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September 30, 2017

Bluegrass Tacos: Taco Literacy on Southern Foodways Gravy Podcast

This episode of Gravy explores the Mexicanidad of the Bluegrass, with some old friends in Mexington. Sarah Reynolds gets down to business talking tacos with the gente.

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Sweet baby Quetzalcoatl!#Tijuana -style tacos de birria in #Queens. @birrialandianyc is my newest favorite lonchera in the barrio, serving up that #beefrria 🤠 but my ♥ for the mulitas. Been feeling down since Sinaloense closed some time back, but thankfully this lonchera answered my taco prayers. 😇 Seek and you shall find, gente. 😈 ✨🌮✨🗽✨🇲🇽✨ #TacoLiteracy

The best tacos I have had in China, at #GoodGoodMexicanGrill smoked pork covered with corn, cilantro, & tangy chipotle mayo. That flour tortilla, made with manteca rivals Los Tacos No. 1 in #NYC & yes, this is high praise. 😊🗽🇨🇳🇲🇽

The Chinese taqueros of #Chengdu coming soon, with @culinarybackstreets 😊🌮

#tacoliteracy sometimes means doing brave things for the sake of research. 😂 In this case, braving some of the scariest tacos I have encountered since growing up in southern AZ (that story will be in the libro). These "double decker" pork and beef tacos came as standard on the menu. Prefab hardshell tortillas wrapped in a flour tortilla, filled with lettuce then topped with the protein. 😯 Also tried an enchilada, and, well, can't win them all. But I write this not to disparage the Mexican food in China, not at all. The restaurant was jumping, with images of charros and luchadores on the walls, banda en estereo and lots of smiles from families enjoying their meals. For that, China wins. 😎🌮🌶🇲🇽🇨🇳 #Chengdu #Sichuan #TacoLiteracyInChina

A favorite flatbread snack in #Chengdu is the guo kui, made in a tandoor-style oven. I suspect these are living reminders of China's silk road history. This tasty morsel was filled with beef and, of course, 🌶. The jefa took a bite before my photo. 😂 #TacoLiteracyInChina

& from this day forward there can be no other way to eat dumplings. 😂 #Sichuan spice & crushed peanuts.

Imagine a Colombian buñuelo covered in chocolate. And that is this "puff." First thought this was a conchita, but I realized the cheesy interior more closely resembled some of my beloved Colombian treats. This actually is a tiramasu-filled snack, but I prefer it without the creamy filling. 😊

The Chinese tamal, baogupa. Yes. Corn, flour, rice, and, yes, sold on streets by the hardest working vendors just like in the Americas. The taste? Imagine an airy corn masa, light and dry. Actually, better to imagine steamed cornbread & that is the baogupa. 🌽🇨🇳🇲🇽 #TacoLiteracyInChina #tacoliteracy #Chengdu #Sichuan #China

¡Bueno bueno! Found the #Mexican spot in #Chengdu at #GoodGoodMexicanGrill. Have to say the tacos and burritos were better than I anticipated. The pork tacos had a smokey savor and, yes, solid flour tortillas. The nachos also did the job, especially with that huge glob of guacamole. What was missing? I'd say more #Sichuan peppers would be welcomed. The best part? The bottles of chipotle salsa on the tables. I will be back for the salsa, seguro! 😎 🇲🇽🇨🇳🌮🌯 #tacoliteracy #TacoLiteracyInChina

Hiking up #Qingcheng Mountain & ¡zás! hay tamales. 🤠 Steamed rice masa wrapped in corn husks, further confirming my theory that the gente of #Sichuan are primos with Mexicans. 😉 🇨🇳🇲🇽 #TacoLiteracyInChina

ALL the 🌶!! 😍 #chengdu #sichuan #china

Potato chips in #China. Mexican tomato chicken, sounds like a winner.

Chinese chicharrón got me like 😲. Strolling through #JinliStreet and coming across this, I had to stop for a quick bite. I have to say, #Colombian gente have the best chicharrones, but this version ranks up there. Really wished I had a lime though. 🐼. #TacoLiteracyInChina #tacoliteracy #Chengdu #Sichuan #China

The tears are those of joy, gente. 😂 So many chiles & peppercorns, I cry on the regular.

Yes, the chiles of #Chengdu are 🔥. The aisles of the supermarket left me in awe, & of course I stocked up. "La" means hot, & when warned abt some dishes I respond, with my translator, "墨西哥人" or "Mòxīgē rén" sticking a thumb to my chest. 墨西哥人 means Mexican. And the response, "ah okay, okay." 😊🇲🇽🇨🇳🌶 #tacoliteracy #TacoLiteracyInChina

Give it up to @coreanoskitchen for making their own corn masa (corn imported from USA) & slinging bulgogi tacos. California food truck to Texas to Seoul. Legit, legit, legit tortillas. Also some fine salsas. Told the server I was a fan of the tortillas, she sd, "Glad you liked them. After six years of working here, I can't stand looking at tortillas." 😂 #TacoLiteracy

Best barbecue experience ever. When the ribeye tastes like butter, 🤤. Beef ribs also 🔥. Last day in #Seoul before heading to #Chengdu.

Just leaving this here for a second. More to come soon!

A trip to #GwangjangMarket to explore #Seoul foodways. Fantastic kimche, pancakes, chiles, and, of course, welcoming Korean folks. And a fun chat about Mexican food and fried chicken with a dude who liked my @unitedtacosofamerica_ cap. 🤠

Last tacos in the 🇺🇸 before heading to Asia. The #CarneEnchilada at #HorchataDeli is the best in the barrio, bright red and crispy. Famous for the giant tacos placeros, but all the tacos are 🔥. #tacoliteracy #nyc #ny #queensfoodways

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