So this one time, I went to a restaurant and ordered some nachos, and then the power went out while they were cooking so the cheese wasn’t all the way melted. The waiter told me to that I didn’t have to eat them, but I said no no no, I wanted them. Let me tell you, getting a plate of nachos with a bunch of unmelted shredded cheese on top, not so tasty, but cheese, normally tasty. Wassup with that?
Read MoreReview: Winking Lizard Tavern
Chicken, Cheddar Cheese, Mozzarella Cheese, Tomatoes, Onions, Black Olives, Green Peppers, Jalapenos.
Think about your thumbs. Now think about how they’d look if they were giant spikes and you were a dinosaur. If both those things were true you’d be an Iguanodon, and extinct for about 125 million years. Fact: The Iguanodon was the second type of dinosaur formally named back in 1825 by english geologist Gideon Mantell. Fact: It was one of the dinosaurs that was the basis for Godzilla. Not a Fact: Iguanodons are related to today’s iguanas. Fact: The Winking Lizard Tavern location I visited in Ohio had a live iguana on display in the restaurant.
Read MoreVideo: Portable Nacho Delivery System
To be fair, the video below is more of a Portable Chip and Dip Delivery System, and we all know that chips and dip are not nachos, but it’s a solid first draft towards portable nachos.
Read MoreEssay: A Death on Mount Nacheesmo
Today, for those out of the loop, is the International Day of the Nacho. Down in the Piedras Negras/Eagle’s Pass area the International Nacho Festival is going on where the son of the Ignacio Anaya, Ignacio Anaya Jr., judges the annual nacho competition with a fairness worthy of King Solomon. It’s Christmas and Mardi Gras and Carnival all combined for the nacho lover, but sadly not an event I have yet been able to attend. While I would have liked to write about my experience there on this magical day, I will instead tell the tale of eating the largest nachos you can buy in a restaurant; Mount Nacheesmo at Tio’s Mexican Cafe.
Read MoreReview: Tio's Mexican Cafe
Beans, Beef, Chicken, Pork, Monterey Jack and Cheddar Cheese, Tomatoes, Onions, Green Peppers, Black Olives, Sour Cream, Guacamole, Queso.
In this world there exist creatures of such might and power that they are only spoken of in whispered legends: the Leviathan of the Bible, Loki’s Fenris Wolf, the tri-head that guards the underworld Cerberus, man’s search for God allegory Moby Dick, the fearsome Tarrasque, Jaws. Along with these beasts there also exist foods of a nature so epic that they can only be eaten to be believed: Big Pie in the Sky Pizzeria’s Carnivore Challenge, the Sahara Hotel and Casino’s Big Badass Burrito, the mess of fries and smoked meat hoagie that is Papa Bob’s Bar-B-Que Ultimate Destroyer Challenge. All these however are just foothills when compared to the prime dish of Tio’s Mexican Cafe, the geological apocalypse known only as Mount Nacheesmo, the five pound mountain of nachos.
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