Tex Mex by Way of Asia in Brooklyn
// May 4th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Grub
I didn’t have any great plans for tonight’s dinner like I usually do. Michael had decided to go to a lecture so there really wasn’t a need for me to cook a big fancy Sunday dinner. Instead, we thought we’d try a new “authentic” Tex Mex place that I had found in our neighborhood. (I really just saw an extra copy of a take-out menu at my gym and snagged it.) Since tomorrow is Cinco De Mayo as well, this seemed like a perfect idea. Fresh Tortillas Grill was the place, but what we got was anything but fresh.
Much to my dismay when I called in the order, I realized the lady who answered the phone was of Asian descent, not usually a good sign for a Tex Mex joint. But we were hungry and eager to try some tacos on the off chance they were actually good. All of our hoping to find a suitable and close place for a quick Mexican fix kept us focused. I ordered the beef tacos with guacamole and Michael wanted the chicken tacos with a side of plain nachos. Well, I’m sorry to say that the plain nachos were the only decent item. My beef tacos were greasy and the beef mixture was questionable. Actually it looked more like Alpo than ground beef and the guacamole was suspiciously thin as if it had water added to it. Michael’s tacos weren’t any better. Needless to say we were extremely disapointed.
What can we do? We live in the north yet crave the flavor of food found only in the south. I’m certain there are some more authentic places here, but what we want really isn’t authentic. Tex Mex is a hybrid that is either loved or loathed and we definitely fall into the love category. Until we win the lottery and have enough money to open up our own franchise of On the Border or El Chicos here in Brooklyn, I’ll just have to learn to cook this beloved cuisine myself. I just purchased a Tex Mex cookbook off Amazon. Within a week, we are (hopefully) going to have so many good tacos, burritos, guacamole and nachos we won’t know what to do with ourselves.
