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)

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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)

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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 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 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 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 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 years ago)

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

― joseph (joseph), Saturday, 28 May 2005 02:21 (twenty 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 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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