“Mexican” and “Chinese” food in the USA is completely Americanized.
Sort of like Cinqo de Mayo is really an American (advertising) holiday that isn’t really celebrated in Mexico.
...just as St. Patrick's Day was never celebrated in Ireland until American tourists started coming expecting to see the celebrations.
I'll drink a beer to that. And I did.
/johnny
We are all doomed!
There is a big difference between “Mexican” food in San Diego and Mexican food in Tijuana. Burritos and tacos on the U.S. side are much bigger than they are south of the border. My favorite Mexican food are tamales. Good tamales are very hard to find here. They have to be made fresh every day. The best tamales are the Oaxacan style wrapped in banana leaves (hojas de plantana). I think they taste so good because they are made with real lard.
>>“Mexican” and “Chinese” food in the USA is completely Americanized<<
When I want Mexican food, I go to Mexico. It is amazing just how much Americans destroyed it. For example, Gringos seem to think that you slather salsa of some kind or another on EVERYTHING. That is wrong — you marinate the meat and add salsa sparingly (or, better still, eat small chiles between bites).
And how we changed things I don’t know. What we call a “burrito” (generally) they call a “taco.” What we call a “taco” they call a “taquito.” What we call a “taquito” they call a “flauta.”
And they still cook on open mesquite ovens and use the BLESSED ingredient LARD (heaven!).
American Mexican food is just American Food — a few steps from a hamburger.
As with Italian, French, Japanese or Spanish and a number of other foods. I can not even eat some of these "authentic" foods.
We have taken these foods and made them to our liking.