When Ryan and I started dating, he lived in Lincoln Square by this great Mexican restaurant called Garcia's that is open late. We had many late dinners there after a night out on the town! I would always order the chicken burrito that is as big as your head and Ryan almost always orders "Mexican" tacos. The tacos we are all familiar with are topped with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and sour cream and more! Mexican tacos, however, are perfect in their simplicity: topped only with cilantro and chopped yellow onion, and served with lime wedges. The same way you find them for sale by street vendors in Mexico or Logan Square. In response recently to "what do you want for dinner?" Ryan said, "real tacos please!" Ryan and I easily ate through a pound of ground beef and were looking for more. We spiced it up with chopped mango pieces- yum! We repeated the dinner a week later using stir fry beef cut up in small pieces and were equally pleased- so you are not limited to ground beef! If you are looking to add more "oopmh" to this dinner, serve with a side of rice and pinto beans.
