Also curious about things that are the other way around where they look really good but taste awful.

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[–] 19 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Babar Ganesh!
So we can add hummus and... probably lots of other sauces / dips as well.

My candidate might be guacamole, which looks like it could almost be toxic ooze at first sight.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

    Honestly a lot of Mexican food looks kind of rough. Molé sauce looks like something you'd have to eat during a fraternity hazing. Birria, looks greasy and almost violently red. Nachos even, are not the most appealing food. But they're all amazing. So much flavor. The texture is exquisite despite appearances. Largely we've learned to maybe adapt our visual palates, I feel.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    There's a Mexican place that opened very close to me, and I've been a bit bewildered by the general lack of flavor in their stuff. Examples would be their barbacoa, birria, pastor, chicken tinga, and carnitas. Funnily-enough, they load up the spices in their ground beef, so that's most usually my protein filling. 😕

    I really don't know quite what to say in trying to suggest to a Oaxacan-style restaurant that their meats need more spices...

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