The Breakfast Tacos of San Antonio
Denver Post sportswriter John Henderson visits San Antonio for work and develops a fascination for that city's great contribution to Tex-Mex cuisine, the humble breakfast taco: "I can't imagine trying to drive with cheddar and beans flowing down my wrist but in San Antonio, the traditions of neighboring Mexico clash with fast-paced modern American society. I often saw people driving through downtown in the morning with a taco nearing their mouth. It's messier than a cellphone but not nearly as annoying. "It doesn't take up too much of your time when you're rushing," Torres said. "You call, it's ready, you pick it up and go."
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3 Comments:
being a relatively recent transplant to texas, i cannot extol the virtues of the breakfast taco often or enthusiastically enought to my friends up north. you can't get a bagel or a decent bacon-egg-and-cheese on a roll down here, but who needs them when you can have a chorizo and egg taco on homemade tortillas?
carriebwc at 9:15AM on 04/05/07
I'm from deep south texas. I can see Mexico from window and I can vouch for how great breakfast tacos are. We have a long standing tradition of breakfast tacos here in the great Rio Grande Valley. Depends on the person but most people will tell you that El Pato and tacos from the Laredo Taco Company are the best. I can't think of a better way to start the morning than with a chorizo, egg and potato taco with a glass of chocolate milk.
Dave the Barbarian Chef at 11:54AM on 04/05/07
Breakfast tacos in south or central Texas are great, sure, but lunch and dinner tacos (and chalupas for that matter) are what I really pine for. (I'd rather mop up that Saturday night hangover at 1pm Sunday with some barbacoa or al pastor and a Modelo.)
Christopher Balla at 4:14AM on 04/06/07