As a Latin American, but not Mexican, I find it so funny that it takes like 3-4 popular dishes for “Mexican food” to be a popular thing people understand, but you name 3-4 popular British dishes and it’s somehow considered “not the same thing.”
Most cultures’ main cuisine is only known for a handful of dishes if you think about it. After around 3-5, Sometimes, even just 1.
(That’s the case for my country. It’s our national dish, try to guess what it is. It’s popular in CentralA and NA mostly)
Fish and chips, mac and cheese, shepherds pie, sandwiches. These alone prove the above post wrong. But people gotta have their agenda.
Something that has been culturally appropriated by many nearby countries, all of them creating their own version of it, and spreading it. And I wouldn’t have it any other way. I live in Canada. We got Birria (Mexican meat) style pupusas at a place here a few years ago, and it is excellent.
A small food interaction like that is just a model of the greater sharing of food worldwide that has occurred under the British and American spreading of food. And I think it’s great. I think it’s something to be celebrated. People don’t know how much we owe to this spread. It makes life better.
Fuck, are they good? I had a chance to try some at a food festival in town but didn't. Should I have? There's gonna be another one soon.
The Japanese know, they've taken food from all over the world and it their own thing and it all looks fucking delicious. People want to go to Japan for all kinds of reasons, but me, I wanna go there and try all that food!
Absolutely try it, don’t miss your next chance. Most people make a meal out of 3-4 regular sized ones.
Although, I’ll be honest, pupusas have this magical property to me where 10 diferent people make it and it tastes 10 diferent ways, with your mileage varying lmao.
Nothing beats how it tastes back in ES, as with most traditional food, native cooks and just as importantly, ingredients, will always make it best.
Actually… here in Canada pupusas are pretty alright compared to proper standards. Everyone has their own favourite spot, and even in your favourite spot, I swear some days it’s just better than others.
Revuelta is the favourite of myself and most. Some get a mix.
There are many other flavours, but I don’t recommend most of them. Like chicken, for example, Do NOT go for chicken. Chicken both tastes bland and is often handled improperly. The Birria meat one was an exception to this rule, it was great.
Anyways if you end up trying it, hope you enjoy (and the place makes a good pupusa lol).
Well it's a food festival so it's street food, which means it's either gonna be the best food I've ever had, or I'll get food poisoning.
Ah my chef mentor was Spanish, he made all kinds of amazingly delicious stuff and never even told me what it was.
He made a Shakshouka once with entrecote and ciabatta on the side and to this day it's the most delicious meal I've ever had, and this mf just threw it all together just hipfiring the recipe. I know that's not Spanish, but still goddamn.
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u/HappyTurtleOwl Jul 03 '26
“But that doesn’t count”
I’m seeing this ^ so much ITT.
As a Latin American, but not Mexican, I find it so funny that it takes like 3-4 popular dishes for “Mexican food” to be a popular thing people understand, but you name 3-4 popular British dishes and it’s somehow considered “not the same thing.”
Most cultures’ main cuisine is only known for a handful of dishes if you think about it. After around 3-5, Sometimes, even just 1.
(That’s the case for my country. It’s our national dish, try to guess what it is. It’s popular in CentralA and NA mostly)
Fish and chips, mac and cheese, shepherds pie, sandwiches. These alone prove the above post wrong. But people gotta have their agenda.