Bob > wrote:

> serene wrote:
>
> > God, I love chilaquiles. I miss having good Mexican food available.
> > *sigh*
>
> Chilaquiles are easy to make. Karen gave a pretty good description, although
> I always include refried beans in mine.

Yeah, I'm gonna try it. I cook a lot of Mexican food (lived in San Diego
for 25 years, have lots of relatives in Mexico, so it's a default
setting), but I was talking about taquerias and stuff.

> But you live in the Bay Area,
> right? Are you saying there's no "good Mexican food" around you at all? What
> would make it "good"?

I live in Oakland, where there is *phenomenal* Ethiopian food, but so
far, only mediocre Mexican. We did have some okay stuff in Fruitvale (a
largely Mexican neighborhood) and will go back to try the other places
there, but when the best I've had here is at Acapulco's, it makes me
sad.

("Good" is hard to describe. I know it when I see it.)

serene