Food Wars: Mexican Food v. Italian Food

I can't believe there is even a question about this. Without a doubt Mexican. MOLE!!!!!!

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italian

Guy I work with from Cali reps for Wahaca, table. Don't be such a priss,

most people from cali are morons, did you know that?

the best thing about mexican food is that you can have it in a HOAGIE

with CHEESE

Italian, but I don't know if I've ever had decent Mexican - Mexican restaurants in London being notoriously shit.

lj have you even had mexican food? you can only get it in america

― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, August 2, 2009 3:06 PM Bookmark

I hear you can get it in Mexico, too.

the best thing about mexican food is that you can have it in a HOAGIE

― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:04 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

with CHEESE

― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:04 PM Bookmark

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lj have you even had italian food? you can only get it in america

― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, August 2, 2009 3:06 PM Bookmark

LJ, in mexico and in the US, that is called a TORTA. not hoagie bread, though.

http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/food/07/06/04_sotw_lg.jpg

there's no difference between good flan and bad flan

chorizo con jamon up in this biz

rev ughhhhhh that was a joke

Did not know that most people from California were morons, as all those i've come into contact with have been rather bright. Are their tastebuds moronic too?

whenever I end up with mediocre Italian pasta I don't know what to do but when I end up with mediocre Mexican food I know I can open up a bottle of hot sauce and have a good time

plus Mexican beer is great

maybe they just knew if they didn't spell it that way people would be going around saying they ate at oh-ox-ah-ca

yeah i'm gonna start pronouncing it "Owaksaka" on purpose now

Here's a hint: If it is smothered in ridiculous amounts of queso, it is not Mexican, it is Tex-Mex. Thank you.

Mexican beer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Italian beer

^^^important point

thread turning out about as well as expected

no-- if anything, the hedonism that pervades much of california is downright foodie. look at this map.

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/236/Michelin-Rated-Restaurants-San-Francisco-2008

foodies are never morons

plus Mexican beer is great

pretty much my favourite beer these days (knowledge limited obv)

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but i had a dark beer in Venice that was just as good (assuming it was Italian but can't remember the name sadly)

rev ughhhhhh that was a joke

― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, August 2, 2009 4:07 PM Bookmark

yeah, I know, but your point that you can't get it in the UK is otm

tex mex owns

true

italo tex is better

the fact that you guys are talking about a mexican place called WAHACA (as opposed to OAXACA, the real spelling) just shows that britishes can't talk anything about mexican food.

lmfao i hadn't even realized this was some dandy transliteration omggggggggggggggggggggg

italo tsex is better

waxackuh

http://www.britishbattles.com/images/british-officer.jpg
have only really had the fast-foody burrito/taco/quesadilla/whatever stuff, from some pretty authentic and reputable joints

spanish is better than either btw

I fear if this becomes a UK v US thread about pronunciation AND rights to an opinion about particular countries' cuisine, ILX may suffer a meltdown. Seems to be where it's going.

what mexican beers are better than wht italian beers?

fwiw if i must explain i was facetiously referring back to a particularly awesome US vs UK foodfight with all that HOAGIE and CHEESE business

okay, yr right n1ck, but i must say that no matter what, foreign place names shouldn't be fucked with in terms of spelling. i mean, in english we don't spell Przemysl the way it is pronounced in Polish (Puh-sheh-mish). therefore, Wahaca is a totally fucked-up name. also this is an "authentic mexican food joint" in London:
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00156/wahaca_franke_156369s.jpg

now i will graciously fall on my bresaola ciabatta and let the americans run riot over this thread in an obnoxious celebration of all things stodgy

that looks like a fucking fast-sushi-salad place in a financial district somewhere, not a fucking taqueria. those two people (the owners) make me ill.

i mean, in english we don't spell Przemysl the way it is pronounced in Polish (Puh-sheh-mish).

maybe we should!

this is what an authentic mexican restaurant in the US looks like:

http://www.lostacotrucks.com/seattle/uploaded_images/P1030343-763440.JPG

if you're a spelling reformist, i have no use for you.

http://www.4896kj.com/journeying/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mexican_food.jpg

SO STODGY

do we really have to do this thread again...seriously

btw yall for future reference

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/f65a/food_mini1.jpg

that taco on the right is the very finest taco you will ever eat in your goddamn life

YES, ONCE A WEEK AT LEAST

"don't be afraid, honey, it's just a goat's cheese tostada"
http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/film/gallery/2008/apr/07/1/GD6832712@JANET-LEIGH-&-CHARLTO-269.jpg

ronan otm

shd've done beer Vs. wine this week

http://austinist.com/attachments/ahaley/torchystacosbanner.jpg

BOOM

Well, yeah.

I've eaten some delicious cacio e pepe. I've made some miserable pasta wrapped with inedible grey ropes of claggy pecorino.

I'm a dab hand at recreating Roberta's' pizza approximation of Cacio E Pepe, the deathless Cheesus Christ.

Carbonara is American. Most Italians hadn’t heard of pizza until the 1950s. Panettone is a modern invention.

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Fascinating article. I knew I liked carbonara too much for it to be anything other than an American creation, built for filthy American palates.

The chart in the thread is misleading. Carbonara (and Amatriciana) are not Cacio e Pepe with guanicale (and tomato) added.