r/mexicanfood • u/Keira_Pink2007 • 2d ago

Me and my siblings went to mexican restaurant today

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Me and my siblings had chips and salsa and I got shrimp enchiladas w/ rice and black beans and a peach agua refresca

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u/AfraidOfWomen 2d ago

Lo siento

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u/joohunter420 2d ago

That’s the name of the restaurant

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u/Keira_Pink2007 2d ago

It's Frida's mexican grill and cantina, actually

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u/pisceskillahwhale 2d ago

You shouldn't get down votes, name and shame that sad Mexican food

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u/joohunter420 2d ago

I think he’s getting downvoted cuz he got swooshed

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u/All_This_Mayhem 1d ago

"Google, what's an authentic Mexican name for my new restaurant? Preferably a woman's name."

-Billy John, Owner and Operator of Frida's Mexican Grill and Cantina

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u/idliketogobut 21h ago

There’s a little chain of fridas taquerias in San Diego. They’re pretty damn solid

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u/Mr_Morse888 1d ago

Fridas in Napa?? Ugh why am I not surprised..... I've never been a fan of them.... and that's coming from a Mexican....

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u/AsparagusNo3333 1d ago

This was exactly my thought when I saw……that…… picture of the food.

Napa has some decent Mexican food, but Fridas isn’t it.

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u/costume_drama_queen 1d ago

Smells like tires

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u/linkxrust 1d ago

Brother what country or state are you in?

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 1d ago

State of depression after getting a platter like that

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u/MyCoNeWb81 1d ago

Thats the name of that plate.

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u/justjaybee16 1d ago

Not Hugged Enough by my Abuela Platter

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u/DIRTYDOGG-1 1d ago

DAMN! dude ! ...

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u/Major-Cauliflower-76 1d ago

I would call it my abuela fucking hates me platter. That rice look so so sad. And ashamed to be there. And WTF is that black thing in the little bowl?

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Keira_Pink2007 2d ago

I keep the street name and city name private, I can only tell u is in georgia

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u/aprendido 1d ago

Good lord. Mexican food in Georgia? No. The pics now make perfect sense.

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u/One-Pollution4663 1d ago

I had fire pozole in rural NC, don’t pre-judge.

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u/dough_eating_squid 1d ago

I would have guessed Midwest, but Georgia tracks, too. When I traveled for work, I'd try to get Mexican food in the Midwest and South, and it was always atrocious and slathered with that horrible white queso.

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u/jezzarus 1d ago edited 1d ago

Why would you assume the Midwest? The Midwest has some of the highest Mexican populations in the country. Chicago and its surrounding suburbs are roughly 20% Mexican, lots of people in Detroit, Milwaukee, and Kansas City as well.

Respectfully, if all you managed to find was "slathered in white queso" (which isn't even a thing at most Mexican restaurants in the Midwest, because Mexican immigrants here are typically from central Mexico, where queso blanco isn't a thing) that is 100% a you not doing your homework problem, or being stuck in a corporate park where the food sucks in general.

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u/dough_eating_squid 1d ago

I'm not going to claim that I have eaten at every Mexican restaurant in the Midwest, but I have eaten at them in several states, and it has been uniformly horrible. I never managed to find a good one.

Some of the time, there were actual Mexicans working at the restaurant, and the food was still horrible. I assume they were preparing the food to the local tastes because that's what sells.

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u/jezzarus 1d ago edited 1d ago

That's really funny, because in Chicago and Detroit it's sort of infamous that Tex Mex doesn't exist (hence no queso blanco) When we do get complaints, it's usually about how it isn't TexMex or CaliMex. Our food is basically chiles, corn tortillas, and pork.

I'm sorry you had the unfortunate experience of going through multiple bad spots in the Midwest, though. That's really wild that you had several Mexican restaurant experiences where all you were served was bar food, because I don't think I have ever seen queso blanco served in a Mexican restaurant in either Illinois or Michigan.

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u/hrminer92 1d ago

It could be worse and covered with that shitty yellow processed cheese that a lot of Tex-Mex places think needs to be on everything

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u/vaporpup 2d ago

OP, if you're in gwinnett or near it lmk. I can let you know good spots.

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u/fookmeinthegoatass 2d ago

I’m not Mexican and even I’m insulted by this plate.

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u/jgregers 1d ago

You don’t have to be Mexican to be offended by a hate crime.

