Hey Yall,
Thought I’d write about something a bit different for ya today. Was resting up this Sunday thinking about my upcoming Christmas visit to see my family in the Texas. I only have around a week, which for my town is actually perfect…. there’s not much going on 
But I do have some foods I grew up eating that have been on my mind recently. Mexican food and Bar B Que in particular are just not done to my standards here in Asia (with one noted exception I’ll be writing about shortly). So these are the foods I load up on when I go home for a visit. This trip back home I’ll start every day off with a La Popular breakfast burrito.
I love these guys. I think I started eating these burritos towards the end of high school. Someone would go in the mornings and order a bunch of them and bring them around school for people. I liked them, but the original store was all the way on the north side of town (as if Abilene is that massive). Then they opened up a branch nearer to my home on South 14th. They kept things simple for the new store. Same grungy aesthetic of the original with a tiny interior. It’s not a place to sit and enjoy… you pick it up on your way out to work or wherever.
It became a regular morning stop then as it was on the way to school. Now I’m long out of school, but I’ll still swing out and pick up two Carne Guisadas and a Sweet Tea. Perfection. What a way to start a day 
I know these things would be a hit over here in Asia. Maybe one day I’ll open up a street truck or something selling these bad boys.
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6 comments
barb says:
Oct 3, 2010
Home-sick?
Shan says:
Nov 4, 2010
I could hurt someone right now for some good Mexican food. There is none to be found in Borneo, sadly. But thanks for letting me live vicariously through you
Mary says:
Nov 11, 2010
This is absolutely incredible. I went to college at ACU, and La Popular (along with Sonic and Ann Thai Kitchen) was one of our regular lunch spots. It’s been over two years since I graduated and left that beautifully dusty city behind, but something in me aches just reading this post and looking at the photographs… Texas is indeed bigger and better.
Thank you for sharing this.
Matt says:
Apr 23, 2011
I would kill for their recipe. I live in Houston now and there’s nothing like LA POPULAR’s Carne Guisada, it’s the real deal.
Brigham says:
Sep 13, 2011
This is just the sort of detail I was hunting for. I wish I’d have found your site before.
Lonnie says:
Oct 13, 2013
Need real carne guisada here in Albuquerque. Nobody knows how to make it like La Popular.
New Mexican food is nothing like Texas Mexican food. Everything does not need to be slathered in red or green chili!