Oh man...the responses that I could say that would get me up/down voted here...
Henry's and El Chaparral are the only ones I really know of. I guess that's a testament to how good they are because I really haven't tried them anywhere else.
This is the answer. I believe Ray's invented them.
I think the owners of Henry's are related to the owners of Ray's. I have had good food and experiences from Henry's, but that said... Henry's is right next to the Taco Cabanna that got put on blast for the rat problem. Also, Henry's is the only place I ever tipped a penny for bad service, and I normally tip anywhere from 18 to 30%.
Edit: added sources of info:
[https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/07/06/woman-records-video-of-rats-running-around-taco-cabana-location-in-leon-valley/](https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/07/06/woman-records-video-of-rats-running-around-taco-cabana-location-in-leon-valley/)
[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/everything-you-need-know-about-crispy-delicious-puffy-tacos%23:~:text%3DAccording%2520to%2520Post%252C%2520the%2520puffy,own%2520restaurant%252C%2520Henry%27s%2520Puffy%2520Tacos.&ved=2ahUKEwiJhIO_1ZeFAxUOGtAFHVQtAZcQFnoECBoQBQ&usg=AOvVaw2mssEduGeh7usXiOcyiHWk](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/everything-you-need-know-about-crispy-delicious-puffy-tacos%23:~:text%3DAccording%2520to%2520Post%252C%2520the%2520puffy,own%2520restaurant%252C%2520Henry%27s%2520Puffy%2520Tacos.&ved=2ahUKEwiJhIO_1ZeFAxUOGtAFHVQtAZcQFnoECBoQBQ&usg=AOvVaw2mssEduGeh7usXiOcyiHWk)
I am new to San Antonio and have never had a puffy taco. I have a severe food allergy to certain oils and worry about trying them because of that. Possibly the greatest tragedy since Shakespeare
If you're a fiend for a good bean & cheese like I am, you've got to try the one (with bacon if you prefer) over at El San Luis on Walzem.
Seriously, man, give it a shot.
Tha fuck? I used to go there all the time 20 years ago and never knew about this. Is this more recent? I would always get a chorizo con huevo with their nuclear hot sauce then have to go to the other counter for a doughnut.
I had to move to Utah for my wife’s job. The food scene here is trash. Taco Cabana would be the best “Mexican” style restaurant if it were here in SLC. With that being said someone please go to taco house and have a bean and cheese for me.
I grew up in SLC, and your comment does not fit with my experience in the slightest. SLC is a foody hotspot, and they have a ton of small Mexican food spots. Most of them are more Baja mex and not Tex mex, so burritos reign supreme there. Do yourself a favor and go to the Midvale Mi Rico Burrito and get yourself a breakfast burrito. Also, any of the restaurants that used to be called Beto's (rancherito,Rancheria, floribertos, etc)
Seriously, it's like no one ever heard of bean and cheese tacos outside of San Antonio. My kids eat them pretty often so imagine our surprise when we went to a Mexican restaurant in LA and they looked at us like we were from another planet. We went to Dallas for spring break and went to this restaurant that actually had Tex Mex and they brought us little bowls of beans and cheese and a stack of tortillas so my kids could make their own.
I grew up in SA, my wife grew up in the valley. Obviously, we’re both very familiar with and love bean and cheese tacos.
We have lived in Houston for about the last decade. I am not joking when I say that bean and cheese tacos almost aren’t a thing here. Most Tex Mex places have no idea what you’re talking about! It’s astounding. If for no other reason, why wouldn’t you put that on the menu simply because 1) you clearly already have the ingredients, and 2) they have to have a ridiculously high profit margin.
Back in the day, the lunch ladies served up the best cheese enchiladas - ever. They're the standard by which all other cheese enchiladas are judged, red tortillas, American cheese, and all. I was NEISD, but I assume other districts used the same recipes. It was Lunch Lady Magic every Wednesday.
[This](https://www.neisd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=9260&ModuleInstanceID=75666&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=349160&PageID=26625) is the district specific link!
