Mexican Food

Hit up tacos el gordo, get anything al pastor. Maybe corn tortillas just aren't your thing, so check out the other options.

>>8949670
Mexican food is garbage
It's only good when you are drinking

>>8949670
Most of my trips to mexico were on the coast, and it's mostly fish based. Snapper and shit like that out of the gulf. Inland it's mostly goat meat, but they also eat beef and pork. Goat stew and whatnot.

U.S. mexican food isn't mexican food...it's U.S. food. My suggestion, go to Mexico.

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>>8949670
>I really dislike corn tortillas esp, I find them rough and grainy, so tacos are a no go.

Flour tacos exist friendo

>Its not like I'm eating bad mexican food either? I live in fucking san diego so I should be getting the 'real deal' right?

Probably. That said, my favorite mexican has a bit of an American twist on it, like most ethnic foods I enjoy.

>Does anyone who enjoys mexican food have a recommendation for me? I really do want to enjoy it.

I prefer flour tortillas to corn, and when I get tacos I try to get a variety. My favorite tacos are fried cod, braised beef, and pork.

Try different things if you don't want tacos. Tortas, pic related, are pretty good. Really soft bread, beans, meat, egg, sometimes avocado, cheese, and some other mexican-style fixings.

Really can't go wrong with a good burrito.

At the end of the day if you don't like it, then you might just not like it.

>>8949670
There are some shit mexican places down in San Diego. Tell me what neighborhoods you're near and I can recommend some awesome places around you.

>I really do want to enjoy it.

What a strange attitude.

Yes get a burrito you whiney faggot

>>8949695
This is the idiot ramblings of a man who never set foot off a resort.

Yes, mexican food on the coast is glorious.cantro heavy seafood. But go into akumal and try a real sea food hut.

Everywhere in mexico serves beef tacos. And most places have flour tortillas for gringos and the mexicans that prefer them.

Yes, the glorious idea of deep frying a burrito then covering it witth velveta "cheese" originated in texas. But the dlour shelled brisket burrito they deep fried came from laredo.

whats the bigger sandwich, a torta or cemita?

Honestly it surprised me how there's worse Mexican food in SD (North County) then in LA considering the distance to the border

>>8949670
Why do so many of your statements end in a question mark? Chef John, is that you?

>>8949956
thanks
>>8949717
A lot of people like it? I don't want to be missing out on something potentially good.
>>8950107
yes
>>8949712
I live in La Jolla if that helps. Near the university in fact.

fuck mexico

>>8950253
I thought you were a troll. Now i nkow you are a faggot.

Try a bleach taco. Flour tortilla and dry brisket. Marinade it in bleach overnight. Then boil the brisket in beach. Plate the tacos with a bleach based pico de gallo. Serve with a large glass of iced bleach.

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>>8949986
Is "glorious" your go-to adjective? Just curious.

>>8950284
How to get reditors to rspond 101 lesson 2:

Ok so you used the wrong version of youre? Use the same 3 sylable word in 2 consecutive sentances.

All redditors dream of being middle school english teachers.

why not try looking up nixtamalization and making fresh masa. before saying you dont like something, try learning about the process and understanding the history behind it!

>>8950307
I'm pretty sure "reddit" has two 'D's.

You might be drunk anon.

Mexican cuisine is just 5 ingredients done 10 different ways.

>>8950315
Ah, yes. The redditors battle cry. Surely your drunkeness negates the truth you spoke!

I am drunk. Drunk on rum. What makes you so retarded?

>>8950325
It's more like 10 ingredients for a full restaurant menu.

>>8949670
have you tried ceviche tostadas?

>>8949670
>putting question marks at the end of sentences that aren't questions
Seriously? Just kill yourself?

>>8950325
Mexican food isn't Italian food

Try some gorditas or tostadas.

