Why does mexican food in new mexico suck so bad?

[Ginobilly]

Was in Roswell over the weekend and had the craving for some breakfast tacos. Went to some mexican joint called los cerritos and had the worst mexican food of all time. No homemade tortillas, refried beans out of the can, no spicy salsas or any salsa at all, no barbacoa or pork chicharones. We are fucken spoiled as fuck here in san antonio with our badass mexican food☺.

Why does the southwest suck so bad at mexican food except for california and texas?

[baseline bum]

Nothing more disappointing than a Mexican joint that doesn't have salsa with some real heat. LOL ordering barbacoa outside of Texas though. I ordered something called barbacoa one time at some place next to the motel in Arizona and it was fucking stew.

[FrostKing]

Breakfast tacos?

[Robz4000]

Si Senior in Alamogordo might be the best Mexican food I've had tbh, at the least Top 3.

[baseline bum]

Breakfast tacos?

It's a Texas thing.

[NASpurs]

I’ve been living in San Antonio for 20+ years and didn’t have my first breakfast taco until someone from work brought some like 8 years ago. Now I can’t imagine living somewhere without easy access to them. I was converted. :lol

[baseline bum]

I’ve been living in San Antonio for 20+ years and didn’t have my first breakfast taco until someone from work brought some like 8 years ago. Now I can’t imagine living somewhere without easy access to them. I was converted. :lol

Whenever I'd bring up the idea of breakfast tacos when living in LA people would look at me like I was a retard and ask why anyone would ever eat a taco for breakfast. :lol

[NASpurs]

Whenever I'd bring up the idea of breakfast tacos when living in LA people would look at me like I was a retard and ask why anyone would ever eat a taco for breakfast. :lol

Must had been the same look I gave when I was first asked what type of breakfast taco I liked 8 years ago. :lol But holy fuck, a couple of carne guisada breakfast tacos with some green salsa and a cup of coffee is some next level shit to me.

[lebomb]

I ate Mexican food at a restaurant in Missouri upon recommendation from a co-worker. Shit tasted just like a patio TV dinner I kid you not. It was HAAAAAAWrrible!!!!

[Chucho]

Of all the Western/Southwestern states with heavy Hispanic concentrations, Texas by and far has the best Mexican food.

[Kobe'sAchilles]

Tbh once I cross state lines when traveling, I know in my heart of hearts that I cant eat Mexican food anymore.

[Ginobilly]

Of all the Western/Southwestern states with heavy Hispanic concentrations, Texas by and far has the best Mexican food.

Cali is on par with texas but they just lack the breakfast tacos. Bacon n egg, potato n egg, chorizo n potatoes, beans n cheese, etc.

[Chucho]

Cali is on par with texas but they just lack the breakfast tacos. Bacon n egg, potato n egg, chorizo n potatoes, beans n cheese, etc.

No, not even close. Cali Mexican foof is just taco/burrito taco truck stuff all over. The Mexicans that settled here cant/dont cook Jalisco style Mexican which is more diverse than the shit here.

[Ginobilly]

Its embarrassing that the restaurant was owned by new mexican Hispanics. Even the germans in Fredericksburg texas are more Mexican than new Mexicans😅. Had some badass bratwurst sausage ala mexican with eggs n german cheese, topped with jalepeno peach salsa a couple months ago made by some white chick i did a job for in Fredericksburg.

[baseline bum]

No, not even close. Cali Mexican foof is just taco/burrito taco truck stuff all over. The Mexicans that settled here cant/dont cook Jalisco style Mexican which is more diverse than the shit here.

Man I only know two places in San Antonio where I can get a torta ahogada (El Chivito and Ro-Ho Pork & Bread). There are a billion places in San Antonio with the name Jalisco in them and yet none of them seem to offer this sandwich that's supposed to be a legend in Guadalajara.

[Ginobilly]

No, not even close. Cali Mexican foof is just taco/burrito taco truck stuff all over. The Mexicans that settled here cant/dont cook Jalisco style Mexican which is more diverse than the shit here.

Have you tried los pericos in fresno? That restaurant is owned by a family from Michoacán. The cook ladies looked like that old mexican grandma from coco. The daughter that was waitressing looked like eiza gonzalez😍. You know that shit is gonna be good when its some india or mestiza cooking. They make everything from scratch and put time and love into it.

You need to stay away from Mexican restaurants run by chicanos or whites and look for legit mexican owned ones.

[baseline bum]

Its embarrassing that the restaurant was owned by new mexican Hispanics. Even the germans in Fredericksburg texas are more Mexican than new Mexicans😅. Had some badass bratwurst sausage ala mexican with eggs n german cheese, topped with jalepeno peach salsa a couple months ago made by some white chick i did a job for in Fredericksburg.

Man you know any place in the San Antonio area that has killer mole poblano? I love the shit but I hate trashing my kitchen making it and no restaurant seems to use the mulato chiles, I guess because they're expensive as hell in the US.

[FrostKing]

It's a Texas thing.
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[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Having spent many, many years in both states I can honestly say New Mexican food beats TexMex. Roswell is not a hotbed for true Mexican, or New Mexican, cuisine, so I’d say you didn’t get a representational example of what New Mexican food is all about.

