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Dang. This thing is lovely. The title is misleading -- maybe that is the problem.

I actually teared up by the end of it. Amazing information, amazing statement of cultural pride for a nation that is the butt of WAY too many jokes.

Help! Somebody come help?

Yeah, I had the same reaction. I laughed out loud at first when they showed cuisine after cuisine of non-mexican origin, and felt appropriately stupid once I realized the greater point the video was trying to make. Very well done.

@bareboards2

You might be interested to hear that here in Melbourne restaurants are importing Italian workers, but in Italy itself pizzerias are hiring Egyptians!

There are many misconceptions of Mexican Cuisine. I am probably one of many that apart of this misconception. I have noticed many Indian and Thai restaurants have Mexicans cooking those respective cuisines, not because they are cheap labor but because they are diverse in their respective trades.

"Mexican" food is popular all over but the Taquerias in San Francisco are well known around the US and locally. But, the food served in the Taquerias are actually a San Franciscan cuisine. The San Francisco burrito is just that. It was made here, it is an American food influenced by Mexican cuisine but geared towards us gringos. This is not necessarily true for everything on the menu of course.

Regardless, it is very good. Surprisingly, one of my favorite "Mexican" food spots is in a very industrial area of Oakland in the form of a food truck. You would never know it by the taste of the food. IT IS AMAZINNNNNNN!!! Amazingly tasty fresh salsa. a secret spicy salsa, great beans, great tortilla, tomato friend rice, carne asada to scream for. The best tacos I have ever had in Cali and a burrito that rivals SF's best and they do it everyday, so it is not a fluke and it takes place on a truck.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-taco-panzon-oakland