>>8950000
Torta, theres a place in Mexico City where you can buy 4kg tortas

>all these gringos trying to explain mexican food
Kek

>>8950325
You're golden, son

>>8950347
As much as you think you know it, you have barely scratched the surface of what Mexican food really is. It is NOT melted cheese over a tortilla chip. It is not simple, or easy. It is not simply ‘bro food’ halftime. It is in fact, older even than the great cuisines of Europe and often deeply complex, refined, subtle, and sophisticated. A true mole sauce, for instance, can take DAYS to make, a balance of freshly (always fresh) ingredients, painstakingly prepared by hand

Faux Mexican food is what you want. You live in the home of carne asada fries. If you hate those there is something wrong with you.

>>8949670
Real mexican food is made from the real scraps like the goat anus for extra texture, and the cilantro picked from the side of the road by the 12 year old wives that are afraid of their 38 year old husbands beating them harder for not having enough "fiber" on the meal. Occasionally the delicacy of an entire sheep head is served, where the guest of honor is expected to eat the eyeballs whole.

But actually edible mexican food involves you know, white people influence.

>>8950760
Absolutely false. Mayan disgusting shit food. Mole can be good but most of the time it is shit. And it is not mexican, it is mayan.

Mexican food started with the introduction of corn farming. Not only through more tortillas, but through more grain for feed.

Much like the introduction of the tomato into europe completely changed european cuisine

>a true italian pizza
yea yea has its main ingredient from north america.

La Jolla has a Mexican place where I ate my very favorite tacos I've ever had, possibly one of my all-time favorite dishes, but they were made with corn tortillas so they're absolutely wasted on you. While I don't generally care that you have different tastes, I am very bitter that you have access to them but can't appreciate them.

>>8950325
you always post this, but that's bullshit

mole poblano alone has like 20+ ingredients

I live in NYC and the Mexican food here is amazing

My favorite Mexican spot so far is this place called Los Mariscos 1 and their fish tacos and ceviche tostadas are fucking amazing

They have a tostada with shrimp, oyster, clam, octopus, and scallops that I really want to try

>>8950781
Mole is amazing

you're probably a fat picky stoner who loves taco bell

ceviche is banging on hot days

>>8950921
Most mole is absolute dogshit you are probably a fat stoner that likes chocolate.

A true mole chicken is superb because COCAINE but otherwise its just chicken in chocolate sauce most places.

>>8950938
You're a retard, there are tons of different moles and mole poblano doesn't really taste like chocolate anyway

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Why does gringos try so hard with our food?

Is not even that complicated, useless you want to try something exotic.

>>8949670
Chile rellano

>>8950253
If you're willing to go to TJ, theres a good restaurant called La Casa del Mole. If you don't like tacos, this is the place to go for authentic Mexican dishes. The menu is also in English so you don't need to know alot of Spanish. Its in the downtown area so you don't have to worry about getting mugged and they also have a guarded parking lot.

>>8949670
>Not knowing how to use question marks?

>>8949695
>U.S. mexican food isn't mexican food.

Depends on where you live. You can definitely find real-deal shit in Chicago. The Mexican immigration here is recent, so people are bringing recipes and trends straight from Mexico (as opposed to the sort of amalgamation stuff you find along the boarder where there's been a ton of trade-off between cuisines forever).

>>8950860
What taqueria, nignog?

>>8950938
You're one illiterate fuck mole is a sauce made out of a base of chili and spices cooked in simmering chicken stock, of course theres more to it but i know americans cant comprehend the complexity of mexican food, the only mole that has chocolate is mole poblano and thats just basic mole tier

>>8951908
Chiles en nogada is far superior my dude

>>8952512
I live in NYC and I can find plenty of authentic Mexican food

>>8954274
You probably have been on the east for less than 5 years fag

NYC is famous for getting the food of so many different cultures right but having shitty Mexican food

>>8954292
No, you probably don't know shit about NYC

Over the last 20 years, a lot of Mexicans have immigrated here and now there is a lot of good Mexican food.

