Food Wars: Mexican Food v. Italian Food

^^^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)

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)

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

this thread is like listening to a radio "battle of the sexes" phone in with a male host and a female host

http://media.timeoutchicago.com/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/148/148.x600.feat.100best.TaqueriaMo.jpg

Tacos al Pastor from Taqueria Moran, Chicago

BLAAAAOW

http://chicago.timeout.com/export_images/98/98.eat.opener.jpg

thank u Pepe Moran I will consume your delicious offerings

u cannot get brain tacos @ taqueria moran fyi but you can get lengua and cabeza

fucking awesome

nothing actually wrong with this thread save how one-sided it is

mods, can you please unban dom passantino for 20 minutes

HOOS is that some kind of sope on the left in your pic above?

tbh i have not ordered that particular item and can give u no info as to its nomenclature or genus

god now i want a fucking taco

I'm making sopes tonight!

honestly don't think you can vote one country's cuisine over another. individual dishes yes. whole menus, no.

nothing actually wrong with this thread save how one-sided it is

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

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.

^^^can i just str8-up kiss this guy

most of my burritos were eaten in cambridge while a student, and they're not making burritos outta strychnined rats in the sticks iirc

on an entirely unrelated note i walked past nick cave today and he wasn't eating a burrito

if you mean "cambridge, england" those weren't burritos, they were yorkshire puddings

pretty sure british ppl are still allowed in mexico and america and italy not only london

yes but in mexico they are notorious for only eating at the pescado y papas fritas trucks

http://asthecheeseturns.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/rotten-cheese.jpg