# Why don't Chinese restaurants open for breakfast? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 18, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-chinese-restaurants-open-for-breakfast/114701 "2002-06-18T15:53:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ill\_Logik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Ill\_Logik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ill_Logik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-chinese-restaurants-open-for-breakfast/114701/41 "2002-06-20T16:27:49Z")
Regarding “migas”, you can read about them here: > **[Migas with Fresh Tortillas Recipe](https://www.texascooking.com/recipes/migaswfreshtort.htm)** > > Migas with Fresh Tortillas recipe from Grandma's Cookbook of kitchen-tested recipes. Note the site name has Texas in it, not Mexico. From my experience, Texans know as much about real Mexican food as New Yorkers know about cattle ranching. TexMex does not equal Mexican food, or anything close. ---
**Author:** ![xicanorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xicanorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xicanorex)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-chinese-restaurants-open-for-breakfast/114701/42 "2002-06-20T16:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ill Logik \* > \*\*Note the site name has Texas in it, not Mexico. From my experience, Texans know as much about real Mexican food as New Yorkers know about cattle ranching. TexMex does not equal Mexican food, or anything close. \*\* I am sorry . . . .but . . .maybe in a suburb in Dallas they might not know real Mexican food, but **we in the border sure as hell do!** Come down to Laredo! Come down to El Paso! Come down to McAllen! Come down to Brownsville! Come down to San Antonio! Outside of Mexico and Los Angeles, the real stuff is here! XicanoreX ---
**Author:** ![Ill\_Logik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Ill\_Logik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ill_Logik)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-chinese-restaurants-open-for-breakfast/114701/43 "2002-06-20T17:14:16Z")
Sorry, xicanorex, but I should have noted that there ARE places to get real Mexican food in Texas (I live 45 min. from El Paso and I’ve had great Mexican food there many times, not to mention in San Antonio). I was, in fact, talking about such places as Dallas or Austin. I lived there for a while, and every time I mentioned “real” Mexican food, someone said they knew of a place that was authentic. So of course I agreed to go try it, and everytime it was the same thing. The look was right - small, family owned, cozy. There were actual Mexican servers/hosts. And then, just like always, here comes the pizza sauce in a bowl with a side of Safeway corn chips, and everyone recommends I try the mushroom quesadillas with extra carrot shavings and bell peppers. Authentic indeed! ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-chinese-restaurants-open-for-breakfast/114701/44 "2002-06-20T17:33:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xicanorex \* > \*\* > Outside of Mexico and Los Angeles, the real stuff is here! > \*\* And this is one reason why I love living in LA. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![xicanorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xicanorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xicanorex)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-chinese-restaurants-open-for-breakfast/114701/45 "2002-06-20T18:22:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ill Logik \* > \*\*Sorry, xicanorex, …I was, in fact, talking about such places as Dallas or Austin. I lived there for a while, and every time I mentioned “real” Mexican food, someone said they knew of a place that was authentic. So of course I agreed to go try it, and everytime it was the same thing. The look was right - small, family owned, cozy. There were actual Mexican servers/hosts. And then, just like always, here comes the pizza sauce in a bowl with a side of Safeway corn chips, and everyone recommends I try the mushroom quesadillas with extra carrot shavings and bell peppers. Authentic indeed! \*\* 😃 😃 😃 LOL I am sorry, I didn’t mean to sound too irked, but **you are right** on this regard. Nothings irks me more than to go to a supposedly authentic Mexican restaurant in Austin and then get some meal that was concocted by someone who **has never** eaten or prepared authentic mexican food. I remember eating migas in Austin and getting this pretty funky concoction (which, btw, was still good, but not Mexican) with all different types vegetables and additions. I turned to my friend who had recommended the restaurant “Ya, know, migas is just eggs and tortillas.” My friend blushed. XicanoreX [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-chinese-restaurants-open-for-breakfast/114701.md?page=2)