/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.14224268]

I'm in SoCal so I'm surrounded by Mexican food. Not all of it is great, of course. Some of it is very much not great. But, when you do find the great stuff, it's unreal. Here's a recent to-go order we got from our favorite local place. I got slow-cooked pork ribs in salsa verde with nopales (cactus). Shit's amazing.

[Anonymous No.14224591]

>>14224268
take care of your fucking lawn

[Anonymous No.14224685]

>>14224591
Stay buttblasted, Boomer.

[Anonymous No.14224818]

>>14224591
Irrelevant

[Anonymous No.14224861]

>>14224268
Are you in San Diego? That shit looks delicious.

[Anonymous No.14224865]

>>14224268
Op drop the location im begining u

[Anonymous No.14224931]

>>14224268
I feel like this place understands proportions better than the places I order from on the east coast. Everything on the east coast makes this giant bed of rice; like 5x what you see on that plate. and 3/4ths of it gets thrown out

[Anonymous No.14224957]

>>14224268
I love living in California. I couldn't imagine being away from good mexican food.

[Anonymous No.14224965]

>>14224931
Are you a fucking ricelet or something?

[Anonymous No.14225395]

>>14224931
pretty sure all the rice is hidden underneath in the picture

[Anonymous No.14225400]

Here are some tacos I had recently.

[Anonymous No.14225408]

>>14224591
>be in Cali
>used to be a desert wasteland
>is known to go into droughts if winter rainfall is shit
>"Why isn't your lawn green you're ruining the neighborhood with your shit lawn."
This shit is why it's $1000+ in rent to live here, fucking boomers.

[Anonymous No.14225415]

>>14224268
Horrible bad frijoles

Full of styrofoam

KYS fag

[Anonymous No.14225421]

>>14225400
Damn those look so fucking good.

[Anonymous No.14225426]

>>14225415
I think you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[Anonymous No.14225444]

>>14225415
Butt hurt flyover.

[Anonymous No.14225458]

>>14224591
Imagine coming to a cooking board and instead of commenting on the actual thread topic your eyes are drawn to someone’s regular old lawn. Kill yourself gaylord.

[Anonymous No.14225459]

>>14225400
Those look really good

[Anonymous No.14225470]

>>14224268
>I'm in SoCal
Why haven't you left yet?

[Anonymous No.14225479]

>>14225470
he's probably some yuppie that doesnt have to deal with the shittier parts of socal

[Anonymous No.14225495]

>>14224957
Arizona has better Mexican food and isn't a commie shithole. Yet.

[Anonymous No.14225500]

>>14225415
I went to a great Mexican place in Tucson and my GF asked for no cheese on the beans. The guy said "Only a madman puts cheese on refried beans." Been laughing about that ever since.

[Anonymous No.14225501]

>>14225479
But legislation is active state wide

[Anonymous No.14225689]

>>14225400
That doesn’t look like what I get from Taco Bell.

[Anonymous No.14225764]

I'm guessing there are a lot of good joints, san diego being filled with beaners but hiw is the food situatiin in tijuana, for example?
Is the food way better or just about the same?

[Anonymous No.14225769]

>>14225444
I am a real mexican citizen gringo pendejo

[Anonymous No.14225771]

>>14225764
Tijuana food is shit. Bettee food in real Mexico.

[Anonymous No.14225781]

>>14225764
Both good, but represent different styles. TJ is exceptional and a hub for Mexican cuisines from all areas of the country. San Diego Mexican food has evolved an identity of its own ie baja fish tacos , carne asada fries etc

[Anonymous No.14225786]

>>14225771
>real mexico

Is tijuana seen as a very "white" and "american" city in the rest of MX?

[Anonymous No.14225803]

>>14225786
It’s not white . It’s just that a lot of (lower) middle class American chumps take their discounted weekend vacations in TJ. It’s a quick drive and cheap when you get there.

[Anonymous No.14225817]

>>14225786
Chihuahua has lots of whites, they are called menonitas

[Anonymous No.14225824]

>>14224591
Keeping a green lawn in that climate is an environmental crime.

[Anonymous No.14225832]

>>14224861
Not OP, but i've noticed it seems like a lot of people on /ck/ live around san diego, myself included
Kind of wonder why

[Anonymous No.14225875]

>>14224268
That looks good, must got to the US at least once in my life :D

[Anonymous No.14225952]

>>14225495
>Arizona has better Mexican food
Thanks for the laugh, anon

[Anonymous No.14225965]

>>14225875
You can stay here there's plenty of space and jobs XD

[Anonymous No.14226500]

>>14224591
lawn looks great, dont know what youre talking about

[Anonymous No.14226515]

>>14224268
looks great, id totally smash

>>14225400
i dont know what you paid for this but you got ripped off. they didnt even make their own tortillas

[Anonymous No.14226536]

>>14224268
Are you in LA or SD?

