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Mmm, Chinese Mexican
food. As most people in New York have come to know over the years,
most take-out Mexican restaurants in the city are owned and operated
by Chinese proprietors. We're not quite sure what the attraction is
here, but the fact remains that most of these joints--while stocking
their menus with Mexican favorites like tacos, quesadillas and fajitas--are
very Chinese leaning. In fact, the first menu we ever got from this
joint was particularly Oriental
in its styling. They've changed their approach on subsequent printings.
Despite the change in marketing, the food here remains marginal and
somewhat uninspired. We know it's a bit much to expect haute cuisine
from a place where the entrees top out at six bucks, but some flavor
would be nice. The tortillas have this tendency to congeal and stick
to the roof of your mouth. Eating the steak in the tacos al carbon
is somewhat akin to chewing your way through a bag of salt-water taffy.
The guacamole is a weak green color and reminds me, both in texture
and odor, of that slime that came out of a miniature, plastic garbage
can with the rubber worms in it that I used to play with when I was
a kid. We're not saying this place is lousy, but... yeah we are. [MF]
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