Mexican resturaunt questions

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Had a nice KETO mexican meal last night Fajitas without the tortillas and no refried beans/rice. Also I passed on the pre dinner chips and red sauce.
Was able to make a nice salad with the lettuce, pico, sour cream and guacomole-all in all a good KETO meal. Which brings me to the following inquiry:
Is it el bano or la bano??
Second question
How do you say toothpick in Spanish? I now know it is NOT "el toothpicko"

 

[OFT II]

1. el bano.

2. palillo

3. I can't believe a real deal cajun wouldn't eat his rice.

 

[Funflyer]

When I lived in SoCal, I had to use this dictionary regularly just so I could speak to the natives.

Toothpick in Spanish | English to Spanish Translation - SpanishDict

 

[Bugkiller99]

No refried beans?!?! Why bother?

I eat refried beans in self defense.

 

[JayFramer]

Ha! It’s almost like the vegan joke:

“How do you know if someone is vegan? It’s the first thing they’ll tell you!”

!

Seriously, good on you for doing the Keto diet. I’ve got friends who’ve had good results from it. Stick with it, CL!

 

[Rustyt1953]

Refried beans are the Mexican restaurant's version of their "home game".

 

[Ματθιας]

My Spanish is so bad, I just talk to everybody in English, -in fact a number have insisted that I not speak Spanish! I don't seem to have problems getting around in predominantly Spanish speaking communities.

 

[Muss Muggins]

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

Had a nice KETO mexican meal last night Fajitas without the tortillas and no refried beans/rice. Also I passed on the pre dinner chips and red sauce.
Was able to make a nice salad with the lettuce, pico, sour cream and guacomole-all in all a good KETO meal. Which brings me to the following inquiry:
Is it el bano or la bano??
Second question
How do you say toothpick in Spanish? I now know it is NOT "el toothpicko"

 

[Rustyt1953]

I'm glad menus have pictures.

 

[427mach1]

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

I think ALL the Mexican restaurants order identical menus from the same print shop.

 

[WR Moore]

Isn't Keto one of the guys trying to run for President?

 

[Sistema1927]

Actually, it's "el baño". (Those squiggly marks make a huge difference in Spanish.)

What many don't realize is that there is no "standard" Mexican food. In this country you have Tex-Mex, New Mexican, and that nasty stuff that they serve in places like Illinois.

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.

And to confuse things even more, a tortilla in Spain is actually more like an omelet than anything called by that name this side of the Atlantic.

 

[Ματθιας]

Actually, it's "el baño". (Those squiggly marks make a huge difference in Spanish.)

What many don't realize is that there is no "standard" Mexican food. In this country you have Tex-Mex, New Mexican, and that nasty stuff that they serve in places like Illinois.

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.

And to confuse things even more, a tortilla in Spain is actually more like an omelet than anything called by that name this side of the Atlantic.

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.

 

[AZretired]

Had a nice KETO mexican meal last night Fajitas without the tortillas and no refried beans/rice. Also I passed on the pre dinner chips and red sauce.
Was able to make a nice salad with the lettuce, pico, sour cream and guacomole-all in all a good KETO meal. Which brings me to the following inquiry:
Is it el bano or la bano??
Second question
How do you say toothpick in Spanish? I now know it is NOT "el toothpicko"

Once you take the tortillas, rice and beans away, it stops being a fajita. Sorta like taking the bread away from a ham sanwich. It's just ham!

 

[s&wchad]

Isn't Keto one of the guys trying to run for President?

I thought he was sidekick to the Green Hornet...

 

[AZretired]

I think ALL the Mexican restaurants order identical menus from the same print shop.

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.

 

[Muss Muggins]

BTW never heard of a Speedy Gonzales w/ rice.

Then you don't have Mexican restaurants run by immigrant Mexicans in your part of the woods . . .

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Have eaten Mexican food all over.
Agree, NM Mexican is the best.
Not that I don’t Love the Tex-Mex, have eat a ton of it!
Also never heard of the the Speedy Gonzales.
When I looked it up, it appears to be mostly East and South of here.

 

[Sistema1927]

Another one here who has never heard of a "Speedy Gonzales. Must belong to what I described earlier as "that nasty stuff they serve in places like Illinois".

 

[Ματθιας]

Add me to the never heard of "speedy gonzales" list. Must be a regional thing...