Now, authentic ‘Mexican’ food is a different category all together. That, you can find good examples of in both states. I still prefer good New Mexican over the other two types, though.

But if we start talking barbecue, that’s where New Mexico can’t touch Texas.

And it’s Texas or bust for a kolache. Can’t find those in New Mexico, Arizona, or CA.

[DJR210]

New Mexico is too busy bragging about their green chile to realize their actual cooking sucks

[Blake]

How has nobody thought to sell breakfast tacos in Cali?

[FrostKing]

How has nobody thought to sell breakfast tacos in Cali?
Isn't that essentially what Taco Bell did?

I eat eggs every morning but I think alot of Americans skip breakfast

[baseline bum]

Isn't that essentially what Taco Bell did?

I eat eggs every morning but I think alot of Americans skip breakfast

Taco Bell's breakfast just looks like bacon and eggs thrown into a soft tortilla* (really a super thin piece of bread) or a crunch wrap or something. Whereas the breakfast tacos you get in the San Antonio area are pretty varied. Eg

* barbacoa (beef cheek meat)
* carne guisada (a thick beef stew)
* chilaquiles (fried tortilla strips with eggs)
* machacado (thinly shredded beef jerky with eggs)
* chicarron (fried pig skin with eggs)
* nopales (cactus with eggs)
* chorizo and egg
* chorizo and potato
* beans and cheese
* bacon and potato
* bacon and egg
* sausage and egg

Most of these you'll find at most breakfast taco joints in town.

[phxspurfan]

Sorry but everything in New Mexico pretty much sucks ass.

[phxspurfan]

* barbacoa (beef cheek meat)
* carne guisada (a thick beef stew)
* chilaquiles (fried tortilla strips with eggs)
* machacado (thinly shredded beef jerky with eggs)
* chicarron (fried pig skin with eggs)
* nopales (cactus with eggs)
* chorizo and egg
* chorizo and potato
* beans and cheese
* bacon and potato
* bacon and egg
* sausage and egg

got damn I miss that shit

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[DJR210]

How has nobody thought to sell breakfast tacos in Cali?

Do LA Mexican's seriously not eat breakfast tacos?!

[FrostKing]

Taco Bell's breakfast just looks like bacon and eggs thrown into a soft tortilla* (really a super thin piece of bread) or a crunch wrap or something. Whereas the breakfast tacos you get in the San Antonio area are pretty varied. Eg

* barbacoa (beef cheek meat)
* carne guisada (a thick beef stew)
* chilaquiles (fried tortilla strips with eggs)
* machacado (thinly shredded beef jerky with eggs)
* chicarron (fried pig skin with eggs)
* nopales (cactus with eggs)
* chorizo and egg
* chorizo and potato
* beans and cheese
* bacon and potato
* bacon and egg
* sausage and egg

Most of these you'll find at most breakfast taco joints in town.
Good stuff buddy. Thanks for the breakdown. I enjoy chorizo myself

[baseline bum]

Good stuff buddy. Thanks for the breakdown. I enjoy chorizo myself

If you're ever in Texas, the breakfast tacos are probably the best part of Tex-Mex.

[FrostKing]

If you're ever in Texas, the breakfast tacos are probably the best part of Tex-Mex.
Never would have thought. My friend from Houston took me for Enchiladas. Mole was one of them. I liked but prefer crunchy

[baseline bum]

Do LA Mexican's seriously not eat breakfast tacos?!

Nope. LA will make fun of Texas for eating breakfast tacos but they eat these big fat fucking burritos, usually with a lot less variety than we get in our breakfast tacos.

[baseline bum]

Never would have thought. My friend from Houston took me for Enchiladas. Mole was one of them. I liked but prefer crunchy

I have literally never had good mole poblano in the US unless I made it myself (Rick Bayless' recipe is killer, I gotta go to Chicago some time to check out his restaurants). Whereas I have never had mole poblano that wasn't amazing even in shithole Mexican cities like Tijuana. I think it has to do with the mulato and pasilla chiles that are both pretty expensive in the US and you absolutely have to have all three of mulato, pasilla, and ancho to get the flavor right.

[FrostKing]

I have literally never had good mole poblano in the US unless I made it myself (Rick Bayless' recipe is killer, I gotta go to Chicago some time to check out his restaurants). Whereas I have never had mole poblano that wasn't amazing even in shithole Mexican cities like Tijuana. I think it has to do with the mulato and pasilla chiles that are both pretty expensive in the US and you absolutely have to have all three of mulato, pasilla, and ancho to get the flavor right.
How often do you make it out to TJ?

Hookers & blow

[Chucho]

Nope. LA will make fun of Texas for eating breakfast tacos but they eat these big fat fucking burritos, usually with a lot less variety than we get in our breakfast tacos.

Its pork, beef, chicken and MAYBEEEE something "exotic" if you're lucky at 95% of places here. It's a major reason it's easy to say Texas Mexican food slaps Cali Mexican food overall. You shouldn't have to look hard for good Mexican food in a heavily Hispanic state. Need a burrito? Sure. Two things you have no issue finding in California- meth and taco trucks.

[baseline bum]

How often do you make it out to TJ?

Hookers & blow

Not really worth going to when you live in Texas. But it's a fun road trip to the strip clubs when you're in LA or San Diego.