[Anonymous No.14226559]

>>14226515
How can you tell?

[Anonymous No.14226663]

Damn that looks good. I really want to visit cali and San Antonio for Mexican food. I live in Chicago so I've got no shortage of godtier Latin foods but I just keep hearing about SoCal and SanAN mex that it is killing me. I went to Texas once and ate some places in Dallas and Austin that were really good but I can't remember now, I should start a big list in case i ever find myself in a different city.
Also thanks for not watering your lawn all the time, people do that zeroscape stuff in the southwest for a reason. Good man

[Anonymous No.14228310]

>>14226663
Its a shhitty plate. Ugly beans.

[Anonymous No.14228330]

>>14224268
i grew up on the west coast and i've been all over and the "mexican food is only good in cali and texas" meme is not true

[Anonymous No.14228538]

>>14226559
you can tell by the surface (most easy to see on the rightmost taco) and by the way the edges are perfectly round on all of them, and there is a defined edge structure that only exists in machine pressed tortillas.
Still look pretty good though

[Anonymous No.14228963]

>>14226536
Maybe it's neither, one of my favorite mexican restaurants in in Santa Barbara, and I live in LA county.

[Anonymous No.14229006]

>>14228538
the families that own mexi places will pool money, including EBT and stuff, to buy supplies for the restaurant. that's why there are so many and that's why they seem to do things that don't make sense

[Anonymous No.14229019]

Don't eat Mexican food if you're not Mexican

[Anonymous No.14229046]

>>14229019
in the trump era, we are all mexican

[Anonymous No.14229073]

>>14225470
The food here is too good. Also, everywhere sucks so why leave one place that sucks for another that sucks.

[Anonymous No.14229129]

>>14225771
>Tijuana food is shit
Baja California, along with Oaxaca and Mexico City are the best places to eat in Mexico. After you've been to those places and maybe Sinaloa, the food goes downhill

[Anonymous No.14229131]

>>14224957
Do you know any good places around San Francisco/Sacramento/Manteca? I went to visit family and we went to a pretty fancy Mexican restaurant on the tourist zone near the docks. Food looked pretty but it was kinda bland. The Guacamole was good, though.

[Anonymous No.14229136]

>>14229129
Mexicali beats them in tacos, though.

[Anonymous No.14229306]

>>14224268
Ecological collapse is on the menu

[Anonymous No.14229367]

>>14228963
La Superica, cava, playa Azul or Rudy’s?

[Anonymous No.14229878]

>>14224268
Admittedly I'm not all that knowledgeable about Mexican food. I've been to "Mexican restaurants" and they looked superficially similar to what I see in OP, but the taste itself was forgettable. I live in fucking Michigan though.

[Anonymous No.14229900]

Real authentic Mexican food comin through

[Anonymous No.14229934]

>>14229900
I'm mexican and can confirm this is authentic mexican cuisine.

[Anonymous No.14230053]

>>14229900
When I was a kid, we would sometimes have taco night with Ortega taco shells and beef cooked with Ortega taco seasoning... and it was delicious. I'll never apologize for it

[Anonymous No.14230087]

San Martin Café in the South Bay, between Morgan Hill and Gilroy on Monterey Road was always pretty good, depending on who is cooking. But they're only open till like 2pm. They are like Mexican cowboys that opened a diner and serve breakfast and lunch. They are very affordable too. Top tier. Here's their Chile Verde breakfast.

[Anonymous No.14230216]

>>14224591
Tall grass sequesters carbon. Mown grass destroys the environment. Get off my planet, boomer.

[Anonymous No.14230370]

>>14224268
>cactus
.... people eat that?

[Anonymous No.14230511]

>>14230370
Prickly Pears kinda taste like watermelon senpai.

[Anonymous No.14230515]

>>14230370
>>14230511

[Anonymous No.14230520]

>>14230370
nopales motherfucker. they taste just like green bell peppers

[Anonymous No.14230527]

>>14229129
Sonora has the GOAT steak

[Anonymous No.14231277]

>>14225875
>must got to the US at least once in my life

same. when this corona shit is over i visit the us just to eat all the delicious food and maybe die of a Heart attack after

[Anonymous No.14231286]

>>14230511
>>14230515
I've always wanted to try one...the forbidden watermelon.