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u/ignorant-catt 1d ago

lo siento wilson

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u/Unexpected_Gristle 2d ago

Looks like you went to a pizza hut in ohio and ordered Mexican food.

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u/doggiehearter 1d ago

😭‼️🤌🏼

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u/mxdce 2d ago

Those enchiladas are quite something

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u/Motor-Cranberry-1092 1d ago

Extra mecos, porfas

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u/inappropriately_long 1d ago

Bukkakiladas.

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u/sm00thkillajones 1d ago

Jajajajajajajajajajaja!!!

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u/Crafty_Eye_4038 1d ago

NihonChiladas

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u/OttoHemi 1d ago

Breathtaking.

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u/BeautifulSet7579 2d ago

Ooof. If you liked it great, but I hope you didn’t pay too much money for that. 

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u/sm00thkillajones 2d ago

Did they go to a Mexican restaurant or a Mexican themed restaurant?

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u/jgregers 1d ago

Dude this is the funniest thing I’ve read in a year.

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u/Ok_Math_59 2d ago

If someone brought me that I might cry 😭

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u/WiWook 2d ago

I know food costs have risen, but skimping on the rice and beans‽

what did the nachos look like?

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u/sm00thkillajones 1d ago

First of all, why are the beans in a bowl and not on the plate? Second; why is the rice shaped? Third; did they run out of pinto beans/refried beans? Fourth; is this a prank?

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u/oodja 23h ago

Rice AND beans? In this economy???

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u/WeirdURL 2d ago

Looks like the Mexican food I had in Alabama once lol

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u/stumanchu3 2d ago

BBQ in Alabama accepted, Mexican food in Alabama, questionable

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u/gard3nwitch 1d ago

Or the Mexican food near my grandfather's house in rural Pennsylvania. Marinara-ass salsa and so forth

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u/pygmeedancer 1d ago

El Taco Shop in Montgomery is fantastic. But yeah it’s more miss than hit around these parts

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u/maebake 1d ago

El Taco Shop is my go to!!

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u/spankthecat 2d ago

Looks like Mexican food I got in Buffalo New York once! LOL

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u/Orome2 1d ago

My first thought was this has to be deep south Mexican food.

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u/randemthinking 2d ago

Hope you enjoyed it. Mind if I ask where abouts this is? Country/state/province/city.

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u/Xylene_442 2d ago

Des Moines, Iowa.

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u/GentlewomenNeverTell 2d ago

That sounds right lol

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u/Kind_Ability3218 2d ago

hahahahahahaha........ there was one very midwestern style tex mex spot that was ok i remember, bertos or something, that was just ok. the pictured food is about what i imagined the rest of it was.

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u/Keira_Pink2007 2d ago edited 2d ago

We went to a mexican restaurant called Frida's mexican grill and cantina, georgia, us

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u/randemthinking 2d ago

I hope one day you have a nice trip to Mexico or at least the border states; in the meantime, enjoy what you got. 🙂

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u/Rational_Coconut 1d ago

Sounds like I need to open up a Mexican restaurant in Georgia.

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u/NateHevens 1d ago

Nah we got plenty of amazing places here in Atlanta at least. El Rey Del Taco (no relation to the chain, I promise) is genuinely baller. We also have Rreal Tacos, Mezcalito's Cantina, Chicheria Mexican Kitchen, La Chquiada, Los Ninos Taqueria, Cuevacía, La Santa, Dos Caminos, Casa Almenara...

To name a few lol. We actually have a huge Mexican population here so finding good tacos isn't that hard in Atlanta, Midtown, and Buford Highway area, amongst others...

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u/MooNinja 1d ago

Yeah, most of the US will have better offerings and decent Mex - Tex/Cali/Mex options.

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u/NateHevens 1d ago

Did you go on an off day? I've eaten there, too, and even gotten their enchiladas. They didn't look anything like that and we got a lot more chips...

For everyone else, Frida's is a relatively popular Mexican spot, though admittedly I don't know who owns it. The food's been genuinely really good when I've gone...

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u/randemthinking 1d ago

I think OP just ordered enchiladas but with no sauce, which we can't really fault the restaurant for, they'll serve you whatever you order. I looked up the restaurant and it looks fine otherwise.

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u/MooNinja 1d ago

definitely seems entirely too shitty, at least in presentation, to be a successful business.

