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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I lived in Texas for a number of years. Also
New Mexico, where the state question is “red or green?”
which refers to the two distinct colors of chilies used
in their (almost exclusive) mexican dishes. There is a
big difference between “Tex-Mex” and “Mexican” cuisines.
I like Tex-Mex but there’s nothing better than a stack
of red chili enchiladas (muy picante) topped with a fried
egg, and a margarita on the side.
Is Alpo still ok with your fragile palet?
Alpo tacos.
Jack in the Box has them.
Contract law disputes should be settled in Court. It is how a civilized society operates. You may not be interested in the details of the dispute, but you should be happy there is a peaceful way to settle the dispute.
Sounds like the court case a number of years ago over, “what is a sandwich.” Is a wrap a sandwich? And the answer is “it depends on the state”.
Wouldn’t even give Alpo to a dog. As in never. I always cooked for my dog. She liked chicken, turkey and beef. Simmered, and used nice yummy water on her crunchies. Nutro crunchies. Fast forward 20 years, and my new cat still gets Nutro Chicken and Brown Rice crunchies. No GMOs, organic. No wheat eaters in our house.
ping
I like Mexican food.
There you go, injecting “facts” and “reason” into a thread about food. What are you, some kinda newb?
Food threads feature gluttonous praise, snarling invective, and nothing else. Like this:
“Every one of you addle palated cretins criticizing Mexican food ought to sentenced to six months of eating nothing but frozen, gas station hamburgers, to drive home the point that it is possible to find an unappetizing example of any cuisine, and foolish to condemn the entire cuisine because of it.
See?
Good for you.
Muy excellente!
Tex-Mex is a large improvement.
In 1961, on a Navy Med cruise, we often saw skinned dogs, cats and bald chickens hanging in butcher shop windows. That was in Naples and just South of Athens... in the Summer.
We refrained from eating meals ashore and instead limited ourselves to alcoholic beverages. We survived.
Two thumbs up!
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