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This is how we do in LA: Traffic on the 5 freeway was at a standstill today because some idiot climbed up one of the freeway signs. So some enterprizing taco vendor stuck in the traffic jam set up shop and started making tacos in the middle of the freeway. I love this city
The best Mexican food I had in the U.S. was in Santa Fe. Boy were those tacos good.
No city can claim grand prize for "best Mexican" cuisine as taste and preferences often vary by individual. Believe it or not, I don't equate Mexican food (must less tacos) with Santa Fe. However, I believe Santa Fe did contribute to the popularity of Southwestern themed restaurants across the country. Hence, all the aptly named "Santa Fe" burritos, tacos, burgers, you find across mainstream america in both American and Mexican-style restaurants.
No city can claim grand prize for "best Mexican" cuisine as taste and preferences often vary by individual. Believe it or not, I don't equate Mexican food (must less tacos) with Santa Fe. However, I believe much of what later has become to be popularized as "southwestern-style" influenced cuisine from mainstream restaurants (ie. Chili's) had their start in Santa Fe kitchen and restuarants. Hence, all the aptly named "Santa Fe" burritos, tacos, burgers, you find in restaurants all over the country.
True, I can agree with the points you made. I but no means a foodie or cuisine critic. All I can tell you is that I had some of the most delicious squash beans tacos, made with homade tortillas and it was yummi. Somehow the flavors brought memories of my childhood, my grandma and a way of life no longer exist.
Albuquerque's Mexican food is different cause its called New Mexican food, its a mix of Mexican/Native American/European influence. It is more flavorful than Mexican food and usually hotter, you can get red chile enchiladas with blue corn tortillas and a batch of sopapillas with it, you can even get a fried egg on top of your enchiladas like alot of people do,damn good too. New Mexican food uses red and green chile and ground beef more and fried potatoes while Mexican uses more steak meat,green and red sauces or salsas and rice, we use alot of rice here too though.
You can still find Mexican food here too ,there are plenty of down south food joints here,some with the Northern Mexico(Juarez) cuisine and a few with the coastal Mexican cuisine(Aacapulco,Mexico City).
I think New Mexico and Louisians are the only states that have their own food and type of music.
Albuquerque's Mexican food is different cause its called New Mexican food, its a mix of Mexican/Native American/European influence. It is more flavorful than Mexican food and usually hotter, you can get red chile enchiladas with blue corn tortillas and a batch of sopapillas with it, you can even get a fried egg on top of your enchiladas like alot of people do,damn good too. New Mexican food uses red and green chile and ground beef more and fried potatoes while Mexican uses more steak meat,green and red sauces or salsas and rice, we use alot of rice here too though.
You can still find Mexican food here too ,there are plenty of down south food joints here,some with the Northern Mexico(Juarez) cuisine and a few with the coastal Mexican cuisine(Aacapulco,Mexico City).
I think New Mexico and Louisians are the only states that have their own food and type of music.
This. New Mexican food is NOT the same as Mexican food. In Albuquerque and Santa Fe there is a clear difference between Mexican restaurants and New Mexican restaurants. Other than surface similarities, the overall makeup of the cuisine really isn't that similar. Like you mentioned, green chile in particular is pretty endemic to New Mexican cuisine (which also includes green chile cheeseburgers, green chile pizza, green chile beer, etc.).
The further south in the state you go though, where there is more of a Mexican immigrant population (as opposed to the Northern part of the state which is more Spanish in descent), the lines get a little bit more blurred and you would be more likely to find real "Mexican" food, but ABQ is a little bit too far north for that.
That being said, San Diego gets my vote for best Mexican food in the U.S., and Albuquerque gets my vote for best regional cuisine.
I dont care for New Mexico food at all. Its more of a regional thing, not real mexican food.
California, Texas and Arizona win.
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