Taco Bowl with Jerk ‘Chicken’ and all the Fixin’s

I know I can’t dedicate every new post to someone but I absolutely have to dedicate this one to my sister as she posted a picture on facebook the other day of, what I think we would both say is, The Best greasy down-home Mexican food- which is not really from a restaurant but is instead a Mexican supermarket with a resaurant in it. This place is fabulous and is one of the sort of places that you only get in border towns like El Paso, not in Missouri (where I’m from). You walk in and it’s like a Latin party in full swing – salsa music playing, pinatas hanging and a smorgesboard of every chili imaginable, all surrounded by the wonderful wafting smell of fresh Mexican food. The first time I went there was on a visit to El Paso with my sister, as that is where she used to live. Needless to say, we went back there several times together before I went back home. On the last trip I stocked up on dried chilis, fresh made tortillas, sopes, and Mexican spices. Ironically, I went to Mexico on vacation shortly after this trip and I was unexpectedly dissapointed with the food compared to what I had had in Texas. Mexican food was better in Texas than in Mexico (in my experience of course)!