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KumaChorou t1_j4v2p4i wrote

Brown owned and the real deal?

Chicano or boricua restaurant?

Dude, like what are you even looking for? El Cabrito in halethorpe has some of the best tacos I’ve had since living in the southwest, but like it’s north Mexican, they don’t serve plantains/are corn husk tamales, not banana leaf ones. In comparison tortilla cafe in eastern market is Salvadoran and does lovely tortas, plantains, pupusas, etc. both are super affordable, both are super different from Puerto Rican food (Salvadoran food maybe a bit closer)

Also is ligua supposed to be lengua or is it something different?

Idk, like sometimes these weirdly racialized restaurant posts feel like trolling.

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pantsattack t1_j4v702l wrote

Dude wants authentic cuisine. Is that hard to understand?

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KumaChorou t1_j4vd469 wrote

Sure, but like, what kind of authentic cuisine?

Like, the post is such word salad that anyone who knows a bit about the cuisine in question is going to be confused. Like, the level of specificity here is like saying (and I'm making it slightly more polite than OP wrote it) "I want an asian-owned asian restaurant, especially Japanese or Thai". Also, is it authentic if it's a Chinese restaurant owned/run by Koreans?

They're just different cuisines and it's strange to conflate them while seeking "authenticity".

Also, does it count as "brown-owned" if the owners are east-indian or afro-latino?

Seriously, the race of the owners/staff does not a authentic restaurant make.

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DMV123 t1_j4vlrwy wrote

He said "brown owned," not authentic. There are Puerto Ricans and Mexicans of all races, so their skin color does not have anything to do with whether they are authentic.

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pantsattack t1_j4vmv74 wrote

I think you're being too literal. OP's intent is clear.

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DMV123 t1_j4vzgju wrote

Regardless, as Kuma Chorou said, the racialization of his comment was weird.

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heatfins t1_j4wp1ol wrote

How is it clear? You’re talking about authenticity while he’s literally talking about Chicano food which is fusion food that has never stopped rapidly evolving, therefore not really something that’s judgeable as authentic or not.

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