I’d rather eat Mexican than Italian during the daytime, and that starts at first light: I can’t even think of a non-pastry Italian item I’d want for breakfast. Mexican for breakfast? Yes!
But after dark I’d prefer Italian. Overall it’s my favorite, but it’s better if I can sleep afterward instead of go back to work.
Plus, if all I was offered was either’s pre-entre nibbler, I’d rather have a basket of fresh bread drenched in butter and garlic than chips and salsa.
Food Fight!
One word : cilantro (coriander). I don’t eat Mexican food.
I’ve been to Italy and I’ve been to Mexico and in my opinion Italian food is streets ahead. Not to say that I think there is anything particularly objectionable about Mexican food, everything I had there was alright and some of it was very nice. But if I could never eat Mexican food again in my life it wouldn’t bother me one tiny bit. But if I could never eat Italian food again I’d be desolate.
Mexican.
Some northern Italian food is OK, and Italian seafood dishes rock, but nothing on Earth compares to good refried beans, or to guacamole.
I can’t tell the difference between Italian food I whip up, and that I have had in a restaurant. I just can’t seem to replicate Mexican food (except for some of the Tex-Mex dishes).