Why aren there any Taco Bells in Mexico City?
I really like yer name, man, but because you ask a good question, I’ll pass on the jokes (fer now….) As others have so well put it, “Taco Bell” is a purely American chain to start with and actually has nothing to do with Mexico. Second, what you people in the US call a “taco” is not actually, technically a “taco” down here in Mexico. With the hard toasted shell, it would be called a “tostada” (a toasted corn tortilla with ingredints piled on top.) A taco is a soft corn or flour tortilla, filled with ingredients, topped with hot sauce and eaten rolled up or folded in two. One of the main ingredients for a “Taco Bell” taco, cheddar cheese, is almost impossible to even find in Mexico City, unless you check out “Sam’s Club.” What we up north call “taco spice,” you can’t buy anywhere in Mexico City. I used to have to bring it back with me from Canada until I finally learned to make a good one here! After some research, I have discovered that most of what Americans know as “Mexican Food” i
