Do tacos represent Mexico

Answer 1

As much as Hamburgers represent the United States, or chop suey represents China.

Tacos are just one of many dishes prepared in Mexico; these are especially popular in central Mexico but not so much on northern or southern regions of the country, where other kinds of food are much more appreciated. For example:

• Nuevo Leon (northern Mexico): Large-sized corn tortillas called sobaqueras (more than 25 inches in diameter) to eat beef meat, such as the arrachera. Also, much of the Tex-Mex food originated from Nuevo Leon (fajitas, burritos).

• Yucatan (eastern Mexico): Where the cochinita pibil was invented. A preparation of traditional cochinita involves marinating pork meat in strongly acidic citrus juice, coloring it with annatto seed, and roasting the meat while it is wrapped in a banana leaf.
• Jalisco (western Mexico): The regional dish most known for this state is the birria, which is a meat stew, made of mutton, goat or lamb, and it is often served with corn tortillas, onion, cilantro and lime.

Answer 2

In general terms, they are OK with that: it is like Americans are overwhelmingly represented by hamburgers.

In regional terms however, each state or region in Mexico has its own typical dishes; as tacos are much more common on central Mexico, some people don't think of them as special. One instance is the northern state of Nuevo Leon (bordering Texas), where cabrito (kid goat) is one of the most representative dishes of the region; in fact the way Neoleoneses identify Mexico City tourists is by noticing how they create tacos with the cabrito meat and maize tortillas.