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Published: March 17th 2006
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BREAKFAST TACOS!Drew has been doing his best to show me places that are really San Antonio, the non touristy places. And quite frankly he's been doing an excellent job. I came to San Antonio to watch the Spurs, but they have taken a back seat, Id rather be soaking up as much of San Antonio as possible. AND THE FOOD!
I actually had a few things I really wanted to do in San Antonio, such as eating breakfast tacos, trying ice tea, eating a big steak. I'm pleased to say I have accomplished most of them thanks to Drew.
Today was a huge food day....
The night before we decided we would do breakfast tacos in the morning but Sarah had to start work early. So the answer was to wake up at 6:30am!
I managed to be awake at 6:30 when Drew came past and we went for a long drive to a Mexcian place that apparently still had up a poster I had done for the Spurs (NBA Basketball team) in 2003. Unfortunately that place was closed on Tuesdays. We ended up going to the place across the road.
I had four Tacos. One was
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Spurs Lane. scrambled eggs with Chorizo (Spicy mexican sausage), one was a normal shredded beef taco, one was a type of mince meat and the last was a Menudo taco which is cows intestines. YUMMY! I also had three cups of coffee!
Authentic Mexican tacos are made with SOFT corn tortillas, NOT those stiff shells we call tacos, they have no idea what they are in Mexico. I am definately going to have to try and cook up some real tacos when I get back home! The Mexican food alone has made the trip to San Antonio worthwhile!
After the tacos and dropping Sarah off at work we drove past the Spurs practise facility on "Spurs Lane".
We drove around a bit more Drew, Maddison and Joe spent some time at the mall while I had a little sleep in the car, I was preparing myself for what was to come next...
The GIANT plate of Chicken Fried Steak.
We went to a place called Tip Top near the King William district. which has been around for 70+ years and it looked it. Infact some of the patrons and the wait staff looked like they had been
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Tip Top around since the beggining. This place was authentic, it was great! The place was packed with what looked like regulars... Including a San Antonio Police Sheriff.
Chicken Fried Steak is a way of cooking steak associated with soul food and Southern U.S. cuisine, particularly Texas. It is a piece of beef steak, coated and fried as if it were a piece of fried chicken. It was served with cream gravy some freedom (NOT FRENCH) fries and a little salad.
It actually reminded me of Schnitzel (remember when mum used to cook that?) and given that many Germans settled in San Antonio its highly likely it came from them.
I managed to stuff it all in as well as some corn bread. I have never been so full in my life!
After the eating we stopped at a Glass blowing studio. The woman was making a piece right there in front of us. We watched for a while then went for a drive through the southside of San Antonio this is the poorer side of town but a place that has far more character than the built up residential areas that resemble Howick.
We made a
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Tip Top, opened 1930. final stop at a ice cream place and had a smoothie.
I had a whole lot of fun hanging out with Drew, Maddy and Joe. I hope Drew does take me up on that offer to come to New Zealand so I can pay him back.
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Good chicken Fried Steak
Great chicken fried steak can be had at Lu Lu's Jailhouse cafe. They have a great one that comes with queso instead of gravy, and the steak is litterally as big as your head. Great cinnamon rolls too. Make sure to stop by there before you leave San Antonio