In which it was just awful!
After a day of popping ibuprofen, sleeping, and listening to my iPod, I got the guys to take me out to dinner. We went to ‘downtown’ Greenwood and chose a Mexican restaurant.
It looked good from the outside, with white stucco and a big gaudy neon sign, but all the staff were gringo. The salsa was… acceptable. The food itself, however, was so mediocre that I can’t even really describe it. They didn’t even use Mexican cheese; it was finely shredded cheddar like Taco Bell uses. The beans were thick and tasteless, the rice was heavily but inexpertly spiced, and their enchilada sauce was more like marinara than anything else.
Since I hadn’t eaten in two days, I was able to fill up on chips and salsa so quickly that I didn’t really need my entree of cheese and onion enchiladas with rice and beans.
Neither of the guys ate more than half of their entrees either.
I realized as we were leaving that we should have known it was gonna suck: it didn’t smell right outside. Mexican restaurants usually smell a certain way, know what I mean?
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we have a heavenly latino restaurant here run by a family. there’s granddad who nearly always has at least 2 grandkids in tow while he seats people, mostly family serves, or family friends. i loved the food. of course after taco time (taco bell equivalent) what do i know about mexican food. what i do know is that this stuff is great.
we saw some friends there with their baby (just under a year old) they fed the infant refried beans. you shoulda seen that kid suck it back. it was a hoot to watch!
OMG, Taco Time! I’d forgotten all about them! (They existed in Oregon and Washington, but they don’t have them out here in the Midwest.) -m
Inexpertly spiced or not, I’m afraid I would have sucked it all down greedily. I’ve been failing to post about OUR new diet. I’ts the no/low carb thing. I suppose I haven’t told anyone yet because subconciously I know how sad it truly is. Carbs RULE! (Especially when you have had close to 0 in the last two weeks.)
No one ever said beauty was easy. Which is why most of the world is less beautiful than you. I hate dieting, and I can’t live without carbs. -m
I know exactly what you mean. It’s how I evaluate Pakistani/Indian restaurants; you can tell straight away if they’re going to be any good because if they ARE, they’ll have that certain aroma about them.
If they’re too frelling sterile, they’ll just blow chunks. Can’t smell turmeric and cumin? Don’t go in.
Tumeric, cumin, and ghee, I think. -m
you failed to answer the most important question, though …
HOW WERE THE MARGARITAS???
Bo had one, said it was, “Fine.” Which is hardly a stunning recommendation. Then he said, “But I don’t know how you could make a bad one… I guess you could leave out the tequila.”