So what is your favorite Mexican food restaurant?
More importantly, why is it your favorite?
These important questions are the basis of my
discussion of My Exclamation Point Life on
this New Year's Eve Eve.
No, I don't have much to do.
Although these topics have puzzled me for decades(?)
two recent events have brought them more
into the focus of my deliberations.
First is the recent visit of my cousin Sarah
from Tucson.
In planning our dining experiences, I should
certainly include Tex-Mex, don't you think?
No. Sarah doesn't like "our" Mexican food.
I took her with great excitement to the most famous
of our Mexican restaurants--Joe T. Garcia's.
"Nothing special," she super nicely told me!
And to my own personal favorite--The Mexican Inn.
"Nothing special."
Ditto El Fenix with my lunch bunch, and I gave up.
The second event was reading about the great
Campo Verde debate on Facebook.
I had desperately wanted to take Sarah to CV
when she was here during the Christmas season,
but I didn't dare!
If she thought those others were bad...
So please tell me...what is your favorite and why.
I'll start.
The Mexican Inn is my favorite because of their
chips.
To me, everything else they have tastes like
everything else all the others have.
But their chips are THE BEST.
When my kids were growing up I used to make
chili and get MI chips to go with it.
And that tradition carries on with them today.
I also like El Fenix because of their
sour cream chicken enchiladas.
And I will be brave enough to admit that I even like
Campo Verde
because of the cheesy ambiance--especially at Christmas.
And their nachos are very tolerable.
Actually, our family's favorite Mexican restaurant
was Caro's, on the Blue Bonnet traffic circle
in Fort Worth--now closed.
The standout for Caro's was their puffy tostados,
which they brought before the meal
instead of traditional chips.
These were the best things ever!
I'm getting the drift here that we are primarily a
"chips" family!
I guess it depends on what you especially like
at a Mexican restaurant.
I mean, does anybody prefer anyone's beans or rice
over anyone else's?
They all taste pretty much the same to me.
And exactly how is one enchilada or taco
significantly better than another.
That's not a rhetorical question--inqiring
minds really want to know!
Herein may lie one of Sarah's problems.
I remember her entree of choice at least one of
those times was a chimichanga.
What in the world is a chimichanga, and
who has Texas's best?
Seriously, friends, help me here!
I have found something that may surprise you.
For Mexican food (except for chips)
I have a new favorite.
It is Chili's.
Chili's has the best sour cream chicken enchiladas,
accompanied by cilantro rice and black beans,
both also especially good!
If this is your entree of choice, give it a try!
And one more thing.
Sarah and I agree that when it comes to tacos,
you just can't beat Taco Bell!
I mean it!
Especially their crispy taco supremes.
Looking forward to some opinions, y'all hear?