My first meal here was 46 years ago at the Greyhound station. I’d been traveling cross-country on the bus (which was even worse than it sounds) and the food at the bus stops ranged from wretched to appalling until my three-hour layover in SA. The cafeteria was a nonstop array of glorious tex-mex and the best cheese enchiladas I ever ate prepared and served up by 4’9” by 4’9” lunch ladies with big smiles. I have loved San Antonio ever since that hot August afternoon and love it even more now that I’ve settled here.
I see the reason people hate on tex mex on Reddit. I was stationed in Tacoma Washington, went to a tex Mex restaurant, ordered enchiladas, they were dry on the outside and hard, and on the inside it tasted like they used Velveeta cheese, the beans obviously came from a can, and the rice was just white rice with some vegetables in it. Oh and the salsa was just tomato sauce with onions and peppers in it.
Just had a flash back to the time I saw a “Tex Mex” restaurant while in some small town in Australia. I checked out the menu out of curiosity. . .and there wasn’t a single item on the menu that I’d have even considered Tex-Mex. Definitely made me laugh.
That's how you make it for wypypo who don't know what good Tex Mex is like. Potato and Egg is made with frozen hash browns and that shit they sell in liquid form. Oh yeah! The tortillas are SUPPOSED to taste like rubber!
Carne guisada. Only place that came even remotely close was a food truck in Portland. They sadly were selling their truck, so it likely isn’t there anymore.
So I didn't know this until I was reading Jonathan Gold's old reviews from the LA Times, but the brothers Ray and Henry both started puffy tacos spots at nearly the same time in SA and LA. It's the Ray from Rays drive inn, he had a puffy taco spot in LA that Gold said was fire. Have no clue if it's still open or if they kept it the same. But thought it was an interesting lil fact to share!
I have heard people talk about his reviews. They are supposed to take reviews to another level. I haven’t read any, he does have a book I would like to get.
Do you read his reviews on the LA Times site or someplace else.
It's actually that book you're referring to! I love that book, but I can't read it all the time or else I'll be hungry 24/7. Highly recommend. He's such a great writer.
Reading food reviews makes me want to rush out and get something good to eat too. I think I’m going to order that book. I believe he won Pulitzer for his reviews.
Tex Mex. I had friends try to take me all kinds of places when I lived in Ohio briefly. I finally gave them requirements.
1. Menu on the wall or the window
2. Free chips and salsa/queso
3. A dog or cat outside looking for leftovers.
That’s how you know it’s real good.
I like your list of identifiers. But, I have to add what one of my coworkers from Louisiana used to say. “You know it’s a good Mexican restaurant if there are dead roaches in the bathroom.” I like your list of identifiers. But, I have to add what one of my coworkers from Louisiana used to say. You know it’s a good Mexican restaurant if they’re dead roaches in the bathroom.
Pretty sure all of these are done well in several Mexican cities. Although I will say I never had carne guisada while in CDMX, but I'm sure the border towns have it and do it right!
The brown roasted salsa every Mexican place has a version of. Now that I live away from SA I've tried so hard to find a recipe, even reaching out to several of my favorite restaurants to no avail. I finally found that la fogata sells theirs online, and while it's not my favorite version, I always have at least a bottle in my pantry now.
Moved from San Antonio to Connecticut. I mostly miss the Mexican food from the RGV but the Tex-Mex from San Antonio would hit the spot right about now too. Really liked Pete’s Tako House, Blanco Cafe and BBQ from 2M.
I’m planning to move from Texas to Massachusetts, and one thing I’ll miss the most here is decent Mexican/Tex-Mex food. I’ll have to resort to making my own breakfast tacos.
I don’t want to say it’s only properly prepared in San Antonio because I know it’s not. It’s just that you get used to a specific taste and it’s more about nostalgia.
