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As someone who has tried tacos in Mexico and what we call Tacos in France, I find the latter to be an insult to the former. One offers a burst of flavors while

As someone who has tried tacos in Mexico and what we call Tacos in France, I find the latter to be an insult to the former. One offers a burst of flavors while the other is just "regressive" food in the sense where it's mostly unsavory carbs and low quality meat that have the gross taste of any of the industrial sweet sauce that it contains. Mexico is good at street food, France just isn't. Also real tacos are "scalable" : Not really hungry? Get one or two. Really hungry? Get four or five. (I call it regressive food because it is generally the type of food that your body craves after a stressor and generally bad for your health in the long term. Massive energy intakes and sedentary lives don't go well together)

ASalazarMX 6y ago
> real tacos are "scalable" : Not really hungry? Get one or two. Really hungry? Get four or five. I'm Mexican, and this is a new way of thinking about tacos for me. It's very true for street tacos, you pay by the taco, so you order exactly how many you want. There are places where you ask for one, eat it, then ask for another, and so on until you're full. JIT tacos.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
  Yeah, another thing I loved about the better carnitas places in Mexico City is you can pick your exact cut of meat. I forget the name of the place but my favorite was near where I was staying in Condesa. It's been in some movies and stuff over the years. No seating at all. You just stand around holding your plate and getting JIT tacos lol. Very convenient to just grab a bite on the way somewhere quick.
rjsw 6y ago
> Mexico is good at street food, France just isn't. Do pancakes (Breton galettes and crêpes) count as street food ?
- kergonath 6y ago
  The crêpes eaten as street food have nothing Breton about them. But yes, that counts as street food. Waffles as well. Breton galettes are meant to be eaten sitting with a bowl of cider, though, completely different beasts. You need a plate to eat a complète or a decent dessert crêpe.

ASalazarMX 6y ago

> real tacos are "scalable" : Not really hungry? Get one or two. Really hungry? Get four or five. I'm Mexican, and this is a new way of thinking about tacos for me. It's very true for street tacos, you pay by the taco, so you order exactly how many you want. There are places where you ask for one, eat it, then ask for another, and so on until you're full. JIT tacos.

jasonwatkinspdx 6y ago
Yeah, another thing I loved about the better carnitas places in Mexico City is you can pick your exact cut of meat. I forget the name of the place but my favorite was near where I was staying in Condesa. It's been in some movies and stuff over the years. No seating at all. You just stand around holding your plate and getting JIT tacos lol. Very convenient to just grab a bite on the way somewhere quick.

rjsw 6y ago

> Mexico is good at street food, France just isn't. Do pancakes (Breton galettes and crêpes) count as street food ?

kergonath 6y ago
The crêpes eaten as street food have nothing Breton about them. But yes, that counts as street food. Waffles as well. Breton galettes are meant to be eaten sitting with a bowl of cider, though, completely different beasts. You need a plate to eat a complète or a decent dessert crêpe.