Food in Tijuana

[StRobert]

Tequila Expo Tijuana. October 11-14 from 3 PM to 1 AM. Avenida Revolucion and 7th street here is the link http://www.discoverbaja.com/event/ti...ila-expo-2018/ and here is a video link from the tequila expo. The first part of the video is from the food garden and the second part is the video from tequila expo. Link http://crossingsouth.com/videosmaps/...arden-tequila/. (You can only bring to the US a bottle of 1 liter duty free alcohol)

[Captain Solo]

There's a Churrascaria do Brasil down near the Hippodromo on Aqua Caliente, probably a good 8 miles from La Zona.

It has a smaller menu with fewer items, priced 325 pesos for dinner, but has no discount and no mention of wines avail. A few folks swear by it even though pics show it small and empty, more like a family with kids joint.

Anybody tried it? It's kind of a long drive, and would never beat Mr. Pampas' 178-peso dinner discount. I guess Mr. Pampas makes profit on drinks; wines are 300 to 1600 peso a bottle.

[StRobert]

Sonoras grill (opposite Adelita) is closed completely now and I heard at the Monte Carlo restaurant (next to Adelita), from the October 1 Monte Carlo restaurant plans to relocate in place of Sonoras grill.

[Captain Solo]

Or you can take Uber to Mr Pampas for dinner, for $11 you can have all you can eat grilled meats and seafood. You cannot get better deals than that any where in the world.

For the price of 7 tacos, you can have a sumptuous dinner with AYCE grilled beef, pork, mutton, seafood.

Of course I usually order a bottle of wine, about 300 pesos, to go with the delicious food.

[StRobert]

To StRobert.

I ordered the shrimp with garlic sauce for $120 pesos, about $7. It came out with about 8 medium shrimp, about 1 / 3 pound, served with rice, bean and tortilla, which is a small serving for me. I expected a full pound.

So besides the Caldo de Rez with a whole pound of tasty flank steak for 95 pesos, Monte Carlo is not that good.

If you go to Azul and dorder a rib eye steak for $170 pesos, about $10, they serve a big rib eye about 1. 5 pound, expertly grilled. Or you can take Uber to Mr Pampas for dinner, for $11 you can have all you can eat grilled meats and seafood. You cannot get better deals than that any where in the world.

Thanks for the information, it sounds good.

[Captain Solo]

To StRobert.

I ordered the shrimp with garlic sauce for $120 pesos, about $7. It came out with about 8 medium shrimp, about 1 / 3 pound, served with rice, bean and tortilla, which is a small serving for me. I expected a full pound.

So besides the Caldo de Rez with a whole pound of tasty flank steak for 95 pesos, Monte Carlo is not that good.

If you go to Azul and dorder a rib eye steak for $170 pesos, about $10, they serve a big rib eye about 1. 5 pound, expertly grilled. Or you can take Uber to Mr Pampas for dinner, for $11 you can have all you can eat grilled meats and seafood. You cannot get better deals than that any where in the world.

[StRobert]

Don't forget taco Tuesday all over San Diego, many unlimited taco places for 5 to six dollars. Even downtown.

Another popular place is the "El Ranchero" taco truck in Chula Vista (Palomar St. / Third Avenue). Parking is easy. Try birria tacos (very tasty) yelp link https://www.yelp.com/biz/el-ranchero-chula-vista-3.

[StRobert]

Correction: the restauiant is Monte Carlo, next to Adelita.

This is Mexico's unique beef vegetable soup with a clear broth. Vegetables include corn, squash, potatoes, carrot. Restaurants around La Zona serve it usually only for lunch or dinner at 75 pesos, including rice, tortilla and salsa. I always like Caldo de Rez as a comfort dish, light and tasty but not filling, between the romps in bed with Mexico's finest senoritas hehe.

While other places serve Caldo de Rez in a big bowl with big chunks of soup bones, Monaco made its soup with pure flank steak, about 1 pound per serving, which make both the broth tasty and the beef very tasty. For 95 pesos it's a very good meal.

The bros should forget their fascination with burned tarantulas and try this tasty soup instead.

277/5000.

I didn't know that the restaurant Monte Carlo (next to Adelita) and Sonoras Grill opposite Adelita has "Yelp" overview and links. Sonoras Grill: https://www.yelp.com/biz/sonoras-gri...na?osq=sonoras+grill and Monte Carlo:

https://www.yelp.com/biz/montecarlo-tijuana?osq=monte+carlo.

[StRobert]

Correction: the restauiant is Monte Carlo, next to Adelita.

This is Mexico's unique beef vegetable soup with a clear broth. Vegetables include corn, squash, potatoes, carrot. Restaurants around La Zona serve it usually only for lunch or dinner at 75 pesos, including rice, tortilla and salsa. I always like Caldo de Rez as a comfort dish, light and tasty but not filling, between the romps in bed with Mexico's finest senoritas hehe.

