Well...being of Mexican decent I LOVE tex-mex... that being said ITS NOT AUTHENTIC, and California...hahaha probably worse off then Tex-Mex the most authentic Mexican food with us influences if probably New Mexican-Mexican.
California has more Baja influence, and Texas has more northern Mexico influence. baja tends to have more sea food, but Northern Mexican love their meat... Tex Mex over does it though..too much meat.
Dallas and Houston are famous for their Mexican restaurants. Dallas, city proper, is primarily Mexican. one good restaurant is called Mi Cocina. I have never heard a complaint about their food, maybe their prices a little, but never their food. I'm sure LA has some really good Mexican restaurants that I've never heard of. i mean I went to LA this summer, but I mean Texas is more famous for its Mexican food, that goes without question.
many people would compare Cali-Mexican to Tex-mex like people compare Dallas to LA. I personally do like Tex-Mex better, and I really do like Sea food, but baja food is overrated.
I'm Mexican, can speak Spanish fluently, been to Mexico and can tell you tex-mex is not authentic. If you want Authentic you need to go to El Paso(which is Ironically near New mexico... Cough cough).
Texas is receiving more illegals then California and has a longer borderline with Mexico then any other state. perhaps this allows more Mexican influence then Texas. Texas is a really good food state. We have our BBQ, Tex-Mex, Cajun is east Texas, and some nice sea food from the gulf. But, Being half Chinese too. I can safely say that California Asian food is overall better... or at least the Chinese is. The pho Joints in DFW and Houston can compete with Ya'll's.
DFW has some really good Indian food, I'm not sure about LA, cause i don't say 'you know i really need to go to Los Angeles to see if i can find some really good Indian food' to myself. California has better everything else though...except me... I can make Chinese food better then any other Lousy Californian
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but remember comparing Cali-Mex to Tex-Mex is like comparing BBQ to Seafood... there is no comparison. Sea food is obviously better!!!!...jk...what the point is is that they're 2 different cuisines and there is no ground to compare then under.
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Originally Posted by JackSparrow
California trumps anything and everything in Texas.
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hey hey hey now... Some of us here are Texans, who don't live in LA but love it anyways.
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