrito anywhere. I'm comparing the SF burritos I had to the ones I get in local Mexican places that are owned by Mexican families and have [what I consider to be] good, reasonably authentic food. So why were the ones I had in SF so vastly superior? Was it just the added, sweet taste of being on vacation?

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

San Francisco is pretty famous for the burritos. LA folks squabble, but they know who wins.

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:09 (twenty-one years ago)

But what makes them so good? It didn't seem like any of the ingredients were different than the ingredients I put in burritos at home!

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh god we had the most disgusting mexican food ever in Paris (I KNOW). I think I had some kind of fajitas with...EGGPLANT in them. Le gross.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I've said it before, to Adamrl's chagrin, but I wasn't terribly impressed with SF burritos. I mean, they were good, yeah! But they weren't amazing.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

My mom LOVES eggplant.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a tie for worst mexican food in my life: the stuff I got at this one place in Paris (I guess it wasn't mexican then, but spanish?) and some I had at a place in Chicago called Arturr0's. Both make me sick just thinking about them! ICK! (ha, x-posts)

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Why are the burritos in California so good? I had some in San Francisco last summer that were probably the best thing I've ever eaten in my life, and they had all the same ingredients you can get in a burrito anywhere. I'm comparing the SF burritos I had to the ones I get in local Mexican places that are owned by Mexican families and have [what I consider to be] good, reasonably authentic food. So why were the ones I had in SF so vastly superior? Was it just the added, sweet taste of being on vacation?

No! They taste this way every day!

xpost shut up jaymc

― the black hand, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I would move to SF just for the burritos, then.

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

It's worth it!

― the black hand, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Guys, look, rule of thumb -- Mexican food away from the Western Hemisphere = just, no. Don't do it. Don't disappoint yourself.

SF burritos are indeed very good.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks, Ned!

― the black hand, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not saying they're better.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Our hemisphere wins! BOOYAH!

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I ate at a place in London once called the Texan Cantina and it tasted like they put chili powder in their salsa. But they were playing Willie, had icy margaritas and we were very homesick so all was forgiven.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't worry, I get you.

*winky winky*

xxpost

― the black hand, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

My (relatively) new favorite Mexican place is La Fiesta Mexicana, right next to the Biograph Theater on Lincoln Ave. Not because the food is great (although it is pretty good), but because they stay open until 1 am on weeknights and have karaoke on Tuesdays. It's a good place to go after band practice for chips and margaritas.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread needs the kind of stubborn and opinionated comment that only Alex In SF can provide!

― the black hand, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I had a $11 burrito in Sydney that was NASTY. It was more like a thai wrap.

― andy --, Friday, 27 May 2005 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Ken et al.: There are several exceptional new Mexican joints on Amsterdam between 100th and 108th. My usual is Taqueria y Fonda la Mexicana, near 107th.

― Paul Eater (eater), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't stop eating at Mama's Tamales in MacArthur Park in L.A. Possibly my fave place in L.A. at the moment.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:44 (twenty-one years ago)

OK, I did have a tostada for lunch after all, but w/o cheese or sour cream and with extra jalapenos to try to clear my head.

I had truly mediocre Mexican food in Paris but the worst (the sorrows of being an expatriate Californian) was in Tokyo. It's just not worth it, eating Mexican abroad (nb. Mexico excepted) unless you get nachos and drink a river of tequila. This can also lead to teary homesickness, but in France, Maroccan or Lebanese food along with good wine usually cures it quickly enough.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks for the recommendations. I've still yet to find the ideal NYC Mexican joint, though the Zaragoza grocery on Ave. A makes much better tacos than you'd expect, especially the pork. Anyone know a good place to get fish tacos in NYC?

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, I love how a thread I started as a joke has inadvertantly turned into my most successful thread ever.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

From small things, Michael, big things one day come.

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

i have just ordered in some sushi

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a good fish taco at Clinton Street Baking Co.

(Congratulations, M. White. I have had the same experience.)

― Paul Eater (eater), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:05 (twenty-one years ago)

and i shall eat it in the southwest of my house, in honour of ilx

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

(That last post of mine is really an eyesore)

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

gareth, you nutter, make sure to wear headwear that resembles as closely as possible a sombrero while you're at it.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Ken, didn't you mean "From little acorns mighty oaks grow"?

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I meant "A buen hambre no hay pan duro."

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Gareth, if you are craving that early 70s Valley experience, I've got some Mexican restaurants in mind for your next visit!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Heheheh.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

the valley in 1971?

if this experience can be recreated i can go straight to heaven without passing ventura

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/188379255X.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

You talking about the earthquake?

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

The Valley in '69 would be pretty great too.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue43/music.reissues.1.jpg

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

earthquake? no! it seems i have picked a bad year.

1970 is perhaps better anyway

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

gareth, did we eat any Mexican while you were in TX? I honestly don't remember.

Alas it looks like I shall not have any today as my boyfriend has decided to prepare the other Texan staple: barbeque.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:06 (twenty-one years ago)

beefheart is nice and all, but im thinking more along the lines of the sandpipers, inner dialogue and the love generation

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:06 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, there was that place which was on the top of a hill which was a bit out of town, david was there with his girlfriend. this must have been dallas, rather than austin, but im not actually sure now!