While other places serve Caldo de Rez in a big bowl with big chunks of soup bones, Monaco made its soup with pure flank steak, about 1 pound per serving, which make both the broth tasty and the beef very tasty. For 95 pesos it's a very good meal.

The bros should forget their fascination with burned tarantulas and try this tasty soup instead.

Thanks, good information regarding "Caldo de Rez". In Monte Carlo restaurant (next to Adelita) I mainly order ham or chicken sandwich and coke because I do not understand the menu well. Next time I will order Caldo de Rez!

[Captain Solo]

Correction: the restauiant is Monte Carlo, next to Adelita.

This is Mexico's unique beef vegetable soup with a clear broth. Vegetables include corn, squash, potatoes, carrot. Restaurants around La Zona serve it usually only for lunch or dinner at 75 pesos, including rice, tortilla and salsa. I always like Caldo de Rez as a comfort dish, light and tasty but not filling, between the romps in bed with Mexico's finest senoritas hehe.

While other places serve Caldo de Rez in a big bowl with big chunks of soup bones, Monaco made its soup with pure flank steak, about 1 pound per serving, which make both the broth tasty and the beef very tasty. For 95 pesos it's a very good meal.

The bros should forget their fascination with burned tarantulas and try this tasty soup instead.

[StRobert]

For visitors in San Diego County. You do not have to spend a small fortune on restaurants in downtown San Diego. I recommend these places (not in Tijuana) but close to the border with Mexico in Chula Vista: "Buffet House" Chinese cuisine all you can eat the price of about $ 11- $ 15. Chicken, seafood, sushi, beef, salads, fruits, etc. Drinks included. Opposite the trolley station "Palomar Street" link https://www.yelp.com/biz/buffet-hous...a-2?osq=Buffet+House (weekend 15 min waiting time). Right next is American cuisine "Home Town Buffet "similar price but a little less food choice. Also a very popular place and known Mexican place "Tacos El Gordo" (unfortunately this place is so popular waiting line for tacos about 15 -20 min.) Opposite the trolley station "H Street" link https://www.yelp.com/biz/tacos-el-gordo-chula-vista -3? Osq = Tacos + El + Gordo Enjoy!

"Tacos El Gordo" second location has recently been opened: 556 Broadway in Chula Vista.

[StRobert]

For visitors in San Diego County. You do not have to spend a small fortune on restaurants in downtown San Diego. I recommend these places (not in Tijuana) but close to the border with Mexico in Chula Vista: "Buffet House" Chinese cuisine all you can eat the price of about $ 11- $ 15. Chicken, seafood, sushi, beef, salads, fruits, etc. Drinks included. Opposite the trolley station "Palomar Street" link https://www.yelp.com/biz/buffet-hous...a-2?osq=Buffet+House (weekend 15 min waiting time). Right next is American cuisine "Home Town Buffet "similar price but a little less food choice. Also a very popular place and known Mexican place "Tacos El Gordo" (unfortunately this place is so popular waiting line for tacos about 15 -20 min.) Opposite the trolley station "H Street" link https://www.yelp.com/biz/tacos-el-gordo-chula-vista -3? Osq = Tacos + El + Gordo Enjoy!

[Colfaxer]

I know this seems odd; but I much prefer flour tortillas. Call me a gringo; ha! When I head to Tijuana, I tend to only eat at the street taco stands. Anyone know if there's one with flour tortillas? Thanks!

[Captain Solo]

This is Mexico's unique beef vegetable soup with a clear broth. Vegetables include corn, squash, potatoes, carrot. Restaurants around La Zona serve it usually only for lunch or dinner at 75 pesos, including rice, tortilla and salsa. I always like Caldo de Rez as a comfort dish, light and tasty but not filling, between the romps in bed with Mexico's finest senoritas hehe.

While other places serve Caldo de Rez in a big bowl with big chunks of soup bones, Monaco made its soup with pure flank steak, about 1 pound per serving, which make both the broth tasty and the beef very tasty. For 95 pesos it's a very good meal.

The bros should forget their fascination with burned tarantulas and try this tasty soup instead.

[MongerHunger]

MEXICO City (AP) - Fancy a tarantula taco for a cool $27? Not so fast, Mexican authorities say. . . The only problem: The Mexican red rump tarantula is a protected species.

The federal environmental protection agency said Tuesday it was alerted to the situation via social media and seized four tarantula corpses that were ready to be served up on tortillas.

The restaurant's menu also features other creepy-crawlies such as grasshoppers, worms and ant eggs, which have a long tradition in Mexican cuisine, and scorpions, which are less common.

http://www.fox5ny.com/news/restauran...arantula-tacos

I think if you want some, vendors near the cathedral sell bags of fried grasshoppers. (Look like grasshoppers, but hope they aren't cockroaches.

I once seen an episode of "Bizarre Foods" and they were in Asia. A single mother would go out in the jungle every day and catch tarantulas and deep fry them then sell them on the streets. The host Zimmerman said that they had a nutty flavor.