On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Dan Minette wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 10:58 AM
> Subject: RE: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes (wasRe:Hardworking?)
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> > In our own conversations offlist, you yourself once expressed contempt of
> > the quality of a Mexican meal I was about to go out for. You said that it
> is
> > impossible to get a decent Mexican meal outside of America (presumably you
> > include Mexico in that definition of America...). That is sheer arrogance,
> > whichever way you slice it. It's that attitude people take umbrage with.
> > Everything in the US is the best.
>
> Ah, I also think that its virtually impossible to get good Mexican
> food in New England. Ah, its not that Mexico is part of the US, its
> that Texas is very Mexican. I have friends who ate at the best
> Mexican restaurant in London and they said it was the same quality as
> the #1 Mexican restaurant in Conneticuit.
Having eaten at 3 or 4 Mexican restaurants in New England, I'd have to say
they're not the greatest in the world.
> Charlie, Texas is one third Hispanic. London is probably less than
> 1%. Where would you expect to find authentic first rate Mexican
> food?Actually, there is a unique Texas cuisine: Tex-Mex that I was
> thinking about.
It's dang near impossible to get Tex-Mex outside of Texas. There's a
place in DC that does "Southwestern" stuff, called Austin Grill, and if
you're incredibly desperate for a Tex-Mex fix, it might tide you over for
a day or two. Might. Any place that puts mahi-mahi (sp?) into a taco or
burrito or whatever it was my sister ordered doesn't quite cut it. (And
the texture of the chicken in the enchilada was off, but at least the
sauce was OK.) Oh, and coffee flan? PUH-LEEZE!
There, I've dissed something in DC. :) (Gautam, you may flame if you
like, but please read the next paragraph first.)
But Austin doesn't have anything to compare to all the cool, FREE museums
& stuff that make DC such a cool place to visit. (And unlike Austin, you
can actually get Ethiopian food in DC, not that I'm a fan of it, but I
know people here who'd love to be able to have it once or twice a month.)
And the public transportation system there blows away any I've ever met up
with. I'd rather live here in Austin, but having a sister living in DC to
visit once in awhile is a great thing. (And she feels likewise.)
Julia
who was raised not to behave like a rude tourist when visiting other US
cities, and who should probably go to another country sometime to see just
how well she can be not-rude elsewhere in the world