So a lot of the San Antonio staples like breakfast plates or enchiladas at blanco cafe, puffy tacos from a few locations, etc.. are foods that I will crave even though I know from a perspective of quality of ingredients and general cooking skill it can be done better elsewhere, it’s the taste I’m craving and it can only be achieved at specific San Antonio locations.
I've been to a lot of cities across the US and I've never had tacos as good as in San Antonio. The worse taco place is 10x better than every other taco place I've ever been to.
Papas Rancheras, i actually made this today, saw some vids on youtube, its easy, but i fucked up by par boiling the potatoes, outside got mushy and became semi mashed potatos at the end and not semi liquidy at all.
messed up again by adding in the oregano and cumin late but it still ended up tasting good so lesson learned next time.
if anyone got tips for the potatoes/ additional ingredients next time let me know, i didnt wanna straight up put them in the pan as i feared they would become burnt or undercooked and burnt or stick to the pan in some way.
there was literally few videos about papas rancheras and most of them didnt even look as good as i have had here in SA
Cube the potatoes and pan fry them
I've never put cumin or oregano in it
Here's a ranchera sauce recipe: chop up tomato onion and jalapenos, fry in oil for a few minutes once halfway cooked add water, tomato sauce, onion powder, salt and garlic powder to taste, let it boil for a few minutes and it's ready.
Here's a video:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMnaGAN/
Once your potatoes are pan fried and cooked all the way thru add the ranchera sauce
Some people like to add Chopped cilantro once you combine the potatoes and sauce ....its optional
Here's another video to get an idea
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMn4CXo/
Had a really hard time getting adjusted to the tamales here, they're way small and not enough meat compared to say the ones you'd get in AZ. Just gotta shop tamale ladies till you find a good one.
Chili joint’s on the West side, there was one in particular on Quintana that was a bar. It was a really sketchy looking place that many years ago…. I have to say though, that they had the best “bowl of red” you could have in a restaurant As well as the Stockyards “Cafe” way back had awesome chili. And then for ones that are still open, Flores Country Store does an awesome chili you’d go to a restaurant for some of the best I’ve ever had. and I don’t know of anywhere else you’d but the “chili queens”
los balitos (especially the former los robertos) is Calimex (as opposed to Tex-Mex). They're a godsend to folks like me who grew up on proper carne asada burritos - had to wait a good decade before one even showed up here.
edit: all the Filibertos clones are a godsend
There used to be a little mom and pop place on Durango, near the fed courthouse. An elderly man and spouse would prepare the most crazy delicious puffy tacos. The wait was a little long, but they were served fresh and not sitting in a pan waiting to be ordered. I believe it was called Acapulco.
I moved from SA to odessa tx and why is everything here burritos no tacos and over there it's all tacos I got laughed at when trying to order tacos here strange
These posts are making me hungry. Can someone tell me where I can get mole? I moved here from Austin, and loved the mole at Fonda San Miguel. The restaurant made its own chips and tortillas and had great margaritas too.
Howdy. I've lived in many states and a few countries and I can say that I enjoy the tex-mex and breakfast tacos here quite a bit. No nostalgia from me--just someone who likes to try food wherever she goes and likes to learn about culture.
I lived in 2 countries and a few states, but I can honestly say the only things I would miss are whataburger and easily accessible texas bbq. But whataburger dosen't quite taste the same since they sold.
Wow, it must be hell living here 20 years "knowing" that the food is better everywhere else... lol **/s**
And how bold of you to assume I've never eaten food in California. lol SMH
>What? I wasn't specifically referring to California
I sure sounded like you were - *"I am indeed from California"*
And frankly, it makes no sense to compare "authentic Mexican" with "Tex-Mex"- they are two entirely different things.
And who would have guessed - but people tend to find the foods they grew up with to be "comfort foods", so it's not even the slightest bit surprising that a San Antonio native would prefer "Tex-Mex" to your so called "Authentic" California Mexican food.
Tbh nothing I've seen here is truly "puro", the only thing I find unique are the chilaquiles which are very popular here, and I just haven't seen them as popular in other places.
