tacos and bold predictions for breakfast

For breakfast at the Taco Taco Café this morning I had the migas w/ cheese. Those are make-it-yourself, soft-shelled tacos with refried beans, scrambled eggs, potatoes and spicy salsa.

I love Mexican food and all things spicy, but the idea of eating refried beans with eggs seemed unnatural to me – especially when washing it down with coffee.

“Everyone outside of San Antonio does,” Michael Millet (pictured here at Taco Taco) told me at the breakfast table this morning. “But here it’s a tradition.” He also explained that Taco Taco is famous state-wide for its cuisine, with Texas Monthly voting its tacos 14th out of 63 “tacos you must eat before you die.” It took only one bite to convince me and both our plates were wiped clean in short order.

Millet is president the Alamo Gators Club in San Antonio. In the hour or so I spent with the 32-year-old Coral Springs native, who manages a furniture store sales force, I could see he is an expert on all things UF, San Antonio and food.

“San Antonio is a food city. You eat your way through this town.”

After recommending a good barbeque restaurant for lunch, Millet said he was confident the Gators will beat Ohio State in Monday night’s college championship football game. The disrespect the Gators get from the media and from non-SEC fans will actually play in UF’s favor in Arizona.

“Ohio State hasn’t faced a team like us,” he said, taco in hand. “We’re battle-tested. I think we’ll win 31-30.”

Gutsy prediction, I said, taco in hand.

“And Chris Hetland will kick a field goal,” he added. “That’s a bold prediction in itself.”

And here’s another one: Ryan and I will visit the Alamo, the famous Riverwalk AND make it to El Paso by midnight tonight. In fact we’re headed out in a few minutes. We’ll post another blog and some photos when we hit the road again.

Jeff