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, oh, burritos and barbecue. That's all I want now, but Friday night + Milwaukee = fish fry.

― kirsten (kirsten), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

ahh, I think that was Austin, Curra's. Excellent Tex-Mex. xpost

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:13 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, it must have been. because david was down in austin that weekend as well, wasnt he? it makes sense now.

one of my many attempts to drink margaritas, and then going back to beer, like i always do!

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i am actually eating crappy leftover pasta, but i could really go for a taco

― strng hlkngtn, Friday, 27 May 2005 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

come up with some of your famous cusine, jess - tac-ghetti-os

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

i finished my sushi now. i think they got my order slightly wrong. that didnt seem much like yellowtail to me! nice though, all the same

― charltonlido (gareth), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

g. just whipped up a pitcher of margaritas. yumm.

― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Salud!

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 27 May 2005 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Holy crap. I had fajitas for lunch without even knowing about this thread's existence!!! I kid you not; I got out of work and hightailed it to a family function at this Mexican restaurant. Fajitas and guacamole were had. And rice & beans that I doctored up with salsa. I'm still a bit on the full side, many hours after having lunch.

But then again, I'm like Miss Misery/Sam in that Mexican food is the everyday for me.

― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 27 May 2005 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Also:

Nothing beats homemade tamales. Even the best tamale vendor won't have tamales as sabroso as the ones you almost have to slave over.

Cilantro is, as they say around here, U&K.

It's a good rule of thumb that the best Mexican restaurants will almost invariably be rundown-looking places that look as though they're about ready to crumble into nonexistence. The big, fancy, themed places almost always have the crappiest Mexican food.

Homemade tortillas -- the only way to go. If you look at an establishment that *doesn't* advertise homemade corn & flour tortillas, they aren't worth walking into. They *have* to have homemade tortillas; you can tell by how pillowy soft the flour tortillas are and by how thick and hearty the corn tortillas are.

Menudo -- again, best done at home, but if you do get it at a restaurant, it'd probably be best to squeeze that lemon juice into the soup before sampling it.

The good enchiladas will always be topped by a simple red enchilada sauce, not by chili, though if the restaurant's got good food overall and the chili's not overpowering, the enchiladas can be more than servicable.

Borracho beans have to be spicy.

And the guacamole has to be freshly made as well. It can't be a pureed travesty of a side dish. It has to be thick and lumpy and it has to look as though it's made up of mashed avocado, not as though it were some sort of disgusting avocado soup. Oh, and guacamole's not supposed to be spicy!!! It's supposed to be a cool and creamy side. This business of adding diced jalapeños into guacamole is madness. If you want crunchiness in guacamole, add onions! Onions are okay. Diced tomatoes -- totally okay. Anything spicy? Save it for the pico de gallo!

― The Kind and Benevolent Oracle of Dee (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 27 May 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

sushi samba dinner menu:

Samba park Roll 16.00
spicy lobster tempura, kale, chive & passionfruit mustard

Pacific 12.50
king crab, avocado, asian pear, soy paper & wasabi-avocado crema

Brazilian Vegetable 9.50
brown rice, grilled pineapple, palmito, collard green & red ginger

El Topo 12.50
salmon, jalapeño, shiso leaf, fresh melted mozzarella & crispy onion

Green Envy 11.50
wasabi pea-crusted roll with tuna, salmon, asparagus & aji amarillo-key lime mayo

Crispy Oyster 11.50
tomato, asparagus, scallion, jalapeño masago & barbecue mayonnaise

Neo Tokyo 13.50
yellowfin tuna, tempura flake & aji panca

Rainbow Dragon 13.00
eel, red bell pepper, cucumber, mango & avocado

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, 28 May 2005 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

i didn't eat mexican food today. i had an "oriental chicken salad" (very nice green leafy lettuce, grilled chix, slivered almonds, mandarin orange pieces, sesame seeds, and sesame dressing) from bruegger's bagels, and it was actually quite good! i'm hankering for dinner now, but there's a thunderstorm outside. is this the thread where i order delivery from the pizza place?

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

thread hijack time. do i order: (a) chicken parmigiana sub* (b) 10" cheese pizza (b) 12" cheese pizza?

*i have to get used to saying "sub"; where i'm from it'll always be "hero"

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I say (a). I had Mexican food of a sort tonight (I find it difficult to believe that chimichangas are real Mexican food even if they're tasty), and four pints of beer. I felt kinda sick after but I'm better now. Dee OTM re guacamole...I fucking hate it when guacamole is like baby food, and even though he didn't post about it on this thread Spencer Chow's OTM about regular hard tacos with seasoned beef, cheese, tomatoes and iceberg lettuce being good for you. I have to say that post was funny enough to where I had tears streaming down my face but it was true nonetheless.

― Bryan (Bryan), Saturday, 28 May 2005 02:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i got (c) with pepperoni, so i could make the minimum.

― a collectivist romantic fling! (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 28 May 2005 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

i had a burrito from chipotle for lunch, if that counts.

