Another pet peeve...

[PALADIN85020]

I love Mexican food! But I have one pet peeve about it. When I order a dish that includes such things as enchilada sauce, refried beans or Spanish rice, the restaurant invariably throws a handful of shredded lettuce on the plate, which gets mixed in with the admittedly sloppy things I like on the plate!

I have very high standards, and I do NOT like to mix shredded lettuce with food.

The other side to this is that when I request "no lettuce on the plate - it's OK in the taco" when a taco is part of the combination, invariably they will not put lettuce in the taco, either. Strangely, to me a taco is not a taco unless it includes 4 ingredients: shell, meat, lettuce and grated cheese. Removing any one of these ingredients invalidates the whole concept of a taco.

So I have to ask: 1) why the damn lettuce on the plate since few bother to eat any of it, and 2) what part of "no lettuce on the plate - it's OK in the taco" does the server and/or the chef not understand when that is requested?

I find these things annoying - right up close to being forced to tolerate screaming kids in a restaurant.

I guess I'm just getting intolerant in my old age...

John

 

[DWalt]

You could always order lettuce on the side, then use it or not as you choose. My wife always orders refried beans and sliced Jalapenos on the side, then gives them to me.

 

[walkin jack]

Well, I have a pet peeve about Mexican food too but there is really no help for it except for me to shave off my beard and mustache and I'm not doing that. I LOVE Mexican food and have resigned myself to living with it.

One of my favorite items is the tostada. It's a round flat fried corn tortilla with beans and lettuce and tomato and.....Cheese. LOTS AND LOTS OF SHREDDED CHEESE. And I'm living proof that there is no way to eat one of those and be cool if you have facial hair.

I'll allow a moment for y'all to get the visual image.

I've gotten where I don't really care but it embarrasses Miss Pam no end. sometimes she will get up and leave the table until I finish it.

 

[kwselke]

Strangely, to me a taco is not a taco unless it includes 4 ingredients: shell, meat, lettuce and grated cheese. Removing any one of these ingredients invalidates the whole concept of a taco.

John

The Taco Bell crispy beef concept taco, a great American interpretation of Mexican food. I like them, but also like to get a tortilla and smear it with some refried beans, toss in a bit of rice, some of the offending lettuce, maybe some salsa or jalapenos and make soft tacos with the extra stuff on the plate.

 

[Rule3]

John, surely you have been to Mexico. You are a lot closer than I am.

I am pretty sure that true Mexican Tacos do not contain LETTUCE.

The American versions of Tacos are not at all like the real deal.

 

[the ringo kid]

Well, I have a pet peeve about Mexican food to but there is really no help for it except for me to shave off my beard and mustache and I'm not doing that. I LOVE Mexican food and have resigned myself to living with it.

One of my favorite items is the tostada. It's a round flat fried corn tortilla with beans and lettuce and tomato and.....Cheese. LOTS AND LOTS OF SHREDDED CHEESE. And I'm living proof that there is no way to eat one of those and be cool if you have facial hair.

I'll allow a moment for y'all to get the visual image.

I've gotten where it don't really care but it embarrasses Miss Pam no end. sometimes she will get up and leave the table until I finish it.

If you have a Chuys near you? you will regret eating at another Tex-Mex place instead of Master CHUYS. When I lived in Austin-I ate there-or Johnny Carinos--6 out of 7 days. Cant wait for the one being built here-to open.

 

[the ringo kid]

John, surely you have been to Mexico. You are a lot closer than I am.

I am pretty sure that true Mexican Tacos do not contain LETTUCE.

The American versions of Tacos are not at all like the real deal.

BUT you have closer access to all that Cuban food.

 

[chud333]

The Mexican food place we go usually serves the "salad"
(Pico, guacamole, lettuce, sour cream) that goes with our entree
on a separate plate. This way you can dip into it and eat it with your hot food if you like.

Chuck

 

[Erich]

Just say "No garnish." No hay problema . . .

 

[arjay]

I fold em in half [emoji1]

 

[Arik]

I don't get that deep with food. I like it, I eat it. Don't care if there is an extra ingredient or one missing. A hard shell taco is actually not traditional.

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[jack the toad]

If you have a Chuys near you? you will regret eating at another Tex-Mex place instead of Master CHUYS.

Chuys is good. About my favorite.

 

[shouldazagged]

The wonderful thing about real Mexican food is that it has as many regional variations as what we have in this country.

I like Tex-Mex food just fine, but comida autentica it ain't.

Louisville is building a reputation as one of the best restaurant cities in the South (though it's lower Midwest), but there are relatively few genuine regional Mexican places here despite a sizable Latino population. Food trucks seem to be a better bet.

 

[walkin jack]

BUT you have closer access to all that Cuban food.

OOOOOHHHHHHH!!! Cuban food. Now yer cookin'! There was a great Cuban cafe around the corner from the court house in Down Town Houston and anytime I was on Jury duty I'd get there in plenty of time to get me a nice breakfast before going in.

Too old for Jury duty any more and now that I am I never have any reason to go down town but if I ever do I will try to squeeze in a side trip to that place. It was awesome...

 

[03hemi]

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I love Mexican food! But I have one pet peeve about it. When I order a dish that includes such things as enchilada sauce, refried beans or Spanish rice, the restaurant invariably throws a handful of shredded lettuce on the plate, which gets mixed in with the admittedly sloppy things I like on the plate!

I have very high standards, and I do NOT like to mix shredded lettuce with food.

The other side to this is that when I request "no lettuce on the plate - it's OK in the taco" when a taco is part of the combination, invariably they will not put lettuce in the taco, either. Strangely, to me a taco is not a taco unless it includes 4 ingredients: shell, meat, lettuce and grated cheese. Removing any one of these ingredients invalidates the whole concept of a taco.

So I have to ask: 1) why the damn lettuce on the plate since few bother to eat any of it, and 2) what part of "no lettuce on the plate - it's OK in the taco" does the server and/or the chef not understand when that is requested?

I find these things annoying - right up close to being forced to tolerate screaming kids in a restaurant.

I guess I'm just getting intolerant in my old age...

John

I like to teach cuss words to children that run wild in a restaurant!

 

[DWalt]

About 90% of the time I order a Carne Guisada (beef chunks in a seasoned brown gravy) platter with RF beans and rice, also usually with shredded lettuce, tomato chunks, and sour cream on the plate. I pile it all on a soft flour tortilla, roll it up, and eat it like a Burrito. Most Mexican restaurants don't screw up Carne Guisada like they sometimes do with other dishes.

 

[kwselke]

All of my life I've been told that the Mexican food I eat is Tex-Mex not real Mexican. My reply is always... There are real Mexicans cooking it!

I wonder what real American food tastes like?

 

[arjay]

All of my life I've been told that the Mexican food I eat is Tex-Mex not real Mexican. My reply is always... There are real Mexicans cooking it!



I wonder what real American food tastes like?

Green bean casserole and jello are it [emoji38]

 

[Grip_Maker's_Wife]

I just expect my order to be wrong. That way I am not upset when it is wrong and am happy when they actually get it right. I often get black beans when I ask for refried, sometimes I do not get cilantro when I ask for extra. The only way to get it the way you want is to make it yourself.

 

[Rule3]

BUT you have closer access to all that Cuban food.

You got the right!
Where I am we have more Cuban than Havana and more Italian than NYC.!!

Love them both and you certainly get your moneys worth.

Real Mexican also, but still mostly Tex Mex. It's all good!