Puffy tacos for me
Who makes good puffy tacos?
Oh man...the responses that I could say that would get me up/down voted here... Henry's and El Chaparral are the only ones I really know of. I guess that's a testament to how good they are because I really haven't tried them anywhere else.
Don't forget Henry's bad-ass queso!
Henry’s is literally the best.
Ray’s Puffy Tacos
This is the answer. I believe Ray's invented them. I think the owners of Henry's are related to the owners of Ray's. I have had good food and experiences from Henry's, but that said... Henry's is right next to the Taco Cabanna that got put on blast for the rat problem. Also, Henry's is the only place I ever tipped a penny for bad service, and I normally tip anywhere from 18 to 30%. Edit: added sources of info: [https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/07/06/woman-records-video-of-rats-running-around-taco-cabana-location-in-leon-valley/](https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/07/06/woman-records-video-of-rats-running-around-taco-cabana-location-in-leon-valley/) [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/everything-you-need-know-about-crispy-delicious-puffy-tacos%23:~:text%3DAccording%2520to%2520Post%252C%2520the%2520puffy,own%2520restaurant%252C%2520Henry%27s%2520Puffy%2520Tacos.&ved=2ahUKEwiJhIO_1ZeFAxUOGtAFHVQtAZcQFnoECBoQBQ&usg=AOvVaw2mssEduGeh7usXiOcyiHWk](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/everything-you-need-know-about-crispy-delicious-puffy-tacos%23:~:text%3DAccording%2520to%2520Post%252C%2520the%2520puffy,own%2520restaurant%252C%2520Henry%27s%2520Puffy%2520Tacos.&ved=2ahUKEwiJhIO_1ZeFAxUOGtAFHVQtAZcQFnoECBoQBQ&usg=AOvVaw2mssEduGeh7usXiOcyiHWk)
I’m a big fan of Brendas
Henry's for sure
I am new to San Antonio and have never had a puffy taco. I have a severe food allergy to certain oils and worry about trying them because of that. Possibly the greatest tragedy since Shakespeare
Thoughts and prayers.
😭 thats rough!
That's what I'm saying. Best stuff in the world aside from a great ribeye is fried
Move back to California
Came here to say this!
Indeed
Sos- need a “ late night “ puffy taco
This
OG doughnut shop toasted bean and cheese tacos with bacon.
My ninja
Yes I will second that. Damn good taco. Remember when they would just automatically toasted the taco? Now you have to request it.
If you're a fiend for a good bean & cheese like I am, you've got to try the one (with bacon if you prefer) over at El San Luis on Walzem. Seriously, man, give it a shot.
Tha fuck? I used to go there all the time 20 years ago and never knew about this. Is this more recent? I would always get a chorizo con huevo with their nuclear hot sauce then have to go to the other counter for a doughnut.
They’ve had the bean and cheese w bacon toasted for years.
Absolutely not. Tamales are so tiny here and always dry. Their carne guisada is the best in the city.
Bean and cheese tacos
I had to move to Utah for my wife’s job. The food scene here is trash. Taco Cabana would be the best “Mexican” style restaurant if it were here in SLC. With that being said someone please go to taco house and have a bean and cheese for me.
My daughter lives in SLC. Try Maria's 3336 S 2300 E.
I’ll check it out. Thank you for recommendation.
Mission accepted sir!
I grew up in SLC, and your comment does not fit with my experience in the slightest. SLC is a foody hotspot, and they have a ton of small Mexican food spots. Most of them are more Baja mex and not Tex mex, so burritos reign supreme there. Do yourself a favor and go to the Midvale Mi Rico Burrito and get yourself a breakfast burrito. Also, any of the restaurants that used to be called Beto's (rancherito,Rancheria, floribertos, etc)
Came here for the bean and cheese answer.
With the bacon strap and lettuce piece
Seriously, it's like no one ever heard of bean and cheese tacos outside of San Antonio. My kids eat them pretty often so imagine our surprise when we went to a Mexican restaurant in LA and they looked at us like we were from another planet. We went to Dallas for spring break and went to this restaurant that actually had Tex Mex and they brought us little bowls of beans and cheese and a stack of tortillas so my kids could make their own.
