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Glatt, sounds like you've never had any decent Mexican in your entire life. Amble on down to SoCal sometime for the good stuff. Usually any restaurant with "taqueria" in its name somewhere, for those tasty-hole-in-the-wall kind of places. The biggest hole in the wall in Oxnard is La Gloria, a grocery-and-general sort of place, with an eatery-cum-bakery. No pretensions, just food made by people who understand the cuisine. Just south of the bus and train station downtown.

I commend to your attention a nice dish of Caldo Tlalpeño, an easy soup to get right. It's really chicken soup with both fresh and chipotle chilis, a bit of potato and some chickpeas. Peppery Mexican Jewish penicillin about describes this. Cures what ails ya on a cold day, and makes ya lively too. Definitely wants the chipotle for the proper flavor, so be sure to have that -- canned is just fine and is the usual way anyway. I particularly like half an avocado sliced up served in it.