Times like this. Staggering out of a bar. Nice buzz. Happy to be in Mexico again. Looking forward to some street meat. It's a powerful kick in the nuts to find a
stupefyingly embarrassing pink limousine waiting for you. Who knows what wacky stunts
could be planned for me next? I don't know. You're in Tijuana and I'm in
Tijuana. That's scary. It only gets worse when the
thing doesn't even start. And you got to sit there in this thing,
passersby hooting at you and taking pictures of the big stupid gringo and the douche
nozzle from mobile that needs a jump start. Everybody's laughing at us, causing a ruckus
on the street and the cops are behind us. They're fishing. Engine. Are we arrested yet? Is there any way I can help with that? Let's go for some tacos. We're going to go to Taco Alley. I think we have the best street tacos. In the country. Those are. All right, guys. Not cool. Those are bold words. I got to say it. T, we got the best tacos in
the country. Hands down. Whoa. Go ahead and send your hate emails. I said it. I did not, by the way, I did not say that. You could be the judge yourself. No, don't. Don't put that pressure on me. So we're approaching Taco Alley. Are we? Everybody's going to try to hoot and
holler us for us to go to their taco shop. Really? Basically, they're all the same. Yay! Oh, geez. Look, they all have the same expression. Who are those? Look at their look of. Of freakish amusement. I'm never getting out of this car. Oh, thank you, sir. Please. Oh. Yes. If you were wondering. What was getting out of that car now, you
know. Oh, yeah. You make the move, my friend. This guy looks cool. This guy looks cool. Done. All right. Oh, yeah. Oh, What's that? What is that? That sausage. That's. So. Do you know what a campechano is? A campechano is a mix asada and chorizo. I'm gonna have one myself to those
campesinos. Oh, yeah. Two of these, right? Yeah. Look at that hunk of mystery meat. Awesome. Beautiful pork, which is in Mexico
City. They call Al Pastor. Here we call Adobada. Tacos and good ones. But every way you look down at it, it's good
stuff. Mhm. Oh yeah. I live for this. Not bad for Taco Alley, huh? I like Taco Alley. Well, I stuffed myself. Somewhere across town, Grammy
nominated recording artist Nortec Collective perform for their loyal fans. The idea was basically to mix electronic
music with with a Norteno sound. The Norteno is the folk, the folk music from
here. The next morning I meet video artist Yvonne
and Nortec member Pepe Mogt at a quiet out of the way joint on the beach. A little seafood, a little music, a little
morning after relief. Hello. Oh, Mr. Sun, I hate you. Now. Ordinarily enough, you'd have to go to my
funeral. This is called Michelada. Clam juice, tomato juice, lemon and some
salt and chili here. And the beer. This is what we used to drink
when we are so hungover. To cure. To cure the hangover. Yeah. Fill her up like this. Cut it up with your beer. It's a very sensible practice. What about this place? What do they do here? Well, this is a mariscos place. Very common in Tijuana. It's a very big
influence from Sinaloa, which is a state of Mexico, south from us. You know, Titanic was made here 20 minutes
from here. Well, the whole thing's kind of got a got a
nautical theme. You know, you got an ocean liner sitting on
top of the place. Yeah, a Titanic. But this is our chef here. Hey, chef. Glad I didn't have to wear this
getup in my day is all I can tell you. The thing I'm probably going to suggest is
the fish and Pappalardo. Pesquero and Pappalardo grilled and seasoned
red snapper heaped with vegetables. Brochettes of bacon wrapped shrimp stuffed
with crab meat. And there's this oddly familiar shrimp dish. Yeah, butter fried and sweetened. Well, this is an example. Like our Chinese
influence. Oh, like a sweet, sour thing. Yeah, that's totally Chinese. In terms of music and food, this city is
changing constantly and radically. A lot of immigrants from Sinaloa are
starting to come down here to Tijuana, and they're starting to open a lot of seafood
restaurants like this. Yeah, it's home cooking. Yeah, because it's the food from their land. But also they wanted the music here. So suddenly it became very, very popular
around the city. So now, like the local music here, like it's
norteno, because these guys. Are going to play for us. What kind of
that's. Yeah, they're going to play Norteno. Now for El Salvador rallies by Lola
Navratilova. If you were to look at an American equivalent
is folk music. Yes, old school folk music about bad men or
heroes or songs with a lesson? Yes, all of them are young songs. Don't ruin your life for a bad woman, you
know? Every song is about that. Femi Falana, San Diego Latino. Or maybe their lyrics advise Never be a
gringo caught in a pink limo. Before I know it, the afternoon is washed
away by a tsunami of cerveza. Grilled fish. Songs of narco traffickers and lots more
cerveza. I find myself once again seeking an after
hours gastrointestinal firewall. So, you know, I'm feeling like the colonel. You know, the colonel. Wow. You know, we have cf b cf b baby. Yeah. The colonel. I like my chicken from Kentucky Fried. I mean, butcher's. Yeah. Butcher's. Butcher's is what next? Yeah, Next. Is the next of the chicken. And Kentucky Fried Butcher's are the
legendary late night snack for low rent cheap ass, cheap thrill rip at the meat and on the
bone like, well, me just grab some fresh tortillas and eat truly amazing fresh salsa
and scare that alcohol right out of your brain. Nice. What do you do? Peel the meat off the bone? Yeah. Grab some salsa. Hey, it slips right off. It's good. I like this. It's come a lot to this bar over here. I was passing. I say, Oh, man, just kind of
looked good, but, like, I was kind of scared. Like, no. So once I dropped my prejudice
thoughts and I said, Well, let's try it, right? This was in my neighborhood in New York, I'd
be very happy to. The colonel, he's not selling any necks, but
maybe he should. Maybe he should. But no rest for the weary. Just one more stop before bed.