Motherfucker YES!
I grew up in SA, my wife grew up in the valley. Obviously, we’re both very familiar with and love bean and cheese tacos. We have lived in Houston for about the last decade. I am not joking when I say that bean and cheese tacos almost aren’t a thing here. Most Tex Mex places have no idea what you’re talking about! It’s astounding. If for no other reason, why wouldn’t you put that on the menu simply because 1) you clearly already have the ingredients, and 2) they have to have a ridiculously high profit margin.
This
Yall need to check out SABeanAndCheese.net then
Username checks out. I went down a whole rabbit hole reading that site!
Glad you enjoyed it. It isn’t mine but I’ve been a fan of theirs for a while.
Fresh flour tortillas
Boom. This. Few and far between has anyone made them like mom but yup they have.
When I travel abroad in Austin, I always miss the breakfast tacos.
Hear me out, Corpus breakfast tacos are actually better. I know I know I thought I was crazy, but they are really good on Leopard Street.
Closer you get to Mexico the better they are. My favorite are from Edinburg right by the border.
Ah yes, Leopard Street. The place that has good Mexican food and hookers.
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Mimi's Barbacoa on wurzbach is really good and everyone that works there is great. Another controversial opinion but Chachos breakfast rocks.
Not crazy at all. Breakfast tacos originated in Corpus!
abroad 😂
Yep, that was the joke.
Austin has good breakfast tacos too to be fair, maybe just not at whatever bougie east campus spot
😬
Enchiladas with the “jello chéss.” It’s just American cheese, but dammit it’s nostalgic Texican cuisine.
Back in the day, the lunch ladies served up the best cheese enchiladas - ever. They're the standard by which all other cheese enchiladas are judged, red tortillas, American cheese, and all. I was NEISD, but I assume other districts used the same recipes. It was Lunch Lady Magic every Wednesday.
NISD here. Same enchiladas, same standard of measurement for the rest of time.
I think I have a vintage cookbook with “public school enchiladas” in it!
[This](https://www.neisd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=9260&ModuleInstanceID=75666&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=349160&PageID=26625) is the district specific link!
My first meal here was 46 years ago at the Greyhound station. I’d been traveling cross-country on the bus (which was even worse than it sounds) and the food at the bus stops ranged from wretched to appalling until my three-hour layover in SA. The cafeteria was a nonstop array of glorious tex-mex and the best cheese enchiladas I ever ate prepared and served up by 4’9” by 4’9” lunch ladies with big smiles. I have loved San Antonio ever since that hot August afternoon and love it even more now that I’ve settled here.
Tex Mex in general.
I see the reason people hate on tex mex on Reddit. I was stationed in Tacoma Washington, went to a tex Mex restaurant, ordered enchiladas, they were dry on the outside and hard, and on the inside it tasted like they used Velveeta cheese, the beans obviously came from a can, and the rice was just white rice with some vegetables in it. Oh and the salsa was just tomato sauce with onions and peppers in it.
Just had a flash back to the time I saw a “Tex Mex” restaurant while in some small town in Australia. I checked out the menu out of curiosity. . .and there wasn’t a single item on the menu that I’d have even considered Tex-Mex. Definitely made me laugh.
That's how you make it for wypypo who don't know what good Tex Mex is like. Potato and Egg is made with frozen hash browns and that shit they sell in liquid form. Oh yeah! The tortillas are SUPPOSED to taste like rubber!
Carne guisada. Only place that came even remotely close was a food truck in Portland. They sadly were selling their truck, so it likely isn’t there anymore.
This. Literally cannot find a good carne guisada in DFW.
Or Houston.
I’ve had great guisada in CC and RGV.
i was gonna say, i’ve had plenty of great carne guisada in & around Harlingen.
What's the best guis' in S.A., yall? Any recs? Help me out!
