Acapulco Mexican Restaurant

[italianlady]

anybody been there? is it authenic Mexican or TexMex..

my hubby hates TexMex

pleaseeeeeeee.........i need a answer quick, may be going there tonight

[west-texan]

It's probably different early in the evening...but late on Friday and Saturday nights...they'll be catering to the bar crowd.

There are other small places around town...but I don't know of any that probably aren't Tex-Mex.

It's kind of like most of the small Thai places in town...that are mostly Tex-Thai.

Even the Chineese places around Amarillo are mostly what could be called Tex-Chi. ;D

Back to the original subject...I've never eaten the food at Acapulco.

[bdubdab]

The food is Tex-Mex, fur-shur. Not bad, but we always get burned on the service. The servers are nice and capable enough, but they've been way understaffed the times we've been there.

Once I got brave there and ordered the whole fried fish (maybe the least tex-mex item?). It was very good. The best part was putting the fish head on the plate of a 6 year old that was far down at the other end of the table when he wasn't looking. I laughed my arse off.

[karenew]

I ate there a coupla times when I worked downtown. I really liked their food. (Quesadillas and enchiladas)

I agree that sometimes the servers are overwhelmed, but good food and prices aren't bad.

[italianlady]

well i have to say... it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great.

i had the Chichuchua Combo..used real cheese instead of the cheese sauce , which made it sorta of chewey when it cooled down...the refried beans were real, very good

my hubby had a steak... the steak was hot, the fries were ice cold..

didn't see our waitress to much, even though it wasn't busy when we were there..

to me, it was defiantly a combo of TexMex and Authenic..

it cost $50. w/ tax and tip... for 3 people

would i go again?? probably not..

but hey . everyone has thier opinion of what good food is ;D

[sailorwes]

I often wonder what scale people use to separate real ”Mexican” and “Tex-Mex” restaurants. In my travels I have found that all the so called ” Tex-Mex” items are on any full service Mexican restaurant menu, only there they are listed as appetizers. The switch is that here they become the main entree items.

I have found Acapulco to be average or a little above, most times I have been there.

As for the cheese used in the restaurants here, I can only imagine the horror of dinners here if any restaurant ever tried to use authentic Mexican cheese!

[west-texan]

I'd be interested in what the differences are in authentic Mexican cheese.

Is their cheese home-made in unsanitary conditions... or with un-pasteurized milk?

Also...I'd be curious what the differences would be in authentic Mexican entree items...as opposed to Tex-Mex entrees.

[sailorwes]

The cheese found atop most of the Mexican food I have found in Mexico is a semi hard non-melting white cheese. You can find a version here in the grocery stores, though I don’t know why anyone would look.

As for the difference in entrees, it is much like that of the Italian food we find here, where pasta has become an entree rather than an appetizer. In Mexico once past the rice, beans, tacos, and enchiladas (all appetizers) they move on to roasted meats, stews, fish courses and the like. Of course, the portions of these appetizers may be smaller, as well as the portions of the meat items. Then again, they may not.

[gracepro]

In Mexico they use white goat cheese on most dishes.

[italianlady]

Jun 8, 2008 18:01:07 GMT -5 sailorwes said:

As for the difference in entrees, it is much like that of the Italian food we find here, where pasta has become an entree rather than an appetizer. .

in Italy they eat in courses for Lunch

1) Antipasti: come before the main meal. One choice will usually be a plate of the cold cuts, it's usually a regional specialty.

2)The First Course - Primo: is pasta, risotto(north) or soup.

3)The Second or Main Course - Secondo:
The second course is usually meat, poultry, or fish and a vegatable.

4)The Dessert - Dolce: Most times it will be a choice of fruit .Never a heavy sweet (like in America)

After dessert, you will be offered cafe or a digestivo (after dinner drink).


Mangiare per vivere e non vivere per mangiare
(Eat to live and not live to eat )

[sailorwes]

Precisely, in our idea of Italian and Mexican dinning we have eliminated the true main courses and allowed the first courses to be the major part of the meal. And I am not going to say that is really a bad thing. I like pasta and I like beans, rice and enchiladas. Even in the two countries, I often enjoy these courses more. More sauce, more cheese, more better!

Now health wise, well that may be another matter.