London is a funny place food-wise. There’s tremendous variety of food. But all too often, restaurants “cater” their food to English tastes. Case in point – we have a Mexican restaurant around the corner from our flat. Chips (potato) and penne feature prominently on their menu (English love their chips and penne pasta).
A Mexican restaurant opened in Covent Garden several months ago. We’d read the good reviews, and were toying with the idea of checking it out. But the dread of taking the trouble to visit only to be disappointed kept us away.
It wasn’t until Ed, on a flight to Chicago, happened to sit by a woman who raved about the place, did we seriously consider checking it out.
We had dinner at Wahaca last night, and were duly rewarded. It was excellent. We started of with some tortillas with salsa roja (spicy!) and salsa verde washed down with Corona.
For mains we ordered from the street food section of their menu – skirt steak tacos, smoky bean quesadilla, braised pork tacos, and aubergine and goats cheese tacquitos. Plus side orders of frijoles and coriander rice. All yummy tasty treats, washed down with some more Corona.
For desert we shared a portion of churros, capped of with complimentary (in honor of Feast of the Dead) shots of Gran Centenario tequila with sangrita.
Another bonus was the price. For all the food we got, and 4 Coronas, the bill came to £35 - about the same cost as getting Chinese takeaway!
With bellies full and slight buzzes, we headed of to watch a movie (Control). We’ll definitely be back again.
Some pics from our dinner (L-R): Whetting the appetite with spicy salsa and corona, beef tacos, black bean quesadilla, Ed and the spread, tequila
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