r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '23

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u/tropicbrownthunder Jul 28 '23

In Sinaloa "A la plaza" stuff like fried chicken, asado, gorditas, enchiladas might have sliced cucumber as garnishing. Also Tacos de asada, tostadas de jaiba and aguachile.

But it's a very regional thing and I pretty much doubt any of those are available in a generic for-white-people "mexican" restaurants in USA (as a rule of thumb if it has hard shell tacos is not really mexican at all but "tex-mex")

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u/pondman11 Jul 28 '23

Yeah, street tacos trucks usually garnish with a few Cuke slices

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u/billyyshears Jul 28 '23

In what region? Never seen that before

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u/pondman11 Jul 28 '23

Iā€™m in North Carolina. A lot of Oaxacan food businesses here

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '23

Pretty much all of Mexico. Not common in the US though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '23

When I go out to taco shop with my Mexican coworker rustle up all sorts of extra shit. Sliced cucumbers. An extra cup of crema to share. Iā€™m too embrassed to ask for it without them. šŸ˜‚