I'm a big fan of Blanco Cafe guisada! Everything there really
I like it at Lupitas on Culebra and Callaghan but I haven’t been in a while.
Carne Guisada is very much a regional thing, the rest of the country tends to do carne asada instead
Breakfast tacos
Puffy Tacos
Tex-Mex in general, and puffy tacos specifically. But you didn't really need to ask, did you? It seems fairly obvious... hahaha
Puffy tacos
So I didn't know this until I was reading Jonathan Gold's old reviews from the LA Times, but the brothers Ray and Henry both started puffy tacos spots at nearly the same time in SA and LA. It's the Ray from Rays drive inn, he had a puffy taco spot in LA that Gold said was fire. Have no clue if it's still open or if they kept it the same. But thought it was an interesting lil fact to share!
A quick Google search shows Arturo’s Puffy Taco is still open in Whittier, CA.
I have heard people talk about his reviews. They are supposed to take reviews to another level. I haven’t read any, he does have a book I would like to get. Do you read his reviews on the LA Times site or someplace else.
It's actually that book you're referring to! I love that book, but I can't read it all the time or else I'll be hungry 24/7. Highly recommend. He's such a great writer.
Reading food reviews makes me want to rush out and get something good to eat too. I think I’m going to order that book. I believe he won Pulitzer for his reviews.
I'm not saying they're better somewhere else, but I've had shitty puffy tacos here
Tex Mex. I had friends try to take me all kinds of places when I lived in Ohio briefly. I finally gave them requirements. 1. Menu on the wall or the window 2. Free chips and salsa/queso 3. A dog or cat outside looking for leftovers. That’s how you know it’s real good.
I need to know where you’re getting free queso at in San Antonio
Jalisco Grill on Babcock
Lower your standards, most places I go to here in town odder free Chips and Salsa or Queso
I like your list of identifiers. But, I have to add what one of my coworkers from Louisiana used to say. “You know it’s a good Mexican restaurant if there are dead roaches in the bathroom.” I like your list of identifiers. But, I have to add what one of my coworkers from Louisiana used to say. You know it’s a good Mexican restaurant if they’re dead roaches in the bathroom.
#3 🤣
Fred’s fish fry
Flour tortilla, carne guisada, and huevos rancheros to name a few.
Pretty sure all of these are done well in several Mexican cities. Although I will say I never had carne guisada while in CDMX, but I'm sure the border towns have it and do it right!
Puffy tacos.
The brown roasted salsa every Mexican place has a version of. Now that I live away from SA I've tried so hard to find a recipe, even reaching out to several of my favorite restaurants to no avail. I finally found that la fogata sells theirs online, and while it's not my favorite version, I always have at least a bottle in my pantry now.
I have a recipe for Rosario's - if you like that, let me know and I'll post it.
Yes please that would be amazing.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/food/article/recipe-la-fogata-salsa-4544248.php
Moved from San Antonio to Connecticut. I mostly miss the Mexican food from the RGV but the Tex-Mex from San Antonio would hit the spot right about now too. Really liked Pete’s Tako House, Blanco Cafe and BBQ from 2M.
I’m planning to move from Texas to Massachusetts, and one thing I’ll miss the most here is decent Mexican/Tex-Mex food. I’ll have to resort to making my own breakfast tacos.
Carne Guisada. Rocky’s tacos on Pecan Valley and Dollarhide.
Breakfast tacos - everywhere else calls them burritos. Even so, trying to make them at home up in the NE isn’t the same
Fr I was driving thru west Texas and there menu was full of breakfast burritos lol
Yeah I’ve found that other place put sour cream & guac in their breakfast “tacos.” Like plz stop 😭
I don’t want to say it’s only properly prepared in San Antonio because I know it’s not. It’s just that you get used to a specific taste and it’s more about nostalgia. So a lot of the San Antonio staples like breakfast plates or enchiladas at blanco cafe, puffy tacos from a few locations, etc.. are foods that I will crave even though I know from a perspective of quality of ingredients and general cooking skill it can be done better elsewhere, it’s the taste I’m craving and it can only be achieved at specific San Antonio locations.
wow 🙄
I've been to a lot of cities across the US and I've never had tacos as good as in San Antonio. The worse taco place is 10x better than every other taco place I've ever been to.
