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re: Favorite authentic mexican restaurant?
Posted on 4/6/10 at 7:45 am to Uncle JackD
Posted on 4/6/10 at 7:45 am to Uncle JackD
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Guadalajara Hacienda?
That may be it... It wasnt very far from the woodlands
It's a local chain, they have a few of them.
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Posted on 4/6/10 at 8:51 am to Uncle JackD
El Mexicano in Houma.
owned and worked by a single family no Tex-Mex there.
owned and worked by a single family no Tex-Mex there.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 9:21 am to luvmesumlsu
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Most important thing for me initially is the chips and salsa. If the salsa sux I'm out
Why? Most places that I've ever been to that bill themselves as "authentic" are Tex-Mex places with mediocre food. Other places that are actually authentic don't have good chips and salsa typically but the food is great.
This post was edited on 4/6/10 at 9:24 am
Posted on 4/6/10 at 10:05 am to offshoreangler
What about El Limon and La Tiendita in Baton Rouge? Totally not Tex-Mex, but both authentic Mexican food.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 10:33 am to Elvis Parsley
Cancun in Lake Charles
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:18 am to ThisWayChad
i really enjoy eating at Ninfas in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:22 am to 985TigerSaint
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authentic mexican
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Lucy's on tchopitoulas in NOLA.
I don't even think they claim or pretend to be such.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:24 am to pusha
El Tepeyac - east L.A.
La Super Rica - Santa Barbara, CA
Monte Alban - West L.A. (just for the stewed goat)
Loteria! - L.A. Farmer's Market
gap
Babita - San Gabriel, CA (overpriced and slightly nontraditional, but amazing for a change of pace but not something i crave.)
La Super Rica - Santa Barbara, CA
Monte Alban - West L.A. (just for the stewed goat)
Loteria! - L.A. Farmer's Market
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Babita - San Gabriel, CA (overpriced and slightly nontraditional, but amazing for a change of pace but not something i crave.)
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:25 am to Y.A. Tittle
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I don't even think they claim or pretend to be such.
no kidding. The quesadillas are not very good. On The Border, on the other hand has great quesadillas and queso dip, and that just screams "authentic".
This post was edited on 4/6/10 at 11:26 am
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:27 am to Uncle JackD
you gotta go to west texas and into mexico to get the best authentic mexican food. we go all the time when we go visit family out there
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:29 am to jose
Mexico for the best Mexican food? Tell me more...
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:41 am to offshoreangler
hahaha nice, just seeing if i could a sarcastic response, but seriously panchos has legit mexican food IMO
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:48 am to Uncle JackD
Taco Bell
Posted on 4/6/10 at 11:57 am to DeeHorton
Lester says Pancho's in Metairie, b/c it will be full of nothing but Mexicans when it opens.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 12:29 pm to el tigre
I have deduced that the problem here is that people don't have a clue what authentic Mexican food is.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 12:32 pm to jose
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you gotta go to west texas and into mexico to get the best authentic mexican food
Firm grasp of the obvious.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 12:39 pm to TigerSpy
Panchita's
Posted on 4/6/10 at 12:39 pm to BigAlBR
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I have deduced that the problem here is that people don't have a clue what authentic Mexican food is.
And their are several distinct food regions in Mexico. So there is no one "authentic" type of mexican food.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 12:44 pm to BigAlBR
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I have deduced that the problem here is that people don't have a clue what authentic Mexican food is.
Kind of my thoughts after reading through this thread. I'll admit I'm not positive what makes a restaurant authentic or not, but in my experience in various cities in Mexico was that all of the salsas I had were more like pico de gallo, and the use of cheese was not nearly as prevalent as the Mexican places around here use.
Posted on 4/6/10 at 12:44 pm to Dallas Tiger
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I have deduced that the problem here is that people don't have a clue what authentic Mexican food is.
And their are several distinct food regions in Mexico. So there is no one "authentic" type of mexican food.
Yeah, one thing I've often noticed in these "authenticity" type discussions is, there are always a lot more people who think they know what is "authentic" than there are people who actually do.
Personally, I try not to be one to get to wrapped up in whether something is "authentic" or not, especially over and above the consideration of whether it is good or not.
And I surely don't claim to be an expert on what constitutes authentic Mexican. Although, I'm still trying to find a place in La. that acutally constructs from scratch a true black mole sauce, with the whole requisite 25+ or so ingredients necessary to do so.
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