tupinamba

tupinamba? nothing special here, keep browsing.. i tried tupinamba today with a group. the service was fine, but i found the menu lacking.

apparently the crowning achievement of this restaraunt's fare is the tupy taco. these are a smallfriedtaco that consist of a minimal (seriously) amount of beef, refried beans and cheese/lettuce/tomatoes on the side. they are very similar to jack in the box tacos, except slightly less greasy and 8x the price. one tupy taco = $3.75.

i had the pollo diablo as my entree, and added a tupy taco on the side. the pollo diablo turned out to be quite a let down. sort of a smoky, very mildly spiced sauce that tasted more burned than anything over a chicken breast with rice, squash and zucchini. very disappointing.

the chips are thick and almost stale, but still crunchy. the salsa is bland but fairly tasty.
service was good with our party of 11.

if you're in dallas, there are about 200 mexican restaurants i would recommend over tupinamba.


highlight: the $4friedtaco. (i didn't know it was $4 when i ordered it, otherwise i wouldn't have bothered.)

i wrote an earlier review where o lamented the absence of sweet tea, but otherwise a wonderful place to eat. they have sweet tea now! makes a great place even better!


-----06 jul, 2010-----

yummy. i eat lunch here frequently. the price for items from the lunch menu is difficult to beat, especially with the serving size. i love the chips/salsa. thefriedtacos are amazingly good.
my favorite dish at lunch is the rudy's special - a sour cream beef enchilada, a chicken enchilada with salsa verde, and afriedtaco. just wish they had sweet tea, but i will continue to eat lunch here.

bestfriedtacos in dallas. the tupi taco's are the bestfriedtacos this side of jack n the crack! but they're disappointingly closed on sundays!
in any case better get yourfriedtaco craving on between tuesday-sat!