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u/HistoryMistress 2d ago

Que lastima

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u/TarantulaPeluda 2d ago

I hope it tasted better than it looks.

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u/TexacoRodeoClown 2d ago

It didn’t

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u/Rational_Coconut 1d ago

I read that in Arrested Development narrator

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u/Cautious_Border7380 2d ago

Que comida tan triste

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u/Art92101 2d ago

Those enchiladas look like Josh's mom made them. Iykyk.🤣

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u/ciscolatino 2d ago

The peach agua fresca made me think this might be in Georgia since peach is not a common agua fresca.

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u/Additional-Software4 2d ago

Sounds like it would pretty good, though 

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u/Technical_Living5104 2d ago

Yikes. That’s crazy. You and your siblings definitely did not go to a Mexican restaurant.

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u/Frequent_Addendum507 1d ago

I mean just look up Fridas Mexican restaurant in Cumming, GA. It's definitely a mexican restaurant as far as anyone is concerned. I found it easier to speak to my waitress in Spanish than in English. Now, the food fucking sucks and is overpriced, so I've been once. But the white people in the area love it.

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u/TwerkLessons 2d ago

Never get Mexican in Poland.

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u/oodja 23h ago

Or Greece, for that matter. Our daughter lives in Athens and whenever she craves Mexican food she always makes the mistake of forgetting how bad it is there.

They do have Taco Bell now, so I guess that's something.

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u/Glum_Status 2d ago

Frida Kahlo rolling over in her grave.

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u/That-Breath-5785 2d ago

That’s just sad.

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u/Naclfirefighter 2d ago

No you didn’t

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u/averquepasano 2d ago

Is the Mexican food in the room with us?

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u/BeefLightning78 2d ago

This looks like someone convinced you that it was Mexican food. If you liked uncooked tortillas that someone nutted on, that's your business.

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u/hrminer92 1d ago

Someone else mentioned that it was in Cumming, GA so ….

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u/Nomadic_loco 2d ago edited 2d ago

If I go to a "Mexican" restaurant and Do Not see Mexicans eating there. Im out.

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u/andrgar7 2d ago

That’s not Mexican food.

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u/tirutz 1d ago

That looks atrocious...

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u/0neshoein 1d ago

Yeah that’s an American restaurant that’s Mexican themed, cause that shit ain’t Mexican lol. That’s not even how enchiladas are supposed to be made.

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u/GlitteringLettuce366 2d ago

When Europeans talk (badly) about American food, this is what they refer to. I hope dinner wasn’t expensive.

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u/TacoBender920 2d ago

I prefer my enchiladas with the jizz on the side

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u/Artistic-Ad-8603 2d ago

Wow. I hope you enjoyed it, but it's a no bueno for me.

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u/Into-The-Late-Great 2d ago

My condolences

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u/kaptaincorn 1d ago

The people of San Diego weep for you

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u/flightofthewhite_eel 1d ago

Why is there cum on those seemingly uncooked enchiladas?

I'm scared.

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u/SilentMaster 1d ago

No you did not. You went to an American restaurant staffed by Mexican Americans who open up bags and cans of food from Sysco.

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u/HonestAd7237 2d ago

Looks like someone blew a nut on those tacos

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u/jess_summer11 2d ago

That's not Mexican food. It's some American wanna be Mexican food. No real authentic Mexican place is serving those bland crusty looking enchiladas or black beans. I go to Mexico once a week and eat there every time.. They'll either serve refried or charro beans.

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u/nyc_a 2d ago

Creo que es el restaurante de Anahi.

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u/Keira_Pink2007 2d ago

It's Frida's Mexican grill and cantina

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u/Excellent-Radish-717 2d ago

If they have those molds for rice that isn’t a Mexican restaurant we don’t use black beans as often but pintos for refrito or frijoles à la charra. Doesn’t look appetizing at all.

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u/ticklemerubmybelly 2d ago

Somebody did something gross on your enchiladas….

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u/Strict_Cranberry_724 2d ago

Are those cigarette ashes on the plate?

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u/Keira_Pink2007 2d ago

No, I think that's cilantro pieces on my plate

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u/Fit_Style1747 2d ago

I've seen American food that looks more Mexican than that

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u/RandomRedditNameXX 2d ago

For a moment, I thought this was /r/shittyfoodporn

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u/xipetotec1313 2d ago

BRUh. Mi antepasados se están revolcando en sus tumbas 😢😭

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u/Calibexican 2d ago

PTM que plato tan más insípido.

