I tried this new (one month) inauthentic Mexican restaurant on 17-92 (S.Orlando) near Lake Mary Blvd tonight. It's weird because every one working there was Mexican. I'm not sure why the food was so Tex-Mex. I sampled quite a few things for you. I had: a shredded beef quesadilla for $4, a regular hard chicken taco for $2, a traditional carinitas soft taco for $3, two chicken flautas for $2+ a piece and some free tortillas. All were bland. Both salsas were bland. A regular and some kind of chipotle bbq sauce. The fact that they delivered alot of food in each portion didn't exactly compensate for the disappointing lack of flavor or authenticity. Each meat could have been substituted for each other and you wouldn't have noticed. The hard shell taco was full of chicken and bland iceberg lettuce and gummy tomatoes. Light on the shredded cheese mix. The flautas were similarly boring. The carnitas meat may have been the worst (and driest) carnitas style pork I've ever had. It doesn't deserve the association. The quesadilla beef was ok. Way too much though. It ruined the quesadilla feel. A soggy lump instead of a crispy, light cheese snack. They did little to the interior (it was an Italian place called Kiko's or Kika's or Kaka's). Some pinatas and decorations. Two other tables were occupied while I was there. I was the first in and it seemed like the staff wasn't expecting a rush. They were all lounging outside on the patio. Not of interest if you desire real Mexican cuisine. Maybe they do fajitas really well?
I've been forgetting to mention some interesting dishes I've encountered in my rovings. They may interest you. Turkish eggs, huitlacoche quesadilla with peach, chopped green lip mussels with egg yolk, butter soy salmon taco, corned beef cheese fries, taquito dog, egg salad with pickles, trout benedict, a sandwich (any) pressed in a waffle iron, coffee milk, potato pie, egg and lobster eclair, sticky date pudding and carrot lox
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