Mississippi – Part 1

When in Rome… or Mississippi. Right?

I just got back from visiting Bro, my sis-in-law Margarita, and Baby Toddler boy.

After we got off of our flight (early, even. Whoop whoop, Southwest!) we stopped by a Sonic for a fast food fix. Crispy Chicken sammich for me, and some “Chicago” dogs for Albany John.

For dinner we went to Tequila’s, a Mexican restaurant on Old Canton Road. They said they like to come here for dinner. My brother got the camarones al mango con coco. Wow, these were sugar bombs – deep fried and battered shrimp sauced with a way-sweet mango sauce and topped with coconut. Side of rice and veggies. Reminded me of sweet-n-sour Chinese food more than Mexican.

You get free salsa and chips – the salsa is awesome. Freshly made, and full of fresh cilantro, onions, and tomatoes.

Albany John got Arrachera Los Altos – grilled flank steak with tortilla cups of refried beans, rice, guacamole, pico de gallo, and some grilled cactus leaves. Not bad for $13, but it came out more well done than medium-rare. There was a small pink strip somewhere in there at one point. It was still pretty tender (I’m guessing a bunch of meat tenderizer), so he didn’t send it back. But dudes, well done with a strip of medium is a little off from medium rare.

Drinks were two-for-one. Albany John ordered one and was surprised when our waitress brought over two and shrugged and said it was buy one get one. Okie dokie. They were really weak, so no biggie.

I got shrimp tacos. Their menu had a picture of shrimp that… did not look deep fried. Each taco contained a fried batter blog made of two shrimp. It was not bad, but again, reminded me more of takeout Chinese food than Mexican food. The pickled onions and refried beans were tasty, though.