Check out Los Mariscos 1, fucking delicious Mexican seafood.

>>8954300
Then why did even Philly have better Mexcian food as late as a couple years ago

>>8954350
Based on what metric? Philly also has good Mexican food because there are a lot of Mexicans there now, though NYC has even more.

Don't act like you know Mexican food in NYC is bad if you're not in the know and wouldn't even know where to look.

>>8954300
Do they sell Vuelve a la Vida, green aguachile with fish or camarones a la diabla?

>>8949670
What don't you like about it?

>>8952512
>>8954274
>>8954292
>>8954300
>>8954350
>>8954356

>the further you get from Mexico the more authentic the food is

Least Coasters' heads are so far up their asses it's embarrassing.

>>8954382
>Some faggot from california thinks it isn't authentic unless its slathered in avocado

Mexicans only put up with you because you pay 6 bucks a taco

>>8954375
Here's their menu

http://www.losmariscos1.com/

I've had the fish tacos, and the fish ceviche tostada and they were amazing. Next time I want to try the especial tostada.

>>8954387

Avocado doesn't even come into it. The fruit isn't some exotic ingredient down here.

>>8954401
You can literally get it all over the world, I regularly bought avocados with the big fat from メキシコ label under them in Japan.

But only CA do they insist it belongs on everything

>>8954410

Except they don't, at all...

>>8954410
Have you been to CA?

>>8954391
>they have aguachile but not empanadas, camarones a la diabla or vuelve a la vida
Wtf? Thats a staple of any marisqueria

I suggest a Pacifico michelada and shrimp aguachile, é uma delicía

>>8954425
They're trying to keep the menu simple. I thought that was a common thing in Mexico, places specializing in just a few menu items but doing them damn well.

>>8954447
Well yeah but bot that simple, there are more itwms in the drinks section than the actual food, heres the menu of my locsl seafood joint

>cocteles (shrimp, oysters, octopus or vuelve a la vida which is campechano)
>empanadas (fish, shrimp or octopus pasties)
>caldo de mariscos (clams, fish, shrimp, crab and oysters in a tomato based fish soup)
>floured fish (like fish and chips)
>fried fish
>al mojo de ajo (fish fried with garlic)
>camarones a la diabla (shrimps cooked in a chili stock)
>breaded shrimp
>shrimp in their shells
>fish soup

I think thats it, ofc you get the usual drinks and the regular areay of mexican beers with their variations, some more luxurious places sell aguachile, octopus in its ink,, ceviche and other nortern dishes , even pasta with shrimp or specific kinds of fishes like salmon and shit with a mexican twist

You fags are really missing on mexican cousine

>>8949670
>I find them rough and grainy,
I agree
> so tacos are a no go.
you bitch. Try not being such a bitch, you bitch. You fucking picky eater.

In any case, mexican food is not "high cuisine" so stop expecting that. Tacos are greasy, salty, savory food you eat with a few beers on a beach, or around town. They're not just a food in themselves, they are part of an experience.

>rough and grainy
This is how I felt about cartilage, mushrooms, fresh foods, slushies, burgers, pretty much everything as a kid. The sooner you get over it, believe me, the better off you'll be.

There is a whole world of food out there, motherfucker.

>>8954472
For what it's worth, this place is tiny and just opened up maybe 6 months ago.
>>8954476
Corn tortillas are grainy but not rough, I definitely like them more than flour tortillas now

>>8950307
nice haiku fgt

Try something with mole.

In Valladolid, I had this glorious bowl of chicken stewed in mole. A stack of warm tortillas, and a cold Modelo Negro beer to complement it. I wish I could get the proper ingredients to make it up here in my area of the US.

>>8949695
>U.S. mexican food isn't mexican food

Tell that to all the fucking Mexicans running Mexican restaurants in the U.S.. The only difference is that you'll end up with less fecal contamination in your food here in the U.S. then you would south of the border.