Julia, my food frakking deputy, and I are big fans of the alambre plate at Taqueria Jaliscienses. It’s essentially what the Pizza Hut meat lover’s pizza would have been if those cowards had just had the guts to remove everything that wasn’t meat. It’s normally a steaming pile of fajita meat with bacon and sausage
Category: Food Frakker
First of all, I would like to apologize for the quality of this picture. The light in Sam’s Barbecue (the old-style BBQ shop near 12th and Chicon) is low, which didn’t help things any, and I kinda got distracted by my half pound of mutton and forgot to take the picture until I had eaten
Whenever I’m eating at an authentic Chinese restaurant, one such as the Din Ho Chinese Barbecue up on Austin’s mid-northish side, I am faced with the dilemma of choosing between ordering a dish that I know will be delicious or one which I know will be interesting. Generally I choose the interesting option. During previous
I bought this bag of giant marshmallows from the supermarket. Because they were, you know, giant. But there was a value added aspect to them as well. Some of the marshmallows were strawberry flavored, and some were vanilla. Keeping in mind that actual strawberries taste like artificial strawberry flavoring the same way that actual cats
It’s hard to see from this photo, but the pepino melon is a very under-sized melon. It’s about the size of a very undersized plum, and when you cut it open, there’s a number of tiny seeds which are slightly smaller than the ones you would find in a tomato. I saved a few of
The first thing you notice about the Irish Moss Soda is that there is no moss in it. At least non visible. There is however a creamy, thick, slurry of peanut flavoring. It tastes exactly like a third cup of Peter Pan PB with a half cup of milk added to it. We know this
The craving for gizzards has dogged me for a month. The problem is, most of the places you would expect to find gizzards, i.e.: gas stations, either only have gizzards in the early afternoon or they don’t advertise that they have these particular fried treats. Luckily we have Lucy’s, the hipster fried chicken joint. Not
There I was, browsing through a convenience store off Cesar Chavez BLVD, when I came across this unusual flavor of paleta. A consultation with a handy smartphone translated the flavor, camote, as “sweet potato.” At first, one might think that blue is an unusual color to represent sweet potato. Then you might think that potatoes
At first glance the Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage and pancake on a stick looks a lot like a corn dog. Then you look closer and you see the telltale signs of breakfast. Aside from the similarity in shape, this product is clearly its own creature. And what sets this apart from lesser food, is the
Tex Mex, I Would Like You to Meet Mex Tex
Somewhere in Austin, off Pleasant Valley, near Riverside, there’s a weekend flea market and a covered Mexican shopping mall. During the week, the flea market is just an empty lot, except for a couple of food trucks. But one of these food trucks isn’t your standard Mexican taco cart. This is a Mexican hotdog/hamburger cart.