We finally reached my destination of Houston, Texas!En route to the airport to send my parents home (ahem, :( ), we were in search of steak just so they could say they tried it. We turned off the highway and came across a Mexican barbecue on the side of the road. Loads of people were eating in the picnic area. The place was a collection of three trailer-esque buildings with young guys tending
meat (pork on the left, chicken on the right). Seeing how we were clearly the only ones who didn't naturally speak Spanish and the menu only came in Spanish, I had to order in Spanish. We had two tacos with pork (tacos de trompo), half a barbecue chicken (pollo al carbon), and a sweet, cinnamony, slightly creamy drink (tamarindo). All for $10!
Only cost: the humiliation when a Mexican guy passed me while I was taking a picture of the menu and said, "Like you'll be able to translate any of that!"
A note on tacos de trompo:
Layers of marinated meat is cooked on a skewer, similar to Greek gyro meat. The meat rotates over the grill. At this place, they placed a whole skinned pineapple at the very top, so juices would flow down (drool). When an order is placed, the meat is shaved off and then grilled until crispy.
Places that serve tacos de trompo are hard to find. But apparently, Houston and most of Texas has a bunch!
