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the peanut gallery
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 Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:09 pm Post subject: Favourite plates |
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| In my opinion Mexican cuisine is some of the finest in the world. I love pretty much all of it. I could probably eat mol� 4 times a week for the rest of my life! Just wondering, what everyone else just cant live without, from a food pov? |
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MotherF
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Every fall I antipate the arrival of Chile's Enogada in our local restuarants. I think I love it more because it's not on the menu year round. Like Noche Buena beer.
I'm also very found of crunchy food. I know they are not the healtiest, but I love tacos dorados, tostadas and empanada.
We do eat mole once a week, we have a special pasta de mole women in our local market. |
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Phil_K
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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Than you for the "nice" thread. 
Among my favo(u)rites are, Mole de Olla, Birria and Uchepos.
Sure it's not Enojada? (Why is she angry?) En Nogada! (just pulling your leg!)
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MotherF
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh, mole de olla--at least as it's made here, is my husband's favorite dish. So far I've refused to make it because I know it will never live up to his mothers, so I think I'm better off sticking to the foods she never made. |
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donato
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| Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| tortas ahogadas, tacos pastor w/ pineapple |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| MotherF wrote: |
Every fall I antipate the arrival of Chile's Enogada in our local restuarants. I think I love it more because it's not on the menu year round. Like Noche Buena beer.
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You and me both! When they are in season I eat them at least a couple of times a week. And I always buy a case of Noche Buena and dole it out to myself throughout the year. I recently found out there is a restaruant here in Mexico City that features Chiles en Nogada all year long! And it�s even near my house. It�s $$$ so haven�t tried it yet, but might have to if the craving gets to be too much.
Aside from that I am a total street food junky - with my two favorites being Pambazos and Tacos de Canasta. I am on a quest to find the best in Mexico City so of course that means sampling them ALL before making a final decision. |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:34 am Post subject: |
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| donato wrote: |
| tortas ahogadas, tacos pastor w/ pineapple |
I have discovered the BEST taco restaurant in Mexico City, after years of research, hehe. They have tacos al pastor as well as just about any other kind of taco you can think of. Tacos range from 4 to 6 pesos each, are piled high with meat, in addition, they give you a plate of freshly made tostaditas, cebollitas, nopales, and there are big bowls of red and green salsa as well as slices of radishes, cucumbers and jicama, all included in the price. For 50 or 60 pesos two people can eat well enough to not be hungry for two days! It�s off the beaten path, but worth the trip. |
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Dragonlady
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:52 am Post subject: |
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| TeresaLopez wrote: |
| donato wrote: |
| tortas ahogadas, tacos pastor w/ pineapple |
I have discovered the BEST taco restaurant in Mexico City, after years of research, hehe. They have tacos al pastor as well as just about any other kind of taco you can think of. Tacos range from 4 to 6 pesos each, are piled high with meat, in addition, they give you a plate of freshly made tostaditas, cebollitas, nopales, and there are big bowls of red and green salsa as well as slices of radishes, cucumbers and jicama, all included in the price. For 50 or 60 pesos two people can eat well enough to not be hungry for two days! It�s off the beaten path, but worth the trip. |
Well don't just tease me here, WHERE IS IT??? |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:25 am Post subject: |
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Well, I thought ceramic plates! I have some beautiful pozole bowls and have seen many other pretty hand painted ones. That was something we were discussing in an advanced class the other day - different uses of the same word, and how the first thing that pops into your mind might be oh so wrong. |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
Well don't just tease me here, WHERE IS IT??? |
Ok, it is off the beaten path, but worth the trip. Take the Metro to San Lazaro. Come out of the Metro and just outside the gate you will see a line of buses, take the ones nearest the Metro, not the ones on the outside track. It should say something like �Eduardo Molina� or ask which ones go down Molina. Get on, tell them you are going to WalMart, so they know how much to charge you. Sit on the right hand side of the bus so you can look out the window. You are going to be watching for a WalMart on that side of the street. It�s a while, maybe 20 or 25 minutes, and that is the only WalMart. Once you pass the WalMart (the cross street is Calzada San Juan de Aragon) you want to get off at the next main street - you will also pass a Chedrahui, when you do you are almost there. There is a Porton on the corner where you want to get off Cross Molina all the way to the other side, the taco place is on the cross street, I can�t think of the name, but is is almost on the corner, it�s called Tacos Arandas. They have been in business for about 40 years and are always packed. I have eaten tacos all over Mexico and have never eaten a better one, nor seen a better value for your money. If you head over this way, let me know, I�ll meet you at San Lazaro and take you there myself - any old excuse to eat there works for me! You probably won�t seen any other white anglo saxon protestants there, in fact, you might be enough of a novelty that they�ll give you free tacos! |
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Guy Courchesne
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:53 am Post subject: |
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That is the longest set of directions to get a taco that I have ever seen. I put that into Google Maps and it said no manches!
But I'm always on the hunt for a better taco... |
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Isla Guapa
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Teresa's taco place sounds great (and cheap), but it's a bit too far away for me. I'll stick to the taco place on the corner near the Lumiere Reforma. A super-generous amount of very good meat with cheese on two large corn tortillas for just $22. Yum! I'm also a huge fan of chiles en nogada and look forward to having them at a special restaurant in San Rafael every fall. And I like the tamales oaxaque�os de mole sold from a cart every evening in front of my local Superama. One is enough for a very tasty cena!
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
That is the longest set of directions to get a taco that I have ever seen. I put that into Google Maps and it said no manches!
But I'm always on the hunt for a better taco... |
You won�t be disappointed, you will be adicted and return again and again. After posting directions I tried to get my husband to take me to get some, but he said something....................a little stronger than no manches, hehe
OK, how about this, how many of these things have you done, speaking off off the beaten path.
http://www.chilango.com/general/nota/2011/01/26/cosas-que-hacer-antes-de-morir-en-el-df |
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donato
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
That is the longest set of directions to get a taco that I have ever seen. I put that into Google Maps and it said no manches!
But I'm always on the hunt for a better taco... |
HAHAHAHAHA. The best ones I've had are near metro Neza, way up close to Bosque de Aragon. After spending three or four months in GDL I got spoiled on tortas ahogadas, but the best ones I've had are also here. A large-ish bar called Cridallia on Eugenia about a 5-10 minute walk from metro Eugenia. Off...the...charts good. They even bring their bread in from Guadalajara. |
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