as easy as to be candid to ask, where can i get a gun? probably, they will kill you if you ask that. you know san juditas? san juditas. anthony: patron saint of jorge: hopeless cases. anthony: ah, lost causes. jorge: it s become very popular in the last years. anthony: a lot of good smells here, man. and a lot of good-looking food. my happy place is somewhere in here. oh, there it is. jorge: yeah, we re already here, migas. anthony: beautiful. jorge: la guera. anthony: wherever there s bones and guts simmering in broth, chances are i ll be happy. writer, sociologist, and lifelong resident of tepito alfonso hernandez apparently feels the same way. so, this is supposed to be a bad neighborhood, and this is the best. i love this neighborhood. [ alfonso speaking in spanish ] jorge: it is known for being the lost souls neighborhood.
it is called angeles neighborhood, like angels anthony: right. jorge: being there, but in tepito, there are no angels, but lost souls. anthony: what s the saying? alfonso: comer bien. anthony: eat well. alfonso: coger fuerte. jorge: hard. alfonso: enseñar los huevos a la muerte. jorge: and showing los huevos to the death. anthony: show your balls to the devil? or to jorge: to death. anthony: on the menu, migas. the base comes from boiling cracked ham bones to release the marrow, to which garlic, onion, cascabel peppers and epazote is added. thickened with stale bread and leftover tortillas. when you got nothing, you make something really awesome out of nothing. jorge: the grandmothers have the creativity to taking advantage of the bones of the pigs. and now it s a gourmet dish. anthony: any great old culture where there s poverty, there s something like this. yeah, by the way, if you re watching this, after you do this, you really gotta wash your ha
that s a rookie mistake, going to take a piss right after. [ woman speaking in spanish ] jorge: she s asking you if you like the migas. if you enjoy it. anthony: yeah, it s good. delicious. so these guys have been open, what 65 years? jorge: all the members of the crew are relatives. anthony: is there hope for social change in this country? alfonso: lamentablemente. jorge: unfortunately, mexico has become the tepito of the world. tepito is still the synthesis of the mexican. anthony: not a lot of upward mobility here. the rich get richer, the poor get ground slowly under the wheel. eduardo garcia has hacked his way up the ladder to become chef, owner of the city s hottest restaurant. eduardo: i grew up in the states. i was a migrant worker picking fruits and vegetables as a kid. my parents didn t earn a lot of money, so i decided to work, rather than go to school. anthony: the restaurant business, as i well know, ain t no picnic.
jorge: she s asking you if you like the migas. if you enjoy it. anthony: yeah, it s good. delicious. so these guys have been open, what 65 years? jorge: all the members of the crew are relatives. anthony: is there hope for social change in this country? alfonso: lamentablemente. jorge: unfortunately, mexico has become the tepito of the world. tepito is still the synthesis of the mexican. anthony: not a lot of upward mobility here. the rich get richer, the poor get ground slowly under the wheel. eduardo garcia has hacked his way up the ladder to become chef, owner of the city s hottest restaurant. eduardo: i grew up in the states. i was a migrant worker picking fruits and vegetables as a kid. my parents didn t earn a lot of money, so i decided to work, rather than go to school. anthony: the restaurant business, as i well know, ain t no picnic.
san juditas. anthony: patron saint of jorge: hopeless cases. anthony: ah, lost causes. jorge: it s become very popular in the last years. anthony: a lot of good smells here, man. and a lot of good-looking food. my happy place is somewhere in here. oh, there it is. jorge: yeah, we re already here, migas. anthony: beautiful. jorge: la guera. anthony: wherever there s bones and guts simmering in broth, chances are i ll be happy. writer, sociologist, and lifelong resident of tepito alfonso hernandez apparently feels the same way. so, this is supposed to be a bad neighborhood, and this is the best. i love this neighborhood. [ alfonso speaking in spanish ] jorge: it is known for being the lost souls neighborhood. it is called angeles