[Anonymous No.14231287]

>>14229129
people just don't know how good the food it is in tijuana and baja. they have mexicans from all the country coming to them, which is why the birria, asada, al pastor, marisco tacos are all good. they have access to the best seafood as well.
https://youtu.be/0l1kduBTOZY?t=639

[Anonymous No.14231645]

[Anonymous No.14231750]

>>14230520
I guess I’d try it

[Anonymous No.14231761]

>>14231645
That looks good as fuck desu, Delimex was my go to whenever I saw it on sale

[Anonymous No.14231773]

>>14224268
the brown slop never looks appetizing

[Anonymous No.14231787]

>>14231645
I'm from lousiana and my mother makes enchiladas with nothing frozen. This is not louisianian cuisine. This is a lazy fatass who could be fron anywhere.

[Anonymous No.14231925]

>>14225786
>Is tijuana seen as a very "white" and "american" city in the rest of MX?

No, it's just that TJ has a ton of American tourists and deported "Americanized" Mexicans, so it's annoying sometimes.

>>14229129
>Baja California, along with Oaxaca and Mexico City are the best places to eat in Mexico.

This. Hard. The craft beer scene in Baja is also the best in the country. Wine as well but I don't really drink wine.

Maybe I would had Hermosillo Sorona for that steak + flour tortilla combo. Try Cabreria (tenderloin on the bone) and some tripas de leche asadas. Hermosillo as a tourist destination sucks tough.

[Anonymous No.14231978]

>>14231645
>>14231761

Do Amerifats have no shame? That looks disgusting.

[Anonymous No.14232648]

>>14225781
>baja fish tacos
That's actual Mexican though, from ensenada.

[Anonymous No.14232657]

>>14229129
>whats is Puebla, Jalisco, Veracruz, and Yucatan

[Anonymous No.14233223]

>>14230087

Damn Anon that looks dope AF and is probably worth the hour drive from Oakland. Ill check it out. Thanks my dude!

[Anonymous No.14233678]

I miss eating these

[Anonymous No.14233689]

>>14225444
I live in flyoverland. OP's picture looks like generic shit that you can find at any Mexican joint.

[Anonymous No.14233720]

>>14225832
I think it's more that once you've really had Mexican food in San Diego it kinda makes everywhere else seem really really bad. It's hard to get good Mexican in socal too outside of SD. OP's salsa verde looks delicious though and I've had insane green chili (which is oddly yellow) in Denver of all places. So it exists it's just in San Diego a run down hole in the wall taco shop with graffiti on the tables will absolutely destroy a nice restaurant in every other border state.

[Anonymous No.14233732]

>>14231645
if you fry the taquitos in oil then cover them in guacamole, thinly shredded mild cheddar cheese, a light layer of shredded iceberg lettuce, pico (chopped tomatoes and onions with cilantro), and a little dollop of sour cream these are very close to san diego taco shop taquitos. Serve with taco shop hot sauce copycat recipes (no vinegar bullshit hot sauce, the real stuff)

[Anonymous No.14233905]

>>14229878
Yo near Taylor there's a hole in the wall place called Manuel's. Get the chicken taco dinner with the rice, it's fan-fucking-tastic.

[Anonymous No.14233924]

>>14233678
Looks excelente.

[Anonymous No.14233935]

>>14230520
>nopales motherfucker. they taste just like green bell peppers
They are like a cross between that but a little tangy like a lime or a watermelon rind pickle.

[Anonymous No.14233966]

>>14233732
>carne asada fries
Oh god, I miss this so much. Moved out of southern cali back in september and I miss this the most.

[Anonymous No.14234446]

>>14224268

What is considered inauthentic food by Mexicans and Mexican Americans in tune with more the traditional Mexican culture they came from? I want to know which gringo and second or third generation recipes to avoid.

[Anonymous No.14234470]

I miss San Diego. East coast has shit mexican food.

[Anonymous No.14234476]

>>14224268
Fellow socal and yellow anon here. One of the great things about being in this shithole is the cheap but good mexican food. I knew a guy whose mom owned a restaurant so I hung out there sometimes waiting for him and would help in the back. It's actually pretty clean as far as I can tell without actually having worked there, and I've seen much worse working at mcdonald's. Places like that are a treasure.

Salsa verde is the fucking bomb, too. The place I described has a lighter shade of it so yours looks a bit dark but the texture looks good. Good shit my man.

[Anonymous No.14234479]

>>14229006
That's actually pretty cool. Great way to keep up with big chain places while establishing a sense of community. Wish everyone else was as good about this as mexicans.

[Anonymous No.14234482]

>>14225781
Been all over cali for work and I fucking love San Diego's mexican food.

[Anonymous No.14234483]

>>14225875
>>14231277
Food tourism in the US if you're a rich foreigner might be one of the best reasons to come here. You're going to become a fat fuck but shit is fucking delicious and you can always slim down after going home. Do it anon.

