Taco Bell

[JL21]

I might have already mentioned this but we tried Le Tejana on north Lindbergh a few weeks ago.

I got a big bowl of seafood soup. It had crab legs, fish, shrimp, squid, etc. It was amazing. The best part was that it came with a little plate that had fresh (not pickled) chopped jalapenos, chopped onions and cilantro, plus sliced limes. It was perfect. And it was like, $7.

La Tejena kicks ass. Their carnitas were great, and even the beef face meat taco thing was pretty good.

[cardsfansince82]

There's a bunch of good places in KC, especially KCK.

Well, hell, you can't just leave it at that. I'll add them to my list of "Places I can't eat right now but really wish I could."

Most true mexican food is actually pretty healthy and lo cal. It's the american style with chips, cheese, sour cream, etc that racks up the calories.

El Pollo Rey in an especially sketchy area of KCK is probably my favorite and would be perfect for your diet. I'm not sure this is even on jim's radar. All they do is cook whole chickens over wood and the place is steady busy all day. The half chicken is like $7 and you get beans, rice, tortillas, salsa and onions. You can pull the chicken and make your own tacos or just eat the chicken and sides and skip the tortillas. This is the entire menu and I've never witnessed anyone order buffalo wings:

[SHOW]

Mi Ranchito Cocina is honestly the best american/tex mex type place I've ever found outside of the southwest. There's several locations out your way, but it wouldn't be the best place to go on a diet. I've tried something different there every time and never been disappointed.

El Camino Real in downtown KCK has the best street tacos in the city. Tacos al pastor, ftw. You could probably also get a good plate of just meat there. It's open pretty late too, at least midnight.

Cancun Fiesta Fresh is right by Westport and has a good mix of street tacos and americanized stuff.

El Bonito Michoacan in KCK is basically a deli counter inside a Mexican grocery and has a bunch of different hot plates that are good.

Lots of decent places on Southwest Blvd near downtown KCMO.

[pioneer98]

We have great local Mexican options here in QC and I have noticed that the authentic stuff can actually be OK for a diet. Just have to watch the carbs (how much chips and salsa you have, corn vs flour tortillas, etc).

[The Third Man]

Excellent, I'll have to give those places a try. Mi Ranchito I actually know, there was one right by my old job so I hit it up every once in a while. Damn good stuff.

[Radbird]

anytime I want authentic mexican food Jim, I have my wife cook, or my suegra

On my way. What's for dinner??

[jim]

We have great local Mexican options here in QC and I have noticed that the authentic stuff can actually be OK for a diet. Just have to watch the carbs (how much chips and salsa you have, corn vs flour tortillas, etc).

I know there is a large latino population over in the QC, I'm sure you have plenty of choices. And as mentioned earlier, most authentic Mexican food is actually pretty good for a diet. I probably order tacos 80+% of the time I go to a Mexican joint, which done Mexican style(onion and celantro only with salsa, no cheese) with corn tortillas and a little rice and beans it's pretty healthy. My other favorite is Chili Relleno, which is probably not that healthy but is so good. Alot of the seafood stuff is pretty healthy as well. Sour cream is not used nearly as much in Mexican places as TexMex or American food. Of course my problem is just simply getting myself to not order the guacamole, I just love that stuff.

Numbers, si yo fuera tu yo seria gordo.

[Donnie Ebert]

I do enjoy some Taco Bell from time to time, but I usually have them replace all the meat in my taco and crunchwrap with beans. My stomach thanks me later.

Also, the meat makes me think of this:

Taco Bell's New Green Menu Takes No Ingredients From Nature

[Numbers]

anytime I want authentic mexican food Jim, I have my wife cook, or my suegra

On my way. What's for dinner??

Come on down Rad! and Jim, the report came out last week that the US fell from the number 1 ranking for fattest nation for the first time in years this year. We are now 2nd, and number 1 is Mexico. So, it is appropriate that I now find myself on the border.

[wart57]

Just had the new Chicken smothered burrito at the Bell, not bad, not bad at all. Surprisingly good actually.

[stlouie_lipp]

Was that your breakfast?