Mexican resturaunt questions

[UncleEd]

Just recently had one of the best broiled
salmon I've ever had at a Mexican restaurant.
It was served with white rice but the ever
present refried beans were there too.

I understand that in certain areas of Mexico,
fish is the real deal for daily food. And, of course,
fresh fruit.

Listened to the health minister of Mexico explain
how NAFTA really started ruining the general
health of Mexican kids when American processed
food became prevalent. Now, she said, the
country has a lot of pre-disbetic fat kids.

 

[soFlaNative]

All I know is that "Speedy Gonzalez with rice" means the same thing at any of them . . .

Without the rice it comes out of you as fast as it went in?

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

"Mexican cuisine, in Mexico, varies considerably from North to South as well as coastal and inland. Much of what we eat in the US would have Mexicans shaking their heads."

A fact for which I am eternally grateful. Tex-Mex is fine; I have no need to make my Mexican food "authentic".

 

[italiansport]

Nope, New Mexican "mexican" food is so much better than the mexican food they serve here in Arizona. To someone who spent most of their life in NM, Arizona Mexican food is disappointing at best. In AZ nothing is remotely hot, they don't use hot Jallepenos, they use Cillantro and only one restaurant I know of serves Sopapillas.

BTW never heard of a Speedy Gonzales w/ rice.

Go to Los Dos Molinos off Baseline road in South Phoenix they have hot/spicy food that will knock your socks off! As an aside: The restaurant is located in Tom Mix's old house! We go to Arriba Mexican grill in N Scottsdale all the time and the food is excellent!
Jim

 

[Muss Muggins]

Ain't a Mexican restaurant around here that's not fully staffed with Mexicans, of the barely speak English variety. We got Don Carlos, El Torrero, El Tapatio, El Sol, etc. The Midwest has a massive immigrant population, driven primarily by the agricultural jobs available. If you can survive picking watermelons, chopping cotton, and roofing houses, you graduate to indoor work at a restaurant. Every small town around here has one, along with a Casey's and a Dollar General. We got three. I stand by my earlier posts.

"Mexican cuisine, in Mexico, varies considerably from North to South as well as coastal and inland. Much of what we eat in the US would have Mexicans shaking their heads."

A fact for which I am eternally grateful. Tex-Mex is fine; I have no need to make my Mexican food "authentic".

 

[Sistema1927]

Isn't anyone going to tell us what a "Speedy Gonzales" is, or is it indescribable?

 

[Ματθιας]

Isn't anyone going to tell us what a "Speedy Gonzales" is, or is it indescribable?

Maybe it describe the speed one has running to the head! ----> Joke

 

[Muss Muggins]

Beef taco, beef enchilada, choice of rice or beens. $4.50 on the lunch special . . .

Isn't anyone going to tell us what a "Speedy Gonzales" is, or is it indescribable?

 

[Rustyt1953]

The stuff I learn on this forum....

 

[DeathGrip]

Don't drink the water.

 

[Muss Muggins]

All anybody had to do was Google Speedy Gonzales Mexican Menu or some such. They's several nice pictures on Fiesta Ware . . .

The stuff I learn on this forum....

 

[DeathGrip]

All anybody had to do was Google Speedy Gonzales Mexican Menu or some such. They's several nice pictures on Fiesta Ware . . .

Not to be confused with Lu-ray.

 

[Alpo]

Speedy Gonzalez with rice?


I don thin so. With or without arroz, I don eat no raton.

 

[427mach1]

Beef taco, beef enchilada, choice of rice or beens. $4.50 on the lunch special . . .

Exactly the same in Georgia except for the price....

 

[31FordA]

My Spanish skills are just about non-existent. When interviewing a defendant from south of the border one time I couldn't remember what "name" was in Spanish so I asked him "que es you...um, namo?". Guess it was close enough, he gave me his name.

As my wonderfully patient high school Spanish teacher, Sister Rosaire, told my parents "Francis speaks the language so well, it's a pity he has no idea what any of it means".

 

[gregintenn]

The best Mexican food around here comes from the little lunch trailers parked along the side of the road.

 

[BigBill]

I like Mexican food, can't spell it but it tastes and eats good. Plus there tequila has the real worm in it. Lol

 

[THE PILGRIM]

So tequila is a type of mezcal, but mezcal is not tequila, and only mezcal has worms. According to Anthony Dias Blue's Complete Book of Spirits, that "worm" is actually a larva from one of two types of moths, known as maguey worms, that live on the agave plant.
There are a number of different Agave Plants, But only one is used in Tequila, the Blue Agave.

 

[Krogen]

Very true!


I had the best of both worlds. My dad was of Mexican descent (who loved to cook) from the Texas panhandle and my mom is a Pueblo Indian - so I get a tasty hybrid mix of flavors and traditional food.

Before my dad died, I managed to get some of his recipes but I haven't quite managed to get my food to taste like his did. Close, but not exactly.

Your Dad put something in his cooking that didn't make it to the recipe box. Mom had a special ingredient she put in everything. You can't buy it in stores. I know this because I can't duplicate anything she made, even though I have many of the recipes. There's something missing. She made chicken and dumplings I can taste even today. I've never even attempted to make that dish, because I WILL fail and destroy the memory. Your Dad and my Mom may have gone to the same cooking school.

 

[Texas Star]

For what it's worth, some guy on another gun board uses that Speedy Gonzales cartoon mouse as his avatar.

Never heard the name applied to food before. But if they offer rice OR beans, not both, I 'd pay extra for whichever they don't supply. That's pretty cheap, offering just one or the other.

BTW, Pollo a la Parilla means Chicken from the grill. Often the best choice on their menu.

I like both flour and corn tortillas, but think the corn ones are what the Spaniards found the Mexicans making when they arrived, in 1519.

Here, El Fenix is one of the more popular Mexican chain restaurants. I used to eat a lot at Casa Rosa, but they renamed it and changed the menu. Hard now to avoid jalapenos, to which I'm literally deathly allergic.

I was amused that they called it Casa Rosa (Pink House), because that's also the Presidential palace in Argentina, and all the Argies I've met disliked Mexico.

Mexican beers are often pretty good, but I've usually preferred Sangria, a wine punch. Yago is a popular commercial example.