Taking a seat in the busy dining room on a Thursday afternoon, I followed Jackman's advice and ordered the tripe soup ($16.50) – known as menudo in Mexico. It arrived with warm house-made flour ...

Menudo, for Mexican families, is the rough equivalent of spaghetti sauce for Italian families - everybody has their own recipe ... Mexican soup is beef tripe, or the lining of a cow's stomach.

However, even those who aren't fond of this dish might change their minds if they try this recipe. The key to success ... Most often, we use beef tripe since it's popular and readily available.