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07-04-18 12:26 #283
Posts: 107I usually eat about 10 fresh and whole habaneros a day, typically in one meal. Where is a safe place in Tijuana where I can buy habaneros? Walmart or an open air market maybe?
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07-01-18 21:00 #282
Posts: 3192Originally Posted by BayBoy [View Original Post]
You'll be hard pressed to find a buffet of any sort serving what you ask, I. E. Numerous Mexican specialties. There are a few breakfast buffets at hotels that cater to gringos. Hotel Pueblo Amigo has a rather nice one. Villa de Zaragoza has a small one, but it's fairly decent. However, if you're looking for a Vegas-style buffet there aren't any. There are a few Chinese food buffets around town, but that's not what you're after. Any buffet you find serving Mexican food (other than previously mentioned) will often be substandard, poorly prepared and many times cold from neglect. The only one I can recall offhand was one in a restaurant in Plaza Rio called California something-or-other. I went once with a GF, food was horrible, never went back, and it failed some time later.
A buffet doesn't seem to be a cultural thing in Mexico. For one, they are hideously expensive to produce due to food wastage. I think that's a big reason why food in a buffet there tends to sit far too long before being discarded. And so much of buffet food has to be something that can sit in a steam table. So, think enchiladas covered with some glop.
In any case, you'll be far better served to set your sights on some finer dining. There are hundreds of good places to eat in Tijuana, serving "real" Mexican food that you'll never find anywhere else. The phrase Baja Med has been seriously overused, but the concept is valid. Baja has an amazing cornucopia of different foods, from meats, to fresh seafood, to amazing produce, to top-notch wines. Just about any restaurant specializing in this sort of 100% locally sourced food will be worth a visit, with the top two, IMO, being Mision 19 and Corazon de Tierra. CdT is a bit far if you're coming for only a couple of days. But M19 is well worth the visit. If you're a member you can PM me with any preferences and I can probably make a recommendation.
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06-26-18 05:41 #281
Posts: 657Tijuana Tillys Restaurant.
Dropped in there for a late Sunday breakfast and to watch the soccer game on their TVs. Waitress recommended the Egg enchiladas with bean sauce and since I had the Machaca with scrambled eggs the last time, I went with her suggestion, along with some hot chocolate. Big bowl of fresh salsa and a bowl of habanero hot sauce and chips and large platter of three egg enchiladas with bean sauce arrived. This restaurant has been around for years and caters to American taste. Free parking outside and next to the Jai Alai palace on Revolucion close to the Ticuan Hotel. Overall, I preferred the scrambled eggs with machaca and corn tortillas to make scrambled egg tacos with salsa, but the egg burritos were good too. (FYI, The egg enchiladas I believe are called the Estilo Toluacan with bean sauce if you want to try them yourself).
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06-25-18 20:05 #280
Posts: 6522[URL]http://toptijuana.com[/URL]
To Artistype.
That's a nice link.
Search under seafood or mariscos in El Centro had no listing.
Search under tacos brought up a few places. Tacos El Franc seems to worth a visit. It's on Taboada South of Costco, corner Hidalgo, about 3,4 miles South of La Zona. It has all sorts of meats, tongue and tripe ect cooked different ways. It's worth getting out of the gritty Zona Norte for lunch then a tour of the Mercado Hidalgo.
Wonder if other goodies are also listed in this site.
Someone posted this link on a website away from the mongering community. It works like a local search engine for restaurants in different Tijuana neighborhoods. I played with it a little while and think it might serve a few of the members here.
http://toptijuana.com
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06-25-18 02:20 #279
Posts: 3852TopTijuana Dot Com / Restaurant Finder
Someone posted this link on a website away from the mongering community. It works like a local search engine for restaurants in different Tijuana neighborhoods. I played with it a little while and think it might serve a few of the members here.
http://toptijuana.com
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06-24-18 02:56 #278
Posts: 191Originally Posted by BayBoy [View Original Post]
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06-24-18 02:49 #277
Posts: 191Originally Posted by Simmer [View Original Post]
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06-23-18 21:52 #276
Posts: 281Originally Posted by Jim0129 [View Original Post]
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06-23-18 18:16 #275
Posts: 732More Sanborns
Originally Posted by Travv [View Original Post]
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06-23-18 17:24 #274
Posts: 98Mision 19.
Is dope! One of my faves anywhere in world! Local took me to taco stand w best al astor tacos ever. I don't remember name, just how to walk there. The ceviche w shrimp is the bomb at azul.
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06-23-18 03:46 #273
Posts: 657Sanborn's Sunday brunch.
If you are going to try Sanborns, the best day is for their Sunday Brunch. There is a Sanborn's on Revolucion by the old Jai Alai Sports Palace and Caliente's across the street due South. The Sunday Brunch was better in my experience because they had a huge selection of fresh juices of all types and fresh steak. You picked the steak you wanted, told them how you wanted it cooked, then they would bring it to your table, plus the usual hot buffet plus hot soup, salad, and selection of pies and deserts. Also Sanborn's has a monthly ice cream special. Usually flavor like Blueberry or Papaya that they make themselves. You'll have to ask the waiter what the monthly flavor is if you want to try it.
Originally Posted by BayBoy [View Original Post]
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06-23-18 02:48 #272
Posts: 191Food around la zona, really?
I've been looking at this thread expecting good reports from people who have been coming to Tijuana for years now and I couldn't believe that the only reports that I see are for places right next to la zona, get out of your comfort zone PEOPLE! The tacos at the corner of HK are NOT the best in Tijuana! They maybe be the only ones you've had in Tijuana but they are NOT the best! You're giving information about your breakfast on the restaurant right next to HK? Really? The seafood place on the pedestrian walkway between la zona and the border? Really!
Tijuana has gone thru a gastronomical revolution and you didn't even noticed, this is Anthony Bourdain talking about Tijuana in San Diego a couple of years back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAKap0W8sSU
Start by trying these restaurants:
El Taller. (BajaMed in Zona Rio).
La Diferencia. (Mexican in Zona Rio).
La Telefonica (food truck place).
Tacos El Franc (Zona Rio).
Tacos El Gallito (Otay).
Tacos El Frances (Playas).
Casa Placencia (In front of las torres).
Palominos (Sonora Style Steak, Zona Rio).
La Espadaña (Mexican Style Breakfast).
Villa Saverios (BajaMed, Zona Rio).
The most adventurous of you went to Caesar's on Revolucion, and I think that you ran back to your hotel room right after.
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06-23-18 02:36 #271
Posts: 732Sanborn's
Originally Posted by CaptainSolo [View Original Post]
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06-23-18 02:20 #270
Posts: 191Originally Posted by CaptainSolo [View Original Post]
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06-23-18 01:56 #269
Posts: 191Originally Posted by TJSteve [View Original Post]