Uphill: American street food is finally with us

The same with food: In Vilnius, as well as everything American I can, from matured beef to walnut coffee and horseradish mayonnaise, even toothpaste is often not bought in Lithuania, because it must be made in Cincinnati , Ohio, and having that special An American Taste that doesn’t exist in Europe. And while I’m sitting in a restaurant, I often drink that sweet brown bubble soda that some writer (not me) has called the milk of capitalism. Even my dogs take American vitamins and supplements daily.

It is not enough for me to have my home in the United States: I also want Lithuania, which is my homeland, to become Americanized, to be as similar as possible to the United States. I want as many people as possible to write and read English, so that US literature, art, and culture. USA Take up as much place as possible in Lithuanian minds, pushing Samogitia as far as possible, for Lithuanians to communicate as much as possible in English and with an American accent to greet, “I byatch,” and I would like a black president of Chicago, Atlanta or Detroit in Lithuania drive around Lithuania in an American SUV with chrome spiked tires or with second inertia tires that turn when the car stops at the traffic light, and that our basket Kaunas Kings and Vilnius Vipers, and Jurbarkas Johnsons , and of course country music would be the main musical genre for Lithuanians to get to know the village chapels and “Surroundings of May” and instead the American villagers in jeans, boots and a plaid shirt. on national television waves during the day to sing about their trucks, whiskey, and the unhappy love for village girls who want to love on hay on a Texas farm. This is my vision for Lithuania by 2030, and we are getting closer to it.

So, you can imagine how joyfully I heard the announcement that an American-style place has popped up in Vilnius, producing Mexican street food: tacos, which Americans have not considered foreigners for a long time, because Mexican culture and cuisine They have been as firmly integrated into American life as Bangladeshi and Indian cuisine is part of British cuisine (in fact, the best part, because pale English wouldn’t know much about the flavor itself, and if not for the dishes. spicy and tasty brought by Indians and Pakistanis, their most delicious dish would be fried until dry meat and white formal bread).

The trails are cornmeal or wheat flour buns, perhaps even faster pancakes that heat up and top with just about any food, from meat and fish to cheese, rice, and beans, folded and eaten. There are also tricky trails where the pancake is fresh and ready to be folded, but they don’t deserve your attention because it doesn’t make sense (hard shell tacos). This restaurant with the Spanish name Where ?, what is the question “where?”, It is a restaurant on the road, it does nothing else: note the two question marks in the name, the first of which is at The other way around, so Spanish traditionally marks question sentences, and if you think so it doesn’t make sense, you’re right; it’s as useless as “Lithuanian dating”, opening at the beginning, closing at the top, which I generally ignore because my American iPad has too many books to bother me, and I ask publishers to fix it because, in my head, Those Lithuanians Quotations have no additional meaning or information and are an undue burden since I am already a busy person.

I will not begin to name the recipes that you can see for yourself if you look at the photos I provided and took with you with my great American camera: the bottom line is that one trail costs $ 2.70, three trails cost € 7.50, and there’s crazy taco, meaning , a crazy path where up to five components can be put together, and costs € 2.90. Very simple with those prices. Is it possible to eat cheaply? It is possible, although perhaps the hostess’s assessment that two trails are sufficient for one person, is overly optimistic or directed at a very low-food clientele – we take four at a time and obviously overeat because the trails are Really great, but overeating and overeating is a true American way. live; Get used to consuming Lithuanians extensively, after all, here’s a Texas-themed restaurant, let him eat like a Texan, and having full bellies is nothing like that. If God wanted everyone to eat in moderation, He would not have created delicious Mexican Mexican food.

I really enjoyed the trails with bacon and scrambled eggs (Austin), my girlfriend’s favorite was Amarillo (with beef, crisp cheese, and chopped mayonnaise), and I was also surprised by the food expert Marfa (with aubergines, fried cheese, and figs sweet). ) – in the sense that I had absolutely no expectation that I would like a vegetarian dish.

You will not see them in my account because we were with friends and they paid themselves and we paid ourselves; Why we did it, I will tell you: by then we do not have to complain that we have eaten for ordinary money. Everyone to pay for themselves is very American. I remember when I was a student, I had invited friends to a birthday party at Glass, and I thought everyone had to pay for themselves, some noticed and some didn’t, and I had to pay for those prints, which I never forgave. It wasn’t a shame for me at the time, but it wouldn’t force everyone to follow my order.

The positive things that I will gladly mention about Where? It’s the great ingredients: bacon, beef, slow-cooked pork, and pickled onions – it’s all cheap and irresistibly done. Things to consider were over-cutting, to be precise, cutting: for example pico de gallo (pico de gallo), mexican tomato sauce, onions, peppers, and coriander (Lithuanians sometimes call coriander ultimate herb, that quickly makes me human). weaned) was really too much cast, as if the cucumber tomatoes garnished on a slice at a town christening, would be a delicacy, if at all. A little problem, a lesson to learn.

Another problem that restaurateurs will need to address, and fairly quickly, is production speed. The trails are fast food and somewhere in Los Angeles people wouldn’t wait that long to bring their trails – especially after this review, when the restaurant is awash with hungry crowds, they’ll have to turn quickly. And the crowds will come because the trails are such that it is very difficult to abstain. I was already planning to go back there while writing.

The restaurant receives additional praise points for American grave candles on the tables of a dollar store (all for a dollar) featuring the holiest Virgin of Guadalupe – this ghastly Mexican kitsch is at the same time so elegant that I’ve always wanted to bring those candles and give them to friends and loved ones. The tombstone on the table is very uplifting; I am seriously considering keeping the cremated remains of loved ones in the room on the shelf so that they will always be with me and feel that they have come as guests and will never leave again. I really like restaurants that know how to joke and can relax in our country, where dictatorships and new restrictions are introduced more and more every day.

The two of us and a friend paid € 32.80 and left another five euros in tips. I know, I know, so that many of you feed the whole family for a week, maybe yes, but that’s not my problem, maybe they work a little more and can eat more and more frequently in restaurants.

Restaurant Where? I shake hands with a firm Texas click, congratulations on a great start, invite everyone to overeat, and four geese out of five. You are doing a good job.

Where? Taqueria, T.Ševčenkos st. 19, Vilnius. Tel. +370 676 59939. Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/DondeTacos Tuesday to Friday – 08:00 to 21:00, Saturday from 10:00 to 21:00.