[NU Sports] ALAMO - BLEH! RANT AHEAD

[Dennis W. Brandt]

Hispanics in Mexico tend more to Sonoran cuisine which is less spicy and 
fine by me.  No doubt there is a great deal of Americanization involved, 
too.

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Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] ALAMO - BLEH! RANT AHEAD


> We just got back from crossing Mexico -- Mexico City to Cancun via bus 
> asking for salsa picante at every restaurant.  We know hot!  Habaneros 
> aren't just for dinner they persist for days in and out of the colon.
>
> In San Antonio we searched it out asking the hispanic locals for good 
> mexican and the stuff we found was below Chicagoland levels and the salsa 
> was mild and boring.  For recommendations for spicy food we got buffalo 
> wild wings.  Absurd.  Maybe the hispanics living in SA are from a bad food 
> region in Mexico.  Similar to southern food in the US which can be an 
> example of unappealing cuisine to many foreigners.
>
> That being said we booked plane tickets today, although we are minimizing 
> the SA part.  We are flying into Houston and staying in Galveston.  We 
> will drive over on the 29th for the game and stay in a SA hotel that night 
> and drive back to Houston the next morning.
>
> Flights into SA seemed to be crazy priced and poorly scheduled compared to 
> flying into Houston and a 3hr drive.
>
> We will buy our tickets from the ticket office, but may attempt to scalp 
> better ones if we get placed low and in a corner like last time.  We just 
> couldn't see anything, which maybe was good vs. UNL.
>
> -- "SjT \(Stephen J. Truog\)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:
> <snip>
>> the food choices are awful.  We couldn't find a decent
>> salsa (meaning HOT) anywhere!  Our plan will be to stay in
>
> You HAVE to be kidding! San Antonio is -- by far -- the most diverse major 
> city in America and the choices of restaurants reflects that. Plenty of 
> authentic Tex-Mex and salsa specialties. Really, you're kidding with the 
> salsa, right?
>
> <snip>
>
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