Food in Tijuana

[Travv]

Pre Covid, the Desayuno Ranchero at Azul was machaca, tortillas, guacamole, beans and rice, plus fruit and waffle. Now the fruit and waffle are gone and you have to request guacamole or it will not be there, though it is still listed as included on the menu. Last time I ordered this, the guac wasn't there, replaced with avocado slices like a garnish. Similar to other Azul breakfast items like the Desayuno Americano, the serving size has shrunk and the fruit and waffle is gone. Restaurants are hurting financially so I am not surprised.

Have you seen the price of beef lately? All restaurants are faced with either significantly raising their prices or reducing portion size. Sometimes both. Azul may also be lying on their menu, and most drunk gringos couldn't tell the difference between rib eye and shoe leather. Regardless, restaurants everywhere that serve beef are faced with seriously escalating costs.

[Phordphan]

Ordered the 450 g rib eye from Azul for 300 pesos. This is supposed to be a 1 pound rib eye. What I received looked like a 1/2 pound top sirloin thin cut. Pre-pandemic rib eye was actually a 1 pound thick rib eye. The current "450 g rib-eye" is bullshit. This is the second time they pull this switch-a-roo BS and I recommend everyone to skip the Azul steaks until they get their act together. Do not order Azul steaks.

Have you seen the price of beef lately? All restaurants are faced with either significantly raising their prices or reducing portion size. Sometimes both. Azul may also be lying on their menu, and most drunk gringos couldn't tell the difference between rib eye and shoe leather. Regardless, restaurants everywhere that serve beef are faced with seriously escalating costs.

[Captain Solo]

Jackie is right, Azul's rib eye is a lot smaller and thinner now. La Zona is going to pot!

I have the feeling Jackie did not share any bite with the chicas.

[Ctytek]

Ordered the 450 g rib eye from Azul for 300 pesos. This is supposed to be a 1 pound rib eye. What I received looked like a 1/2 pound top sirloin thin cut. Pre-pandemic rib eye was actually a 1 pound thick rib eye. The current "450 g rib-eye" is bullshit. This is the second time they pull this switch-a-roo BS and I recommend everyone to skip the Azul steaks until they get their act together. Do not order Azul steaks.

Azul food was never particular good, even pre-pandemic. So many better options for quality food in Tijuana. Proximity to HK club is the only reason for eating at Azul.

[Jackie888]

Ordered the 450 g rib eye from Azul for 300 pesos. This is supposed to be a 1 pound rib eye. What I received looked like a 1/2 pound top sirloin thin cut. Pre-pandemic rib eye was actually a 1 pound thick rib eye. The current "450 g rib-eye" is bullshit. This is the second time they pull this switch-a-roo BS and I recommend everyone to skip the Azul steaks until they get their act together. Do not order Azul steaks.

[TrolleyDodger]

About a block and a half away from Ticuan has some delicious tacos. I took one of my dates there and she loved them.

[TravelingMan3]

I went to Caesar's yesterday had the salad and the ribeye thought it was good not great also they went skimpy on the sides so I didn't much enjoy it.

[Captain Solo]

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[Hargow20]

I went to Churrasscaria earlier this year. Nice place, but they ignored me after the meat servers all came after the servers came around once.

Churrasscaria do Brasil charges only 45 pesos for premium beers and has a long list of good wines from $15 to $50 a bottle, very good deals.

But last Sunday the meats were not fresh and sweet with beefy aromas. I could smell spoiling odors and taste the sour taste of spoiled meats. The grilled octopus was mushy and tasteless like they had been boiled, not grilled. They should be crunchy, chewy and sweet tasting with a star anise aroma. The salad bar was small, cheap and had run out of most items by 6 PM. I was very disappointed. Perhaps low attendance due to CoVid has reduced their quality.

PreCovid Mr Pampas had a much larger salad bar with lots of expensive ingredients, a whole prosciutto, all kinds of deli meats and cheeses, steak tartare, soups, vegetables and salad of all kinds. I just love the grilled octopus here, crunchy, chewy, tasty just like in Greek cuisine. Their roast pork was also a lot better. My only complaint was, their beef tended to be well-done and dry the way Mexicans like to eat. But that problem can be fixed. I just have to order the cuts I like, filet migon, picanha, rib eye ect and tell them to do it medium rare "Medio raro." Azul's used to grill their rib eyed to well-done and dry then deliver them whole with plastic utensils. They expected us to eat the whole steak with our hands like Fred Flinstone while sitting with the fine senoritas. I returned their steaks a couple times. After that they grilled to medium rare and cut them up as ordered.

