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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:28:37 +0000 (UTC),
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> sf > wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:58:42 -0800, Mark Thorson >
>
> >> I haven't had a real chili relleno in years.
>
> >I think people's tastes change over time, Mark. I remember when I
> >loved them and ordered them a lot. Then I ordered one and it just
> >wasn't the same to me. I didn't order them for years and retried it
> >on a combination plate - still didn't appeal. It's fried and that's
> >probably why I don't like it anymore.
>
> Not only are they fried; they are fried, refrigerated, then reheaten
> in a microwave. Only at really high-end Mexican restaurants are
> they freshly deep-fried anymore. Chili rellenos are a pale shadow
> of their former self.
>
Maybe so, but I thought I remembered it being the kind of place that
has a tiny kitchen out in the open where you can see them cooking.
Just a hole in the wall in the Mission.

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