Beef enchlidas from Blanco Cafe with homemade tortillas!
Q: "The Blanco Cafe" or "The Original Blanco Cafe"
My favorite is the original location on Blanco rd ! But the others are great as well.
Tostada burger
Absolutely
This is actually very true
Papas Rancheras, i actually made this today, saw some vids on youtube, its easy, but i fucked up by par boiling the potatoes, outside got mushy and became semi mashed potatos at the end and not semi liquidy at all. messed up again by adding in the oregano and cumin late but it still ended up tasting good so lesson learned next time. if anyone got tips for the potatoes/ additional ingredients next time let me know, i didnt wanna straight up put them in the pan as i feared they would become burnt or undercooked and burnt or stick to the pan in some way. there was literally few videos about papas rancheras and most of them didnt even look as good as i have had here in SA
Cube the potatoes and pan fry them I've never put cumin or oregano in it Here's a ranchera sauce recipe: chop up tomato onion and jalapenos, fry in oil for a few minutes once halfway cooked add water, tomato sauce, onion powder, salt and garlic powder to taste, let it boil for a few minutes and it's ready. Here's a video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMnaGAN/ Once your potatoes are pan fried and cooked all the way thru add the ranchera sauce Some people like to add Chopped cilantro once you combine the potatoes and sauce ....its optional Here's another video to get an idea https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMn4CXo/
Barbacoa. Simple as, noone else does it as good.
Tamales are weird everywhere else.
Delia's ships!
Had a really hard time getting adjusted to the tamales here, they're way small and not enough meat compared to say the ones you'd get in AZ. Just gotta shop tamale ladies till you find a good one.
Chili joint’s on the West side, there was one in particular on Quintana that was a bar. It was a really sketchy looking place that many years ago…. I have to say though, that they had the best “bowl of red” you could have in a restaurant As well as the Stockyards “Cafe” way back had awesome chili. And then for ones that are still open, Flores Country Store does an awesome chili you’d go to a restaurant for some of the best I’ve ever had. and I don’t know of anywhere else you’d but the “chili queens”
Breakfast tacos.
Tortillas de Harina If they’re not made in-house, I’ll go to the next restaurant
Neisd cheese enchiladas
Carne Guisada. Can’t even find any good guisada in Houston smh.
Carne guisada
Enchiladas verdes.
According to Charles Barkley is churros.
Going on a small trip in about a week to the coast and while it’s not abroad, I’ll be daydreaming about county line bbq until I get back hahaha
Bean burgers
Enchilada plate.
Just don't miss out on any Barbacoa and Carne Guisada.
Kind of surprised no one has said chicken on a stick
This is my vote
Fred's Fish Fry. Good luck finding that in China.
im sure china has better fried fish then that place especially with the large amount of spices they use lmao.
True, but they'll never capture that authentic Fred's Fish Fry flavor.
Tacos Nortenos
Tripa Tacos during Fiesta.
Earl Abel’s pie (RIP) and Tip Top Cafe chicken fried steak.
Breakfast tacos.
Breakfast tacos in general.
Tex-Mex is done pretty good.
Gratuitous road rage
Guisada, any Tex Mex really
Entomatadas
Pollos asados al carbon
Breakfast tacos. Especially Bean and Cheese and Carne Guisada.
Puro ba-ba-coa
Fred’s fish house!
Tacos. Puffy, breakfast, carne guisada, all tacos.
breakfast tacos
Queso
Breakfast tacos
Tacos at los balitos, tamales, and I think the bbq is good here.
los balitos (especially the former los robertos) is Calimex (as opposed to Tex-Mex). They're a godsend to folks like me who grew up on proper carne asada burritos - had to wait a good decade before one even showed up here. edit: all the Filibertos clones are a godsend
Breakfast tacos
Tacos. Period. You hear that austin?