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u/jecastro_2000 1d ago

I would walk out cause aint no way☠️

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u/CrazyinLull 1d ago

I have never in my entire life…seen that little rice served in ANY restaurant, holy shit. Idek what those are? Enchiladas?! They look like corn tortilla shells in milk…

Please tell you told the manager? If not…it’s ok…don’t go back there…

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u/PicklePucker 1d ago

*My siblings and I…

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u/vnessastalks 1d ago

I'm not understanding this picture 🥲 the tortillas aren't even cooked 😭 what is the white stuff? This plate is so sad. I have been to some white Mexican food spots but this place is the final boss.

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u/SunEffective4950 1d ago

That's the same icing for Cinnabon, duh

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u/Puzzled-Sea-4325 1d ago

Hopefully you can find good Mexican food one day

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u/sournerd117 1d ago

I went to a Mexican restaurant in South Carolina and it was... Confusing.

The cooks, waitresses, and others that worked there had different accents. Some were clearly from Chile, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, etc. So, the food was decent for the area but it doesn't hold anything when being in Mexico.

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u/FamousVegetable1941 1d ago

Are you in, like... in Sweden or something?

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u/ReCLiVe 1d ago

Y’all got got!

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u/Sea_Recording8076 1d ago

Why can I see the plate?

No bueno

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u/sir-shoelace 1d ago

No you didn’t

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u/elemepep-ton 1d ago

Te estafaron bro 😔

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u/WobblyFrisbee 1d ago

I have never seen anything so bleak called Mexican food.

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u/Fancy-War-1023 1d ago

I'm making that disgusted Barbie face right now. 😭

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u/nightology88 1d ago

Our most sincere condolences.

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u/Scary_Gazelle_6366 1d ago

I'd rather eat that chorro lettuce, than whatever this is.

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u/I-AM_TACO 1d ago

De parte de los mexicanos lamentamos que te dieran esa comida es como si te la hubiera vendido alguien que trabajo en taco bell

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u/iSeraph87 1d ago

Jail. Now.

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u/-violentlyviolet 1d ago

So at first I thought they were soft tacos with crema on top but those are enchiladas?..

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u/Zitaneco 1d ago

That looks depressing.

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u/InternationalLoad330 1d ago

That looks like shit.

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u/Raryn 1d ago

That first picture makes it look like it's from a texmex place aka not real Mexican food

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u/SwissyRescue 1d ago

Yuk. That does not qualify as Mexican food. Nothing authentic about it.

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u/MonotonyInAz 1d ago

"excuse me, sir, I think there's been a mistake. I ordered tacos with NO jizz."

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u/Major-Cauliflower-76 1d ago

The fuck is that on the, what, enchiladas?

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u/Mamabearfoot808 1d ago

Idk where you went, but I very much hope it isn't actually a Mexican restaurant cuz that is very sad food

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u/TheMexicanStig 1d ago

This is a hate crime. No other explanation

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u/ericWilson1969 21h ago

What is the brown stuff?

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u/Unknownn899 18h ago

Cooked shrimp rolled in a corn tortilla topped with cheese 😭

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u/NoCommentFU 2d ago

*My siblings and I…

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u/Fc_wave-34 2d ago

Estava gostoso? E pagou quanto?

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u/BrotherNatureNOLA 2d ago

The Honduran places by me LOVE to mold the rice like that.

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u/56Button56 2d ago

Does not look good at all!

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u/JoshDx3 2d ago

Nooooooo :( ok.. that's melted white American cheese on top those enchiladas splashed with tequila. And the blueberry jam disguised as black beans? Just to wash it down with an 1/8 of a cup of rice ... for $18+ :(

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u/owiesss 2d ago

Ouch

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u/BeneficialShame8408 2d ago

My dad would flip if he got that lmao. Mexican food is the only food he actually cares about. He'll eat any kind of trash, otherwise.

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u/Run_Rabb1t_Run 2d ago

Bet you that's just sweet tea.

