From the Department of What the Hell Was I Thinking?
I just ate lunch at a little place with home cooking. Feeling adventurous, I accepted the worker's offer to try the ghoulash-like dish which he referred to as "fajitas". Up to this point, I considered my worst decision in Israel to have been going to the mas hachnasa (income tax authority) three times in a week. There's a new #1 in town, folks.
And if I ever decide to eat "shakshuka" in Mexico City, please shoot me. Sorry, Big Felafel, still searching for Mexican food.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Israeli Culinary Lesson #494
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Back in the old country, I wanted to make felafels once, long ago before the Israelis came to teach me how wrong I was. My Israeli family sent me the package of felafel mix and I made them. Make balls, boil in oil. It's all good.
Now how to serve them? Obviously, they have to be in pita. Sauce: yoghurt with garlic and lemon juice. Toppings: lettuce, tomato, onions and cheddar cheese.
It was tasty, but didn't taste RIGHT. But I didn't know why.
:-) Now I know--felafel taco is a concept way before it's time in an alternate universe.
Hmmm... Guess we won't be going there for lunch anytime soon...
Anger...it makes me angry to know there is so much bad mexican food here. What do Israelis have against a good burrito...is it the beans?
HA! There's an Israeli restaurant in LA's Valley, and they once had fajitas as a special, and I made the mistake of ordering them. And my friend shook her head sadly as I picked at my food and said, "It's your own fault." And she was right.
Well, it's not TexMex, but have you tried Callerbo's (Callerro's?) on Bograshov? Across from the sexy lingerie shop. Carol
Good G-d, what is felafel taco?
I have not been to Caballero's but I heard from a fellow Texan that it's not good. And if there's anything Texans know, it's Mexican food. (And the death penalty.)
The place on Bograshov is Caballero's and it's run by two Californians. It's not REAL Mexican but it is California Mexican-ish which is a heck of a lot better than any of the other attempts in this country.
I hate to be negative but everywhere I go in the world I hear North Americans complain that they can't get Mexican food and if they can, complain it's not 'real'...well we don't all eat Mexican food, some of us don't even know what it is...The most memorable was a complaint from a girl from Prince Edward Island living in rural central Japan. Firstly, what does someone from a town called Emerald know about Mexican food and secondly why should it be available in the Japan Alps, or for that matter, Tel Aviv?
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