[Veloce]

(10-13-2012 05:15 AM)houston Wrote:  

(10-09-2012 04:19 PM)Farmageddon Wrote:  

I would put Houston's ethnic food scene up there with any city in the United States right now. Our China town is bigger than Los Angeles or New York's and the Mexican food down here blows anywhere out of the water.

I've heard California Mexican food doesn't come close to any Tex Mex. There's a place way off 59 north by Porter that has some shrimp enchiladas maaaaaan. I need to get the name for you. San Antone has the best Mexican food though

TexMex and real Mexican are two very different things. While I haven't eaten a ton of Mexican food in Texas, what I had didn't impress me, though that could just be a matter of taste.

Houston if/when you head this way hit me up and I'll take you on a taco truck crawl that might change your mind...

[Aliblahba]

^^^ I'm with dude3737. Baja mex is better than tex mex. I like both, and the food in Houston and El Paso hold their own, but not quiet as good as SoCal. The fish tacos out there are amazing.

   

That is a carne asado burrito I ordered late last year from Los Panchos Taco Shop in Oceanside. I never got a burrito as good as that in Texas. I guess it is a difference in meat and seasonings.

[Farmageddon]

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TexMex and real Mexican are two very different things.

I listed a real Norteño restaurant. I didn't list any Tex-Mex places. My friends, one from Monterrey and the other from Nuevo Laredo, turned me on to Tostada Regia, and said, I quote exactly, "This is the exact food we eat in North Mexico."

We have a lot of authentic, god I hate that word, Mexican restaurants in Houston.

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I haven't eaten a ton of Mexican food in Texas

Baja cuisine needs queso.

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San Antone has the best Mexican food though

This. times a million.

[Sabra]

Used to do dates at Cuban restaurants in the City. Try Agozar on Bowery for example. Good food, good 'ethnic' value, and you can order small portions like tapas while feeding her mojitos.

Also, I posted this in a thread on NYC:

(07-04-2012 05:34 PM)Sabra Wrote:  

Way back in the day i used to take girls to one of them Japanese places with kobe beef, and the grill at your table, maybe Gyu Kiku?. Makes things interactive, hands-on, for the date, and usually after a bottle of sake the girl doesn't know enough to order the kobe. But these were B&T girls i was meeting at webster hall, so that should explain it.

[Screwston]

Personally, I like Tex Mex more than Mexican food. There's at least 8 taco trucks within a mile of my house because I'm in the barrio. Maybe I should do a taco truck crawl one day and take pictures for everyone. Nobody really eats burritos down here though Ali. Maybe they're more of a west coast thing.

Dude, you defiantly ate at the wrong spots if you weren't impressed with Texas Mexican.

What about seafood? Does that count as an ethnic dish