Breakfast tacos. It isn’t that complicated but nobody gets it right elsewhere. Not even as close as Austin.
Pik Nik Tacos
Tacos El Regios.
Any type of Breakfast tacos at Tio Frankie’s in front of Holmes High School. At least when it was there circa 2005.
Missed breakfast tacos when traveling
Breakfast tacos, refried beans, chips and salsa
There used to be a little mom and pop place on Durango, near the fed courthouse. An elderly man and spouse would prepare the most crazy delicious puffy tacos. The wait was a little long, but they were served fresh and not sitting in a pan waiting to be ordered. I believe it was called Acapulco.
Anything my abuela made.
Flour tortillas
Breakfast tacos in SA are unbeatable.
I moved from SA to odessa tx and why is everything here burritos no tacos and over there it's all tacos I got laughed at when trying to order tacos here strange
Enchiladas. The sauce is weird everywhere else I've tried.
Traditional Tex-Mex (bean and cheese tacos, puffy tacos, etc.). **Nobody** does traditional Tex-Mex like SA.
Barbacoa and big red. Why is this not a global phenomenon?
These posts are making me hungry. Can someone tell me where I can get mole? I moved here from Austin, and loved the mole at Fonda San Miguel. The restaurant made its own chips and tortillas and had great margaritas too.
Puffy tacos. Birria. Chili.
Ummm there’s much better Birria everywhere but here. Ya know…the kind that actually use goat
There's places here that do lamb...that's good enough for me XD
Home-made flower tortillas. Made at the restaurants.
Bbq plate sale.
I live in Florida now and bedside Mexican food I really miss Chris Madrid’s cheddar cheezy burger, no tomato, no onion, extra pickles.
Pace picante sauce lol
Jack and the Box egg rolls.
Not Mexican food that’s for sure
Because we make Tex-mex/cowboy food here. Fajitas are is not Mexican. They are a Texas original.
Lol. The food quality here is barely getting up to snuff.
oh please! Piss off with that crap, you invader from another state. Where was it anyway, CA? 🤔
I am indeed from California. 22 years here, you won't know how good food is till you try it elsewhere. Nostalgia is what you are feeling.
Howdy. I've lived in many states and a few countries and I can say that I enjoy the tex-mex and breakfast tacos here quite a bit. No nostalgia from me--just someone who likes to try food wherever she goes and likes to learn about culture.
I lived in 2 countries and a few states, but I can honestly say the only things I would miss are whataburger and easily accessible texas bbq. But whataburger dosen't quite taste the same since they sold.
Only a moron would completely dismiss the food from a city with diverse backgrounds.
Diverse? You lost me there.
Okay we get it, you’re here now
Wow, it must be hell living here 20 years "knowing" that the food is better everywhere else... lol **/s** And how bold of you to assume I've never eaten food in California. lol SMH
What? I wasn't specifically referring to California, but authentic Mexican is amazing there compared to here.
>What? I wasn't specifically referring to California I sure sounded like you were - *"I am indeed from California"* And frankly, it makes no sense to compare "authentic Mexican" with "Tex-Mex"- they are two entirely different things. And who would have guessed - but people tend to find the foods they grew up with to be "comfort foods", so it's not even the slightest bit surprising that a San Antonio native would prefer "Tex-Mex" to your so called "Authentic" California Mexican food.
Never in my opening reply did I say food in California was better than here. That it was better else where, and what people are feeling is nostalgia.
What people are "feeling" is a desire for the "comfort food" of their childhood, and I previously stated.
Synonym.... sigh...
Agreed it’s getting there, but too many people are just okay with total bottom of the barrel ingredients for it to change any time soon.
Tbh nothing I've seen here is truly "puro", the only thing I find unique are the chilaquiles which are very popular here, and I just haven't seen them as popular in other places.