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I've got dinner prepared already, just need to cook it tonight. We are having Fajitas, which is one my favorite things to eat!
How neat.....you all have fajitas even in Australia.....I'm pleasantly amazed.
When I saw Noomi's post it was tongue biting time.I still recall a friend living in New York, one that had never been to the Southwest, who was absolutely in total disbelief that I could possibly know about good bagels and shmears out here on the desert. And nothing I could say would shake his particular bigotry about that.
So when Noomi mentioned fajitas last night, my immediate kneejerk reaction is that she, in Australia, could not possibly know what good fajita were. You have to be here in the heart of Mexican/New Mexican/southwestern cuisine to get great fajitas.
I resisted though. Because we can get great bagels here. And who am I to say that Australians don't make great fajitas.
You are absolutely right. But, I couldn't keep from thinking about the experiences I've had. When I lived in New Hampshire....there was one Mexican Restaurant, and people were always telling us that it was great (they knew I was from Texas)....so we finally decided to try it...and it was awful. Also, I couldn't find tortillas, corn or flower, in any grocery store, except in a can. That was weird. Maybe now you can.
Noomi's picture looks authentic fajitas like the ones I know. I wonder who introduced that delicacy to Australians though, and whether or not they have added their own twist in an attempt to make them better?
I can relate to your NH experience too. When we were last in Washington DC, our daughter took us to a restaurant (she hadn't tried it) recommended as absolutely the best Mexican food you could get in DC. It was PITIFUL!!! Not one authentic thing about it other than I think a tortilla might have been included in there somewhere. Ungodly expensive but quite disappointing. I have found some good Mexican/southwestern cuisine in Texas but you have to hunt for it amidst all the Tex-Mex places. When we lived in Kansas there was one family of cooks/chefs that made excellent Mexican food but they moved around to different restaurants a lot. We always checked to see where they were working before we went out for Mexican food because the rest of it was pretty bad.
The Mexican food you get in South Texas (around San Antonio) is a tad different than the one you get in New Mexico. My in-laws (brother/sister) live in Albuquerque and when we visit them they always want to take us to Mexican restaurants. I've always found that the New Mexico mexican food is always a bit too spicy (hot) for me, I have to ask them which dishes are less hot. Also, they seem to introduce some "indian" touches...like the blue corn chips with salsa. But, other than that, I think it is similar. And, yes, the food you get in San Antonio and surrounding area is Tex-mex, because when you go to Mexico, their mexican food is completely different.
