• SailorFuzz@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    If youre visiting, get away from the tourist shops. This is true when you’re visiting anywhere. Don’t eat the food made for tourists.

    Ask a local, find some place that has a dude selling burritos out of an unmarked doorway counter. If you see an old mexican lady wandering around with a ice chest behind her, shes selling homemade tamales, get that shit.

    Food near tourist areas is made bland af to appeal the widest visiting audience.

    • ChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.de
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      3 hours ago

      As another person from the southeast, similar is true down here and most places: a locally known and mildly sketchy situation is the best! (Usually…)

      Gas station places with a packed parking lot, open church bbqs, the smoky old dark wood panel places serving the best burger you ever had.

      That said, the first time I had a proper tamale when I moved to Texas, omgosh! Magic.