Friday, August 17, 2007

i just want homey food...

Ive always had a pet-peeve with the stupid ethnicity box that only has Hispanic but no Latino option... Im BRAZILIAN... that is not hispanic, so I am usually "other: Brazilian". With time Ive come to tolerate ppls ignorance on the subject... but you know, it still never seizes to amaze me... According to this website Hispanic and Mexican are basically interchangeable. Must all "Hispanic Focus" restaurants be mexican food? Are they not aware that there are about 18 different hispanic countries with pretty different cuisine... and quite frankly Mexico is only one of them. Yes, they may be the largest population but when it comes to actually eating, the foods are completely different! There is a world of difference within hispanic cuisine, so when you say "restaurants with hispanic focus" Im looking for more than a laundry list of Mexican food. Yeah you may think Im exagerating but if you are craving some Argentinian parilla with chimichurri or some yucca con bistec impanizado and instead you get chimichangas you will be bitterly disappointed... Dont get me wrong, I enjoy Mexican food... but I miss some "home" food and argentinian or Cuban is the next best thing... Maybe I should just grab a friend, fork over the ridiculous amount of money and go to the new Brazilian restaurant in town .

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