{"id":1291,"date":"2015-05-12T16:37:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T22:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2015-05-13T13:19:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T19:19:29","slug":"authentic-mexican-food-in-austin-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/authentic-mexican-food-in-austin-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Authentic Mexican Food in Austin, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are originally from central Mexico, and after relocating to Texas we learned that Tex-Mex food is more Tex than Mex. We definitely don\u2019t like seen our enchiladas swimming in a yellow liquid substance. We are always looking for authentic Mexican cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>One of our favorite spots in Austin is \u201cEl Naranjo\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1294\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elnaranjo-restaurant.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1294\" class=\"wp-image-1294\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1504-1326x990.jpg\" alt=\"85 Rainey St. Austin, TX\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1504-1326x990.jpg 1326w, https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1504-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">85 Rainey St. Austin, TX<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chef Iliana de la Vega, knows about traditional Mexican food. If you are Mexican or if you have been in Mexico, after the first bite sitting in her lovely modern looking restaurant, you will be transported to your mom\u2019s kitchen or to a mercado in M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1292\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elnaranjo-restaurant.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1292\" class=\" wp-image-1292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1502-1140x1527.jpg\" alt=\"Poblano Chile stuffed with &quot;panela&quot; cheese &quot;Chile relleno con queso panela&quot; \" width=\"327\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1502-1140x1527.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1502-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1502.jpg 1935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poblano Chile stuffed with &#8220;panela&#8221; cheese<br \/>&#8220;Chile relleno con queso panela&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The restaurant is located in Downtown, just walking distance from The Mexican American Cultural Center. If you are visiting Austin, you could check The MACC calendar, enjoy one of more exhibits, and complete the cultural experience having a delicious dinner at El Naranjo.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.austintexas.gov\/esbmacc<\/p>\n<p>85 Rainey St. Austin, TX<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/elnaranjo-restaurant.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are originally from central Mexico, and after relocating to Texas we learned that Tex-Mex food is more Tex than Mex. We definitely don\u2019t like seen our enchiladas swimming in a yellow liquid substance. We are always looking for authentic Mexican cuisine. One of our favorite spots in Austin is \u201cEl Naranjo\u201d Chef Iliana de <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/authentic-mexican-food-in-austin-tx\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-culture","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mexicanmasterpieces.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}