Posted: 3/17/2007 12:28:34 PM EDT
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I went out for a cheap breakfast this morning. In this state, you can find hole-in-the-wall restaurants run by both legal and illegal immigrants. The one thing you can always count on is great tasting chow. Good stuff. I tried a new dish a few weeks ago when my friend Rosalio showed me a new place. He had to do the ordering since no one spoke English. Well, my food was simply superb. The best. I was happily bursting at the seams stuffed. Now, back to this morning. I walked into the hole-in-the-wall place where no one speaks American. I looked over the paper menu but couldn't find what I ordered last time. I sort of knew the name but I wasn't sure. I kept telling them I wanted, "La Migra, La Migra." They looked at me like I was a lunatic. I come from the old school where foreign language skills are improved by merely adjusting your volume. I repeated myself much louder, "La Migra! I want La Migra! Yo key-arrow La Migra!" After some of the kitchen staff left through the back alley, I took a closer look at the flimsy menu. There is was; MIGAS. I wanted breakfast migas.  I paid my $3.75 and got a heaping portion of tortillas, cheese, eggs, jalapeños, and some other stuff they probably found laying around. But it sure was tasty. |
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La Migra 
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I know that. You could ask for it in any number of ways, I ask for things in different ways depending on if its a drive through, etc. |
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Traigame migas Dame migas Hagame el favor de traer migas Me puedes hacer el favor de traer migas and on and on and on..... I wasn't slamming you, I just would rather he learn the polite way first. It is still funny he asked for la migra, tho. Next time, just order menudo 
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Nothing like the whole hog stuff to clear the nostrils ... 
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Yes, that's what I was trying to say. It's been WAY too many years since I tried to speak Spanish fluently! |