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Sep. 30th, 2005 10:15 amI still maintain that it's impossible to find decent Tex-Mex food outside of Texas. I've heard rumors that it can be found in California, but i've never been out there, so it's impossible for me to verify. I found one or two acceptable places in New Orleans, but even Juan's Flying Burrito just isn't quite up there with Chuy's. (Okay, i'll concede that a restaurant on Iberville made passable Tex-Mex, but it wasn't there the last time i went to look for it.) Florida? North Carolina? No; these are Tex-Mex wastelands.
What is marketed as "Mexican food" (though what Americans really mean by that is Tex-Mex) in New England is barely recognizeable as such. I've eaten wraps which were sold as "burritos" but did not resemble them in any way. The spices were wrong or simply absent, as were the all-important ingredient ratios. The cuts of meat were too choice.
It's difficult even to find decent tortillas in the supermarket. Oh, friends in Texas, pity me!
So, it is with a gleam of hope that i read about plans to expand the Tex-Mex industry in Boston. These are all chain restaurants, but heck, i'm desperate.
What is marketed as "Mexican food" (though what Americans really mean by that is Tex-Mex) in New England is barely recognizeable as such. I've eaten wraps which were sold as "burritos" but did not resemble them in any way. The spices were wrong or simply absent, as were the all-important ingredient ratios. The cuts of meat were too choice.
It's difficult even to find decent tortillas in the supermarket. Oh, friends in Texas, pity me!
So, it is with a gleam of hope that i read about plans to expand the Tex-Mex industry in Boston. These are all chain restaurants, but heck, i'm desperate.
