Tamaulipas has a mixture of Mexican and not so Mexican cultures, as it borders Nuevo Leon to the west, Veracruz and San Luis Potosi to the south and the Texas border to the north. That is why we can find dishes with "regia" influence, such as machaca, beef cuts and cabrito, burritos from the US, moles from Veracruz, seafood dishes from the Gulf and pre-Hispanic influenced food from the Huasteca In