[svcw]

I would disagree that every restaurant is Tex-Mex. I have eaten Mexican in CO, AZ, NM, TX, UT and CA they are all different. We usually go to non chain hole in the wall places. I have had Mexican in Mexico and most the restaurants are pretty close. I have eaten Mexican in private homes and never had pasta.
Oh, well I'll look over the menus over more carefully next time.

[La Lydia]

To my mind, the best Mexican food in the world, outside of Mexico, is served parallel to a line running from Taos, NM south to and including El Paso. From Santa Fe south, roughly either side of along I-25. I think Arizona is runner-up.

[ansel12]

As a native Texan I sure recognized the difference in Mexican food in California and in New Mexico from Texas, and of course in different regions of Mexico itself.