Why does mexican food in new mexico suck so bad?

[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 ing 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 hole 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 hole 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 ing 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.