The chile relleno was, sadly, pedestrian, and notable only for its astonishing amount of cheese. The restaurant itself was very spacious; the entry hall was as big as some of the other restaurants we’d been in over the course of the preceeding week. The eating area was likewise quite large; oddly, however, there was music playing [...]
June 17, 2009
Since we were in San Antonio, Taco Cabana’s fluorescent pink signs started to show up to us everywhere. For some reason Taco Cabana’s typography reminds me of the Flintstones’ one: crazy letters written by somebody out of control over the typing process such as a child or one of the Flintstones prehistoric subjects. The texture [...]
June 17, 2009
After one day without visiting Mexican restaurants, we went to Blanco Café. Mr. Alejandro F. San Miguel, a Mexican migrant from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, founded this place back in 1974. Wanting to go into business for himself, he opened a restaurant with the help of his family, which included his wife Elida and 10 [...]
June 15, 2009
Crissy, we did it! We made it to San Antonio, and ate at Cascabels! I have been hearing about this place for two damn years, so you’d better believe I was going to go try their food. If I had come to San Antonio and NOT gone to Cascabels or Blanco Cafe, I think I [...]
June 15, 2009
I’m kind of behind in my postings (we’re supposed to be switching writing responsibilities every other restaurant) but damn, driving makes me tired. Especially since we were driving through so much desert… I had pocas ganas at the end of the day to sit and stare at the computer. And we have seen and eaten [...]
June 10, 2009
. Baltazar, amigo ixhuateco radicado desde hace un par de años en San Antonio nos llevó a desayunar en la Taqueria El novillero Jalisco, que se encuentra a pocas cuadras de su casa. Al llegar al lugar la mesera que se acerco para ofrecernos los menús saludo a Baltazar con una sonrisa amable como la que [...]
June 17, 2009