So I have TWO local clients with DUELING TACO TUESDAYS

[Miles Archer]

Taco #1: A buck each. Basically a Taco Bell Supreme...crunchy shell, ground beef, lettuce, tomato, red onion, sour cream and salsa

Taco #2: 75 cents each. No idea what's in it but sour cream and guacamole are extra.

Have tried Taco #1, well worth the money. Will be going to take photos of Taco #2 today. Stay tuned, boys & girls.

[Le Taz Hot]

1. Question: When is a taco not a taco?

When it's "basically a Taco Bell Supreme." Now, for the best tacos, find the little hole-in-the-wall place where few people speak English and the line is out the door.

[Major Nikon]

2. When it's a gringo taco

My supreme taco is carnitas on a double stack of fresh corn tortillas topped with cilantro, pico de gallo, real sour cream, and some squeezed lime.

Around here it can be found at mom-and-pop places in buildings that should be condemned or at my place once or twice a month.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. Yep. Around here too.

Although I'm on a strict diet and tacos aren't on the menu (arrrgghhhh!!!!). As a Californian I'm pretty sure tacos are one of the basic food groups, no?

[Miles Archer]

5. In this town, the Taco Bell Taco Supreme is king of the hill

I'm not kidding, food here is shit, it's all fast food and casin buffets and if you nail a taco that tastes like a Taco Bell Taco Supreme you become a local hero.

"carnitas on a double stack of fresh corn tortillas topped with cilantro, pico de gallo, real sour cream, and some squeezed lime?"

I hear you...back in Silicon Valley, my clients MADE that kind of taco. Here? "Run for the border to Taco Bell."

Sad, but true. No one's gonna pay for your taco here, and if they did, their tastebuds were raised and groomed to swoon over shit. Your taco would taste funny to them, like something "wasn't right."

I shit you not.

[Major Nikon]

6. I understand completely

I've been to Mexican restaurants up north and they pretty much universally suck, and the people there think they are great.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

4. I'm in Arizona

I think we INVENTED Taco Tuesday.

I also know a small town where breakfast burritos are a competetive sport.

Then there is another hole-in-the-wall joint where I knew I'd scored: 5 chips into the chips-and-salsa, I felt my earwax melt.

[Skittles]

7. you want I should kick some dueling Taco Tuesday ass, Miles Archer?

after I have tried them both, of course

[Miles Archer]

8. You have my back, AS USUAL

[Miles Archer]

9. OK, so here's what I think is wrong with the photo I took today (I did NOT post it on Facebook).

FIRST, the restaurant has TWO cooks. The FIRST cook GETS "plating." I took photos on Sunday and he came out of the kitchen and asked to see the eggs benedict pic because he was concerned about it coming out OK.

The SECOND guy is a little surly and kind of just throws shit on the plate.

GUESS WHO PLATED THIS?

Here's what I see as wrong with this (please add your own thoughts to the list):

1). For a FOOD PORN photo that is to be used for MARKETING, if there are three tacos on the plate, I wanna see 'em LINED UP, not tossed on.

2). HUGE, irregular chunks of onion, not evenly distributed among the three tacos. Take the time to slice the onions RIGHT.

3). Had to look really, really REALLY closely to see if there was actually any CHEESE on these (there is)

Agree? Disagree?

[riderinthestorm]

11. So call me idiosyncratic but I'm drooling at those tacos

they look "real", like what I'm going to get and its yummy.

"Tossed" on the plate looks fresh and a huge portion.

FWIW, I love onions in any shape. Irregular shapes makes me think "homemade" and "authentic" and most importantly "NOT Sysco" ie FRESH!

As for the cheese, I'm not fussy about that since it's not a crucial element for me. YMMV

[Miles Archer]

10. FRAME OF REFERENCE: Here's the Eggs Benedict, plated by the OTHER cook.

[riderinthestorm]

12. I'm sure these are tasty BUT!

the potatoes look greasy and the hollandaise looks almost gelatinous.

The tacos look fresh and "real".

Good luck!