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[Dural]

Lots of good Mexican food in Chicago

Yeah, that's 1.5 to 2 hours depending on traffic. There is good Mexican food here, I've just never seen Al Pastor on the menus by me. Actually just checked some menus and none of them had it, just barbacoa, chicken, ground beef, steak, chorizo, or carnitas.

 

[Days like these...]

This is my favorite at this american pot head style taco joint i go to.

Remove the rice and chipotle and that seems more like shawarma than a taco

 

[The Lunch Legend]

that little pre-packaged thing of spices that all smell the same no matter what brand they are

This is caused by a prominent spice used in virtually all taco seasonings, which is cumin.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

Remove the rice and chipotle and that seems more like shawarma than a taco

I've never had a shawarma but if it's like that I bet I like it.

 

[Blade2.0]

This will distinguish the men from the soft moist dudes.

lengua (cow tongue) is the best.

 

[ReBurn]

A full English.

Baked beans, fired eggs, sausage, bacon, black pudding, mushrooms and fried tomatoes. The taco is like the fried bread.

 

[ReBurn]

This is my favorite at this american pot head style taco joint i go to.

We just got a Condado where I live. The music is too loud. The food is ok.

 

[IDKFA]

Everything is better when mixed with English food. Ever have a curry served inside a massive Yorkshire pudding? Spectacular.

 

[ReBurn]

Everything is better when mixed with English food. Ever have a curry served inside a massive Yorkshire pudding? Spectacular.

Where I come from we dip our bread into stuff. We don't put the dip inside the bread. I'd dip Yorkshire pudding into curry for sure.

 

[IDKFA]

Where I come from we dip our bread into stuff. We don't put the dip inside the bread. I'd dip Yorkshire pudding into curry for sure.

A Yorkshire pudding isn't really bread. Having food served inside a Yorkshire pudding is an English specialty.

 

[Pejo]

Ground turkey with taco seasoning and shredded 4 cheese.

 

[Badlucktroll]

Escamoles

Escamoles: Caviar of the Desert

The eggs of "the farty ant" have long been a Mexican delicacy.

www.atlasobscura.com

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

We just got a Condado where I live. The music is too loud. The food is ok.

They don't play the music very loud when I'm there at lunch. I like their cheese dips the best tbh.

 

[ReBurn]

They don't play the music very loud when I'm there at lunch. I like their cheese dips the best tbh.

I get the nachos because they cover them with cheese dip. The street corn is pretty good, too.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Who puts mayonnaise in tacos?

 

[Azzurri]

Hey Condado is good!

 

[Days like these...]

Who puts mayonnaise in tacos?

It was joke for someone complaining they're not familiar with the choices

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It was joke for someone complaining they're not familiar with the choices

LOL. Ah fuck, it flew over my head.

As for taco fillings, I dont eat tacos much, but once you buy from a place that makes better tacos/burritos (not any of that Taco Bell or Burrito Boyz junk), it's impossible to go back to the bottom rung places no matter cheap it is. I always get Chorizo or fancy pork based meat at the better taco places. The low end mainstream places are always seem only beef and chicken.

 

[The Fartist]

for those wondering:

Suadero = Brisket
Barbacoa = Sheep, goat or beef, steam cooked underground
Carne Asada = Grilled skirt steak
Al Pastor = Marinated pork roasted on a slow-turning vertical rotisserie, pineapple on top, thinly sliced
Sesos = Cow or goat brains
Buche = Pork stomach
Carnitas = Basically pulled pork that's been slow-cooked in its own fat on a huge bronze pot
Guisado = Still not sure what it is, exactly
Picadillo = Ground beef
Chorizo = Ground pork, sausage like

 

[Days like these...]

for those wondering:

Suadero = Brisket
Barbacoa = Sheep, goat or beef, steam cooked underground
Carne Asada = Grilled skirt steak
Al Pastor = Marinated pork roasted on a slow-turning vertical rotisserie, pineapple on top, thinly sliced
Sesos = Cow or goat brains
Buche = Pork stomach
Carnitas = Basically pulled pork that's been slow-cooked in its own fat on a huge bronze pot
Guisado = Still not sure what it is, exactly
Picadillo = Ground beef
Chorizo = Ground pork, sausage like

Guisado is pretty much any dish that you decide to make a taco out of like puerco en salsa verde or some kind of stew

 

[Days like these...]

How could I forget Birria with cheese and consome!?

 

[The Fartist]

How could I forget Birria with cheese and consome!?

Birria might be my second favorite, next to Al Pastor

 

[Days like these...]

Birria might be my second favorite, next to Al Pastor

Lamb, goat or beef?

 

[The Fartist]

Lamb, goat or beef?

I like all three, but I go with goat when given a choice

 

[VaultBoy101]

This is caused by a prominent spice used in virtually all taco seasonings, which is cumin.

I'd prefer not to have cumin my taco, thank you very much.

 

[AJUMP23]

A Yorkshire pudding isn't really bread. Having food served inside a Yorkshire pudding is an English specialty.

This looks like a british taco.

 

[The Fartist]

How could I forget Birria with cheese and consome!?

You also forgot tripa, which I'm not a fan of, I wish I did like it, though

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Lots of good Mexican food in Chicago

Mercadito in River North

 

[Lasha]

for those wondering:

Suadero = Brisket
Barbacoa = Sheep, goat or beef, steam cooked underground
Carne Asada = Grilled skirt steak
Al Pastor = Marinated pork roasted on a slow-turning vertical rotisserie, pineapple on top, thinly sliced
Sesos = Cow or goat brains
Buche = Pork stomach
Carnitas = Basically pulled pork that's been slow-cooked in its own fat on a huge bronze pot
Guisado = Still not sure what it is, exactly
Picadillo = Ground beef
Chorizo = Ground pork, sausage like

You're a saint. Mexican places translate their menus to local languages in Asia. I have no idea what the Spanish words for mutton or venison are.