Will go to Mr. Pampas next time and insist on "medio raro" everything.

[ClamSlammer]

It has been a couple of months since their has been a post in the food blog section, so thought I'd start a post to see what food options are post-covid.

Does it seem that most of the food carts are still around? Any sell things other than tacos, like hamburgers?

Has anyone tried the Sports Bar across the street from La Marquees a. La mia Amors or something?

Street hamburgers in Tijuana are not beef. They're made of cheap soy or other filler content. You can tell because there is no grease when they are grilled. And they taste like shit. Disgusting. Hot dogs are even worse. Hot dog meat, even premium brands, is very low quality meat to begin with. Tijuana street hot dogs I can only imagine what's in them. They taste more like gelatin and salt along with some meat flavoring molded into a paste. You can just tell that the quality is dismal. I'd imagine they're made with a high content of anus meat, lips, blood, feet, tumors, fat, etc. I would avoid.

[Captain Solo]

The hot dog stand next to HK's taco cart makes a huge, very juicy and tasty cheeseburger with bacon, fried onion ect for about 50 pesos. It's a very tasty cheeseburger. His bacon-wrapped hot dogs are also good for 25 pesos.

One night I was waiting for him to cook my hot dog when a nice, clean, chubby boy, about 8 YO, came over, leaned on the cart, fixated his eyes on the sizzling hot dogs for a long time with undivided attention. He looked very hungry to me so I asked the hot dog guy what he wanted. He said "he wants to eat!."

I bought him a hot dog. He quickly loaded it with lots of condiments, took it back to the wall, gulped it down quickly, never looked up.

[Rainman306]

It has been a couple of months since their has been a post in the food blog section, so thought I'd start a post to see what food options are post-covid.

Does it seem that most of the food carts are still around? Any sell things other than tacos, like hamburgers?

Has anyone tried the Sports Bar across the street from La Marquees a. La mia Amors or something?

I really like the chips & salsa at Al Capones (Chicago Club) - Azul may beat them at everything else, but Capones had the better salsa. Azul tacos are good, but I think there a good 5 pesos more than any of the other taco stands.

[Captain Solo]

Jinxx also wants milk fresh squeezed from putas' tits.

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Orange Juice.

[Jinxx]

Azul's does not serve fresh squeezed orange juice. I stated previously that I'd drank fresh squeezed orange juice at azuls but I've since confirmed with Azul staff that the OJ is in fact regular, not fresh squeezed, store bought juice.

I don't why I initially thought it was fresh squeezed. I thought a mesero told me it was fresh squeezed so I either misunderstood him or he lied to me.

[Captain Solo]

Churrasscaria do Brasil charges only 45 pesos for premium beers and has a long list of good wines from $15 to $50 a bottle, very good deals.

But last Sunday the meats were not fresh and sweet with beefy aromas. I could smell spoiling odors and taste the sour taste of spoiled meats. The grilled octopus was mushy and tasteless like they had been boiled, not grilled. They should be crunchy, chewy and sweet tasting with a star anise aroma. The salad bar was small, cheap and had run out of most items by 6 PM. I was very disappointed. Perhaps low attendance due to CoVid has reduced their quality.

PreCovid Mr Pampas had a much larger salad bar with lots of expensive ingredients, a whole prosciutto, all kinds of deli meats and cheeses, steak tartare, soups, vegetables and salad of all kinds. I just love the grilled octopus here, crunchy, chewy, tasty just like in Greek cuisine. Their roast pork was also a lot better. My only complaint was, their beef tended to be well-done and dry the way Mexicans like to eat. But that problem can be fixed. I just have to order the cuts I like, filet migon, picanha, rib eye ect and tell them to do it medium rare "Medio raro." Azul's used to grill their rib eyed to well-done and dry then deliver them whole with plastic utensils. They expected us to eat the whole steak with our hands like Fred Flinstone while sitting with the fine senoritas. I returned their steaks a couple times. After that they grilled to medium rare and cut them up as ordered.

Will go to Mr. Pampas next time and insist on "medio raro" everything.