Texas Restaurants

For the first nineteen years of my life, while living in Massachusetts, my idea of Mexican food was the number one combination meal at Taco Bell; believe it or not, I thought Taco Bell was authentic Mexican food. There were no Taco Bell chains in Lowell, where I lived, but a chain existed in the town where one of my aunts lived, in Marlborough, some 30 or 40 miles southwest of my hometown. My sister and I would get really excited whenever my mother would tell us we were going to visit my auntie, because we knew such a visit would always include a stop at Taco Bell. Sad, huh?

Well, I left Massachusetts in 1996; and after spending a few months in the U.S. Army’s Basic Training course, I found myself assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas, a locale surrounded by numerous Taco Bell chains. I was happy. Seven or eight months later, I met my wife, a woman of Mexican heritage, who, upon learning that my only experience with Mexican food was at various Taco Bells, chuckled herself silly.

My wife introduced me to authentic Mexican dishes, and I quickly became addicted. We traveled all around Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and our travels taught me one thing: the closer we got to Texas, I noticed the better the Mexican food became. Fast forward some thirteen years later, to the present time, in which I find myself living in Texas, and I have learned something else: the closer one gets to Mexico, the better the Mexican food becomes.

I recently found Las Flores Mexican restaurant while driving a back-road from Houston to Wallis, a rather bleak-looking town located some 50 or 60 miles west of H-Town. I found Wallis to be rather desolate, lonesome, and in a horrible process of decay – it appeared as though every single business – whether large or small – had closed up and left town. I wasn’t looking for Las Flores, but decided to dine here as a result of my process of elimination: it was the only place opened in the entire town.

My kids ordered various plates from the children’s menu and enjoyed everything that they ate; I ordered the shrimp tacos, which were devoured within 5 minutes, and found the blend of Mexican and sea food to be outstanding.

Like I previously stated, I ordered the shrimp tacos, which were served with fresh tomatoes, a mixed-clump of cheese, and one of the coldest cups of ice tea I ever had. The culinary melody wasn’t anything unique; the quality and taste of the food, however, was absolutely delightful.

Texas Restaurants

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