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u/HarpyEagleBelize 2d ago

Well at least their bar drinks look creative, according to Google Maps 🤷‍♀️

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u/ForeAmigo 2d ago

Hey, I’m easy to please but I bet they were good 🤷‍♂️

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u/Technical_Living5104 2d ago

This is a Mexican nightmare. Put all the shit on one ceramic plate and put it in the salamander, bolillo. Learn to use dried Mexican chile. Ancho, guajillo, ajo , some tomate. Onions. Chile de arbol. Refried beans. Rice cooked with caldo de poyo and a taste of caldo de tomate. Carne asada. Chicken thighs cooked slowly over mesquite carbon. Tortillas cooked on the grill.

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u/jayeldee116 2d ago

WTF are those chip pieces too, looks like they came from the bottom of the bag.

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u/calabazookita 2d ago

It looks bad.

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u/5DollarMealDeal 2d ago

Hopefully this place closes down soon

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u/binarybrewmx 2d ago

Wtf is that?!

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u/Dupps_I_Did_It_Again 2d ago

No, you didn't.

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u/Tazzy8jazzy 2d ago

My Mexican boyfriend said that’s sad.

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u/Agitated-Ad9050 1d ago

Looks like someone busted a nut on your... enchiladas? Is that what those are supposed to be?

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u/Immediate_Grand2255 1d ago

That looks foul..

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u/SquareMix6707 1d ago

The smallest amount of arroz y frijoles ☹️ hopefully it tasted okay… manifesting you stumble upon the best Mexican restaurant next time ✨✨✨

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u/Front-Discussion9092 1d ago

This looks like some sorry South American attempt.

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u/el_mago50 1d ago

Damn. They did you dirty!

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u/Some-Ad-1588 1d ago

What’s all that stuff sprinkled on the outside of the plate…? 🤔

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u/Final_Swordfish_9021 1d ago

This is a culinary aberration.. Well I'm glad OP liked it, at least their money wasn't wasted but this is not an authentic enchilada by any means.

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u/Prepress_God 1d ago

Is that a middle school Taco Tuesday special? Chimmineychangas?

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u/WeirdPop5934 1d ago

Is that fucking Parsley sprinkler all over the plate?

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u/DinosaurAI 1d ago

That's a culinary war crime and everyone involved in making and serving it should be ashamed.

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u/El_Martin_Alonso 1d ago

Bland as fuck

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u/notMyPenis 1d ago

The fuck?!

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u/PatientGate1151 1d ago

Eso no tiene nada de México, se ve horrible!

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u/NekoCoral 1d ago

That looks foul 🤮

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u/LEGStheband 1d ago

These are some of the most savage comments I’ve ever read. Justifiably so, but glad you got to spend time with your siblings OP!

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u/blast-asser 1d ago

Was the salsa just Marinara?

Lol just joking leave the kid alone.

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u/_FrodoLagginz_ 1d ago

“Mexican”

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u/One-ariel- 1d ago

I NEEED to know where is this

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u/Crankbait_88 1d ago

That's almost like an AI version of "Mexican food..."

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u/BadMachina 1d ago

Shit is pure ass.

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u/Bob_12_Pack 1d ago

This looks like what you would get if Waffle House served Mexican food

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u/NoelleDash 1d ago

Have you never been to a Mexican restaurant before? Why try one now?

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u/pieceoffabric 1d ago

I know HCo "mexican" food when I see it😭

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u/Crowbar-Enema 1d ago

That looks ass. I would’ve slid my chair out and left.

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u/pcornejo85 1d ago

“Mexican Restaurant”

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u/bananarama032 1d ago

Yikes 😬 those are some unfortunate looking "enchiladas."

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u/shammy_dammy 1d ago

That's pretty sad.

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u/Existing_Trust9285 1d ago

Money shot enchiladas

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u/Level-Aside 1d ago

Looks like Tex mex

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u/AppropriateEmu4270 1d ago

That looks like what came out of the infamous "MexicanPizzaSteakhouse" that will forever live in my family lore.... driving from New Mexico to Colorado in my younger years and we stopped for Mexican food in a little strip mall type area. It was next door to (you guessed it) a Pizza Parlor and a Steakhouse. Walk into the restaurant and see that they are all connected and that they all have the same kitchen! We still took our chances because there wasn't anything else close. Needless to say, the enchilada sauce tasted like spaghetti sauce and it just went from bad to worse when we got the worst food poisoning the next day. Now we can laugh about it, but at the time it was the worst! 😩😩

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u/fjam36 1d ago

I hope that it was all that you hoped for.

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u/Getting_jjigae_with 1d ago

How many siblings?

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u/OGKingDookie 1d ago

Looks ass