Posted on 01/31/2022 12:19:03 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
A culinary conundrum over two salads and a rice bowl has two restaurants at odds; ‘deconstructed Mexican salad symbolism’
Cafe Rio, a neighboring fast-casual Mexican chain, has argued in court filings that Chop Stop’s offerings violate a provision in its lease that no other restaurant in the same shopping center can make more than 10% of its sales from Mexican or Tex-Mex food. Chop Stop has said in response that its menu items are generic offerings that don’t belong in any culinary category.
For Ms. Sada, an assistant professor at the Culinary Institute of America, one potential consideration in the Viva Mexico Chop is the use of cheddar cheese. “We don’t even have cheddar cheese,” said Ms. Sada, who was born and raised in Mexico. “That’s not something you find in Mexican cuisine.” Simply having some Mexican ingredients in a dish also doesn’t make it Mexican, she added. “For me, it’s not just because somebody takes a jalapeño or a tortilla,” Ms. Sada said. “That’s just creating a dish using Mexican ingredients.”
...As for the case, “two pretty well-financed companies are fighting with each other over the impossible task of deciding what is Mexican food,” he said. “It’s a comedy of errors. I just wish it tasted better.”
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More like how to wiggle out of the rent.
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What a complete joke this country has become.
What idiot nonsense is being pushed as important when the US has such critical problems.
What is Mexican food? Pretty damn awful if you ask me. Greasy and spicy.
Little wonder so many of them want to leave the place.
I was a “professional” cook in the military, well I was also called a stewburner but that’s another point all together...
Anyway we learned about spicing, we learned about following recipes, and we learned the authenticity of different cuisine. And it was told to us that spicing in many countries not only Mexico or Central America was done to flavor meats of questionable origin and freshness.
I can see the need for spicing Meats of questionable origin or freshness because if you’ve ever been to an open-air Market in a third world country you will see things like rack of dog ribs covered with flies on a meat hook behind glass with the ambient temperature of about 90 + degrees Fahrenheit. Or whole chickens hanging up by the neck and probably had been out on display untold hours.
Spice it...
If I was the judge I would order these two morons out of the courtroom until they come up with an agreement between themselves.
And demand it within 5 business days, or face fines for wasting the courts time
Could it be classified as a “White Latino” food?
And therefore be Ok?
America was created by millions of people trying to escape European food.
I’ve seen little places in the food courts of Malls with names like “Texas BBQ”. The people who work there do not speak much English and the meals are mostly General Tso’s Chicken, Beef with Broccoli, Fried Rice and Moo Goo Gai Pan.
That’s Texas BBQ. Hopefully they aren’t violating some quota on how many BBQ places the mall can have.
I would argue anything with pork or beef is not truly Mexican.
Every Mexican restaurant I have eaten at contains food which looks like a pureed mess and is super bland.
Were we all actually from England that may be true but most of us are actually from places that have better food than what is normally consumed here in the US.
There is no excuse for “Mexican food” other than the threat of potential immediate death from malnutrition. Of course that is true of many American foods. Sugarcrusted Chocolatebombs is not an appropriate food for anyone at any time in any quantity except for starving Ethiopians but that is what most feed their children every morning.
Thats true. My mother was a chef and worked for a chef of some small fame and that is always what they said too. Peppers are there to cover up poor technique and tainted ingredients.
Sounds like anticompetitive collusion between businesses at it’s core. So few want real capitalism any more in America and in the process make lawyers rich and clog the courts with needless cases that ultimately waste tax dollars.
Most “Mexican Food” is really “Tex-Mex”, which is as American as apple pie.
easy...
If you eat it and have the $hits for 3 days afterwards, it Mexican Food!!
Actual Mexican food in a restaraunt run by people of actual Mexican heritage is pretty good.
Problem is I live in Wisconsin so even the ones ran by those from Mexico who speak no English often tone down their food to the point where Taco Bell is more spicy.
Tex Mex is a Texas thing. I have had meals in Mexico and they were not spicy. Monterrey and Mexico City. They use a lot more colors than spices. It’s more like French food.
Outside of Texas, “mexican” food is a gamble.
The “Rule” is simple.
“The closer you get to the border - from either direction - the spicer the Mexican food becomes.”
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