How Much Mexican Food to Order for a Group
Group meals at Mexican restaurants go wrong in a predictable way. Eight people order eight large plates, four of them go home in boxes, and nobody got to try anything except their own dinner. Mexican food is unusually well suited…
Mild Mexican Food: What to Order If You Don’t Like Spicy
"I like Mexican food, I just can't handle spice" is one of the most common things servers hear, and it is based on a misunderstanding. Most of a Mexican menu is not hot at all. The heat lives in specific…
Mexican Brunch Explained: What to Expect and What to Order
Mexican brunch is not an American brunch menu with a few tacos added. It is closer to a normal Mexican breakfast served late, and most of it is savory, substantial and built around eggs, slow-cooked meat or chile broth. If…
What to Order at a Mexican Restaurant: A Simple Guide
A full Mexican menu can run to eighty items across a dozen headings, most of them in Spanish, and a fair number of them variations on each other. If you do not eat Mexican food often, the sheer length of…