I think it's funny how you can go into pretty much any American-Mexican restaurant in the US and they have exactly the same menu. No matter the state or the owner of the establishment.
Not only is it always the same but it is also an absolutely enormous menu. I haven't lived in USA for many years but I recall being able to get a mountain of food during the lunch specials for something like $4. I'm sure that isn't possible anymore.
Not quite that good, but you do still get a lot of food. When my wife and I order chicken fajitas we can usually share them and get another meal a piece out of them. Of course it doesn't help that we fill up so much on the chips and salsa! One thing I really love about American-Mexican restaurants is that the food comes out fast since most of the prep work for the dishes is all done ahead of time. All they really have to do is sear off the protein and veggies and slap it together.
Of course it doesn't help that we fill up so much on the chips and salsa!
while it has been a long time since I went to one of these places I always would tell myself that I am not going to load up on chips and salsa, but I always do and this is even though it normally only takes 5 minutes, miraculously, for all mexican food to be prepared.
I have never been offered free chips and salsa in any restaurant in Mexico.
Well that's just a dang shame then. It must be a very American thing. I am with you. I always say I need to pace myself and then I just turn into a ravenous moron! It's crazy how fast your food comes out!
It likely started out as one place having an edge on the others by offering something for free since almost all Mexican restaurants have the exact same menu... then it just became par for the course.
Yeah, that is a really good point! Have you been able to watch any US sports while you have been on a close timezone? I'm watching football right now and that made me think of it.
Quite a lot actually. We did go to a sports bar to try to watch NFL but then I realized what I should have presumed: I am in Mexico and nobody here gives a damn about american football. We did get a game on but I think it just annoyed the bartender so I have just been watching a game here and there at my parents' place.
Haha, that is pretty funny. Yeah, I think they care more about soccer down there. There is a guy on Hive that used to live in Wisconsin or Minnesota and he moved down to Mexico and started a sports bar down there. I don't remember what area now. It's probably hundreds if not thousands of miles away from where you are. It would have been cool if it was close. I think he pulled his stake on here a bit ago though.
Yeah they love the soccer here and it is understandable why. It seems as though there is a great deal of poverty here and that is a sport where you don't really need any equipment in order to play.