 

[JC 1080P CRT]

I'm easy to please as far as Mexican food and tacos for that matter. My favorite is Chorizo, followed by Picadillo and Carne Asada. I'm curious to try Al Pastor though, after seeing The Fartist 's list.

No mayo on my food though, please. I'm not THAT Caucasian.

 

[The Fartist]

I'm easy to please as far as Mexican food and tacos for that matter. My favorite is Chorizo, followed by Picadillo and Carne Asada. I'm curious to try Al Pastor though, after seeing The Fartist 's list.

No mayo on my food though, please. I'm not THAT Caucasian.

You need a fucking ouija board to understand these cryptic choices. I have no idea what any of them mean. Al pastor? what a fuck is al pastor and why the hell is it in a taco?

I've added mayonnaise as a choice.

 

[Kev Kev]

'Mayonnaise Taco' is what Cyberpunkd named his new porno.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Whatever it is that Taco Bell puts in theirs.

 

[Cohetedor]

Here in SW Michigan there's Mexican restaurants everywhere, I live barely a block away from my favorite. Taco Tuesday almost every week, 3 al pastor tacos for $6, plus free chips and homemade salsa, delicious.

 

[Blade2.0]

Mexican mayo with lime is amazing.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Based on the choices presented -

• Carne asada
• Chorizo
• Birria

Now that is out of the way, OP we have to chat about what the hell happened to fish/seafood choices in your poll? Baja am cry.

 

[BadBurger]

I went with barbacoa, but my favorite is crusted tilapia. For me nothing beats a good fish taco.

 

[Days like these...]

Based on the choices presented -

• Carne asada
• Chorizo
• Birria

Now that is out of the way, OP we have to chat about what the hell happened to fish/seafood choices in your poll? Baja am cry.

You're right. My fave is grilled octopus tacos had some really good ones in Yucatan and Baja. I'll add it to the choices.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

You're right. My fave is grilled octopus tacos had some really good ones in Yucatan and Baja. I'll add it to the choices.

Based Taco Aficionado! Andale pues!

Also Shoutout to The Fartist

 

[Days like these...]

Based Taco Aficionado! Andale pues!

Also Shoutout to The Fartist

A huevo que si! Yucatecan octopus tacos beat out baja tacos because of Xnipec salsa imo

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Yucatecan octopus tacos beat out baja tacos because of Xnipec salsa imo

That salsa is bomb. I LOVE salsas. Even the sweet ones, now. I am finally trying new things within the Food World.

 

[Days like these...]

That salsa is bomb. I LOVE salsas. Even the sweet ones, now. I am finally trying new things within the Food World.

You can make your own sour oranges, red onion, habanero, salt. Not sure where to find sour oranges in the states though

 

[The Fartist]

Tacos de canasta are great, too, especially for breakfast.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

No lengua in this poll

You are a disappointment to humanity

 

[Dural]

I went with barbacoa, but my favorite is crusted tilapia. For me nothing beats a good fish taco.

When I was a kid in the early 80s we would visit my grandparents that retired just south of Ensenada. We would always stop and get fish tacos from street vendors at the beach, this was before the "Baja Fish Taco" caught on in southern California. Still one of my favorite tacos, it's nostalgic for me.

 

[Havoc2049]

I prefer the meat paste and cheese wiz of Taco Hell. j/k

I mix it up every now and then, but overall, my go to taco is carne asada on a flour tortilla, a little cabbage, salsa, cilantro and a dash of lemon juice.

A good taco de pescado (fish) is hard to beat as well, fixed up Baja/So Cal style, on a flour tortilla.

There is a taco shop near my work that has tacos de mantarraya (manta ray), which I like to get every now and then for something different.

 

[Azurro]

How can I only select 3 options? You are making me choose between suadero, barbacoa, carne asada, al pastor, carnitas and chorizo? The humanity!

 

[OZ9000]

for those wondering:

Suadero = Brisket
Barbacoa = Sheep, goat or beef, steam cooked underground
Carne Asada = Grilled skirt steak
Al Pastor = Marinated pork roasted on a slow-turning vertical rotisserie, pineapple on top, thinly sliced
Sesos = Cow or goat brains
Buche = Pork stomach
Carnitas = Basically pulled pork that's been slow-cooked in its own fat on a huge bronze pot
Guisado = Still not sure what it is, exactly
Picadillo = Ground beef
Chorizo = Ground pork, sausage like

We don't have tacos here in the UK.

If I had to choose, I'd go for beef or chicken.

 

[Fbh]

Pastor and sudadero are good.
Though any well prepared meat is nice. What I really love a refried beans.

The only good thing if there's ever an apocalyptic event is that there will be like a week where I'll have to eat canned refried beans every day, and it will be nice.

We don't have tacos here in sicily.

Closest thing was this

Cannoli are basically ....kinda...not really but still.... dessert tacos/burritos

 

[GymWolf]

Pastor and sudadero are good.
Though any well prepared meat is nice. What I really love a refried beans.

The only good thing if there's ever an apocalyptic event is that there will be like a week where I'll have to eat canned refried beans every day, and it will be nice.



Cannoli are basically ....kinda...not really but still.... dessert tacos/burritos

I hate cannoli.

I'm not much of a sweet eater.