What's ironic though... I thought the closer you got to the U.S./Mexico border, the better the Mexican food was supposed to be. EH! Wrong! I worked at this crappy Messcan place (that didn't serve alcohol 'cuz that part of Texas is -dry- in every direction for at least 30 miles. Until you hit Texarkana or Idabel, OK) and like... They pre-cook their fajita meat every morning, numero uno. And then like here in Nashville, when you order even just a lunch fajita... The meat & veggies all come on the skillet, then you get a separate plate for the rice & beans & pico de gallo/sour cream/guacamole. The place in New Boston, they cram the meat & veggies onto the skillet -with- the rice & beans on there and then you only get sour cream & pico de gallo with it. No guacamole. & it's like $8.
I ordered a dinner fajita to go - Shrimp, Chicken, Beef mix... It -all- came in -1- styrofoam container with the rice & beans in the little cups and the guacamole & pico de gallo ('cuz that's what you get with the dinner. No sour cream) in a separate container. And I paid like $17 for that ish. And none of the meat is marinated. They tried to say "Oh it comes pre-marinated!" and I'm like "Dude. Salt & Pepper is -not- a marinade. At all." It all tasted like cardboard.
Where my ex works, you can order the "Parilla Mexicana" (comes with shrimp, chicken, beef, chorizo, and pork) for the same price and the meat comes in its own metal container, the rice & beans in another, & the guacamole salad and ish in another.
I love Memphis BBQ, though.. .*sigh* We went to this really good hole-in-the-wall seafood place in Shreveport.. It was super yummy.