[Anonymous No.14234488]

>>14231978
>melted cheese on food looks disgusting
Yeah whatever you virgin third worlder. Go starve while you laugh at us pigging out on good food.

[Anonymous No.14234513]

>>14231286
In CA those fucking cactuses grow like weeds in many regions and the pears are typically rotting away in the sun.

[Anonymous No.14234574]

>>14224268
why is everyone complimenting OPs food so much? what is special about it? I've never been to cali and don't think the mexican food where I live is anything particularly great, but I could get something like that down the road from where I live even in the exact same containers.

[Anonymous No.14234729]

>>14231645
Damn, that recipe makes me nearly as mad as when I looked up recipes for taco hard-shells and just found "recipes" where white women posted their secret method of putting packet wheat tortillas into the oven.

[Anonymous No.14234824]

>>14234574
you know nothing jon snow

[Anonymous No.14235642]

>>14234824
what are you talking about they even give us pickled veggies and shit.

[Anonymous No.14235703]

What Mexican state has the cutest girls?

[Anonymous No.14236432]

>going out to eat

This is a cooking board.

[Anonymous No.14236451]

>>14236432
I think you've misread the title of the board

[Anonymous No.14236472]

>>14236451
Oh yeah, well I bet this Mexican place doesn't even make their tortillas. Do californians get off on some filthy Mexican handing the food over to them?

[Anonymous No.14236476]

>>14236472
I think you have personal issues

[Anonymous No.14236612]

>>14233966
make your own anon, not hard and the higher quality beef really is noticeable.

>>14231645
looks not that bad, would try

>>14230053
anon, that's tex-mex
It's really bad as "mexican" food, but if you categorize it as tex-mex, then it's an entirely different thing which can be quite tasty

[Anonymous No.14237206]

I miss eating Mexican food in san diego.

[Anonymous No.14237728]

>>14224591
>Do a bunch of extra labor because you live in a suburb and have to keep up with the Joneses
No thanks

[Anonymous No.14237809]

>>14225689
Who the fuck goes to taco bell for the shitty tacos? Have some self respect and get a crunchwrap or a gordito or something.

[Anonymous No.14237812]

>>14224591
based
>>14224685
>>14224818
zoomer core

[Anonymous No.14238529]

>>14224268
What's the best Mexican foods (or foods) in Sacramento county? Or the surrounding counties/cities to the south of it

[Anonymous No.14238773]

>>14238529
Also wanna know. I went to La Terraza in Old Sacramento once and I got mildly disappointed.

[Anonymous No.14238777]

>>14237812
enjoy wasting money and water on muh green lawn boomer scum

[Anonymous No.14239760]

>>14224957
Say what you will about Chicago, but 1/3 of the city is Hispanic and the Mexican food is amazing

[Anonymous No.14240431]

Can any San Diego fags recommend good Mexican joints? I just moved to Oceanside.

[Anonymous No.14241320]

>>14225495
Get out while you can rent is skyrocketing

[Anonymous No.14242005]

>>14240431
Tuetano taqueria for bone marrow/birria tacos
Super Cocina for homemade Mexican food
El Cacho for Baja style cuisine

[Anonymous No.14243361]

>>14240431
joses taco taco by the home depot across from miracosta is okay.

[Anonymous No.14243392]

>>14240431
I don't know much about your neck of the woods but my usual taco joints from North to South in the metro area are Rigoberto's in Miramar, Dos Brasas down by the airport and Albeto's in IB.

On a related note, if you ever get up to Long Beach you NEED to go to Berth 55. It's not quite secret anymore but it's some of the best seafood in SoCal at prices that will make you think it's the 90s again. Charo Chicken is also god-tier.

I also have a bunch more recommendations for San Diego if you're interested; just let me know what you like.

[Anonymous No.14245198]

>>14230511
Very underwhelming.

[Anonymous No.14245210]

>>14245198
You’ve probably never had a good one. They can be godly but are often lacking in flavor.

[Anonymous No.14245217]

i fucking hate it when places serve shit in aluminum. i got a fucking lasagna in an aluminum tray the other week. are you fucking kidding me? it's acidic, it's going to eat through the god damn container in no time. who thought that was a good idea

[Anonymous No.14245240]

Whites

[Anonymous No.14245242]

>>14245217
Cost and easy clean up. They'll just assume you and your party will eat it fast enough.

[Anonymous No.14246599]

>>14229006
>>14228538
They're tortillas just the same you fucking retarded autist.

[Anonymous No.14246657]

Imagine not having a fast food place that serves better mexican than 90% of the country can access.

[Anonymous No.14247798]

>>14233732
slop o' shit