True to Form Fajita

(Chicago) – Just a little background, “fajita” is the diminutive form of Spanish word “faja” which mean belt or griddle. In Filipino, we call it similarly but with different spelling, “paha”. Nowadays, fajita is referred to as a Mexican dish composed of any grilled meat with onion, bell pepper on tortilla. For obvious reasons, skirt steak was first used for this dish that’s why it’s called “fajita”. But there are many variations now like chicken fajita, lamb, beef or shrimp. Calling some dish “fajita” without skirt steak in it is plainly illogical. Well, everything in this universe evolves, including the term “fajita”. To adhere to the original form of “fajita”, I used…