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Last night was Blake's birthday (sorta) and we wanted to go somewhere different for dinner. At first Blake wanted to go to our old standby Bodean's but, fortunately, some of his work colleagues suggested another place: Texas Embassy Cantina.
Why hadn't we discovered this place before now?!?
As soon as we stepped through the doors we felt like we had gone home... well, the Don Pablo's on Highway 131 in Jeffersonville anyway. You won't find any sissy British lagers on tap here. It's Bud and Corona, baby. And you can't smoke in the dining room, which I love. And they played some kind of Learning Spanish tape in the bathrooms which was much better than the endless loop of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony remixes that one might normally hear in your average Tex-Mex eatery. The best part was all the funny Texas bumper stickers which adorned almost every square inch of the place like "Kinky Friedman for Governor". Blake's favorite stated "Texas: It's Bigger Than France". There was a hot bartender who had the biggest arms I've ever seen in my life. We think he was Italian.
After an assortment of starters which included chicken quesadillas, fried jalapenos, and the Texas Rose (which we Americans might call a Bloomin Onion or an Awesome Blossom), we had a round of girly drinks with names like Texas Twister, Texas Pink Gin, Coco's Martini, and Woo Woo. I had a Pina Colada which wasn't on the menu but they managed to whip up for me anyway.
For dinner I had El Rancho Tejano which was a "pork steak marinated in Dr Pepper, mesquite grilled, served with piquant apple salsa served with ranch mashed potatoes." It was as tasty as it sounds. I mean how can you go wrong with anything marinated in Dr. Pepper? Of course, Blake had to get the biggest piece of meat on the menu. Specifically that would be the "Bigger than Dallas" T-Bone Steak, "a 22oz. T-Bone steak served on a bed of sizzling onions with french fries and deep fried onion rings." It was huge! I can't believe he ate the whole thing. Oh who am I kidding? Of course he did. Big Daddy loves his beef.
Anyway, we will definitely be going back. I mean Texas has a whorehouse in it but London has Texas Embassy Cantina.