― joseph (joseph), Saturday, 28 May 2005 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, Sarah and I ended up getting SUPER NACHOS - black beans, guac, sour cream, cheese. Mmmm.

― n/a (Nick A.), Saturday, 28 May 2005 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

do i want a torta, a couple tacos or something else entirely?

― ian, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:18 (sixteen years ago)

I eat eating tamales

― iatee, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:34 (sixteen years ago)

you want tacos

― iatee, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:35 (sixteen years ago)

what kind of tacos

― ian, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:38 (sixteen years ago)

carne enchilada
carnitas
tinga
chicken (grilled)
chicken mole
carne asada
chorizo
fish

― ian, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:38 (sixteen years ago)

chicken mole

― iatee, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:40 (sixteen years ago)

or carne asada

― iatee, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:40 (sixteen years ago)

Excellent homemade spaghetti today, with green salad and red wine. sorry to disappoint.

― Aimless, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:41 (sixteen years ago)

but you put a little guacamole on it, right?

― iatee, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:42 (sixteen years ago)

Just grated parmesan. sorry to disappoint.

― Aimless, Sunday, 6 September 2009 01:45 (sixteen years ago)

tacos:
1 mole
1 carne asada
1 fish

mmmmmm.

to drink: sam smith's imperial stout.

― ian, Sunday, 6 September 2009 02:26 (sixteen years ago)

awesome

― iatee, Sunday, 6 September 2009 02:31 (sixteen years ago)

goes well with this x-files episode tbh

― ian, Sunday, 6 September 2009 02:32 (sixteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

daer ILX--

enchiladas, tacos or quesadilla?

if quesadilla or tacos--what filling?

― ian, Monday, 5 October 2009 01:45 (sixteen years ago)

had some nachos just now

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:02 (sixteen years ago)

think i'm gonna get two tacos & some flan.

― ian, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:07 (sixteen years ago)

chicken mole taco, and maybe a chorizo taco!?!?!

― ian, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:07 (sixteen years ago)

I miss nothing about the midwest more than Taco John's. APPLE GRANDE.

― challop of ghouls (CharlieS), Monday, 5 October 2009 02:10 (sixteen years ago)

carnitas tacos

― fleetwood (max), Monday, 5 October 2009 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

chorizo taco always awesome

― tehresa, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

I just had the most delicious pollo flautas at Por Que No? actually.

― Nate Carson, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:11 (sixteen years ago)

mole taco, carnitas taco, flan(!!)
and i bought a bottle of virgil's cream soda to mix with some of the jim beam i have on hand. "beam n cream" baby.

― ian, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:41 (sixteen years ago)

I love you, ian! Please never change.

― tehresa, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:46 (sixteen years ago)

i might start smelling bad if i never change...

― ian, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:53 (sixteen years ago)

Strange...I had a yearning for Mexican earlier today, when I went out. But that'll have to wait until at least later this week, because I instead went to the store and got a pork roast.

P.S.: Does anyone have a recipe for posole? I had it ONCE nearly ten years ago, and it was so good I haven't forgotten it since then.

― Anna Nicole Smite (j.lu), Monday, 5 October 2009 02:55 (sixteen years ago)

i don't have a a recipe but it is purchased every time i see it written on the specials' board.

― ian, Monday, 5 October 2009 02:57 (sixteen years ago)

three years pass...

Chicken mole looking likely for Sunday.

― What makes a man start threads? (WilliamC), Friday, 3 May 2013 17:00 (thirteen years ago)

I'm probably going to eat tacos tonight.

― jaymc, Friday, 3 May 2013 17:04 (thirteen years ago)

I am in Mexico, thus Mexican food is likely today, tomorrow, and the next day.

Actually I might make ropa vieja tonight, which I guess is more Cuban than anything. But it shall be served with tortillas, no doubt.

― quincie, Friday, 3 May 2013 21:41 (thirteen years ago)

i had a taco plate for lunch :D :D :D

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 21:46 (thirteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

should i try to order mexican food for delivery?

on the one hand, that sounds like a recipe for disaster.

on the other hand, mexican food.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 22:51 (twelve years ago)

uh from where?

― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 22:52 (twelve years ago)

that's a good question, actually. i need to look into this.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 22:59 (twelve years ago)

i can't leave the house for a while and i am hungry. and i've kind of eaten through everything in my fridge, except some kimchi i've already eaten a lot today.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 23:00 (twelve years ago)

I am in Mexico.
Today I have eaten Indian food.
Also one (1) taco.

― quincie, Wednesday, 29 May 2013 23:17 (twelve years ago)

would literally kill a human for some pozole rn

― too busy s1ockin' on my 乒乓 (wins), Wednesday, 29 May 2013 23:22 (twelve years ago)

There's a great old American-style Mexican restaurant a couple blocks away from here. Haven't decided on lunch yet and I'm holding this thread completely responsible.

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 30 May 2013 00:16 (twelve years ago)

lunch? are you in asia?

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 30 May 2013 01:25 (twelve years ago)

No, I've just let myself go to the point where I'm going to sleep at 7am and waking up at 3pm.

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 30 May 2013 06:03 (twelve years ago)

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