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
― a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i'm gonna start pronouncing it "Owaksaka" on purpose now
― unban dictionary (blueski), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Here's a hint: If it is smothered in ridiculous amounts of queso, it is not Mexican, it is Tex-Mex. Thank you.
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Mexican beer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Italian beer
^^^important point
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
thread turning out about as well as expected
― velko, Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
foodies are never morons
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty much my favourite beer these days (knowledge limited obv)
http://www.interstirn.si/files/negra_modelo/negramodelo1.jpg
but i had a dark beer in Venice that was just as good (assuming it was Italian but can't remember the name sadly)
― unban dictionary (blueski), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
tex mex owns
― a narwhal done gored my sister nell (cankles), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
true
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
italo tex is better
― velko, Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
italo tsex is better
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
waxackuh
― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.britishbattles.com/images/british-officer.jpghave only really had the fast-foody burrito/taco/quesadilla/whatever stuff, from some pretty authentic and reputable joints
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
spanish is better than either btw
― a narwhal done gored my sister nell (cankles), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
what mexican beers are better than wht italian beers?
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:27 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, in english we don't spell Przemysl the way it is pronounced in Polish (Puh-sheh-mish).
maybe we should!
― a narwhal done gored my sister nell (cankles), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
this is what an authentic mexican restaurant in the US looks like:
http://www.lostacotrucks.com/seattle/uploaded_images/P1030343-763440.JPG
― k. k3ller & public admin log (The Reverend), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
if you're a spelling reformist, i have no use for you.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.4896kj.com/journeying/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mexican_food.jpg
SO STODGY
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:34 (fourteen years ago) link
do we really have to do this thread again...seriously
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
YES, ONCE A WEEK AT LEAST
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
"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
― velko, Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
ronan otm
shd've done beer Vs. wine this week
― I h8 meatheads (cozwn), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
http://austinist.com/attachments/ahaley/torchystacosbanner.jpg
BOOM
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is like listening to a radio "battle of the sexes" phone in with a male host and a female host
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
http://media.timeoutchicago.com/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/148/148.x600.feat.100best.TaqueriaMo.jpg
Tacos al Pastor from Taqueria Moran, Chicago
BLAAAAOW
― torta suggestbana (dan m), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:51 (fourteen years ago) link
http://chicago.timeout.com/export_images/98/98.eat.opener.jpg
thank u Pepe Moran I will consume your delicious offerings
― torta suggestbana (dan m), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
u cannot get brain tacos @ taqueria moran fyi but you can get lengua and cabeza
― torta suggestbana (dan m), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:53 (fourteen years ago) link
fucking awesome
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
nothing actually wrong with this thread save how one-sided it is
― One idiot even called me "redcoat" because I'm (country matters), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:56 (fourteen years ago) link
mods, can you please unban dom passantino for 20 minutes
HOOS is that some kind of sope on the left in your pic above?
― torta suggestbana (dan m), Sunday, 2 August 2009 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh i have not ordered that particular item and can give u no info as to its nomenclature or genus
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 3 August 2009 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
god now i want a fucking taco
I'm making sopes tonight!
― naus, Monday, 3 August 2009 00:06 (fourteen years ago) link
honestly don't think you can vote one country's cuisine over another. individual dishes yes. whole menus, no.
― the evil genius of Zaiger Genetics (J0hn D.), Monday, 3 August 2009 00:12 (fourteen years ago) link
also, as a guy who has eaten the london equivalent of what passes for a burrito, I feel justified in saying that no britishers should be allowed to vote in this poll
― the evil genius of Zaiger Genetics (J0hn D.), Monday, 3 August 2009 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
you dude from tx & points west don't even wanna know what that london burrito tasted like
and finally even though I'm abstaining from this poll, any of youse who haven't actually been to Italy who think "oh it's no contest, Mexican" have exactly zero idea of what you're talking about. actual from-italy Italian food would straight freak you OUT.
― the evil genius of Zaiger Genetics (J0hn D.), Monday, 3 August 2009 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link