Los wings: Tenderblogois doesn't like it, the chicken wings with blue cheese dressing at El Tesoro on O'Farrell. Taste the rant, via Tenderblog:
Certain elements of life are beyond my comprehension and fall under that, "damned American crap" category in my fuddled brain. The big one that makes me scratch my head the most is any place trying to serve every effin' need to their customers under the sun. One such example of this is gas stations selling groceries. Another is vodka at drug stores. And it appears yet another new one is chicken wings with ranch or blue cheese dressing at a Mexican joint.No fan of the mixing, Tenderblogois: where burritos rule, TGI Friday-inspired wings have no business (after the jump):
Why do they do this? They're a Mexican joint. They do it well. Every time I get ready to go on a big trip, I have burrito from there to bless the voyage. But friends, I can tell you that I shall not and will not buy chicken wings at a burrito shop. It's just wrong no matter how good they might be.But Tender, isn't that how cuisines evolve, by adoption and alteration? We've been to an Oakland carniceria where, if you ask the right guy, you can get Nissin Cup Noodles customized with Latin sabor, sexed up with salsa, lime, cilantro, and shrimp. Cheap and vivid-tasting, it's a kind of folk adaptation based on what's most availble in the prevailing landscape. By that measure, we'd love it if Buffalo wings got a Jalisco-style makeover in city taquerias, even subtly. We daresay they'd be far tastier than the five-wing Flappertizer at Hooters. So please, taqueria owners: Pile on the wings.
