mexican food

[chronovore]

Pretty sure that I have previously bemoaned the lack of Mexican food in my part of Japan. I haven't sought it out in Tokyo, but Osaka is barren for the stuff. There was a shop called Pink Adobe in Osaka, and I found that there was a branch in Kobe. When I went there on Saturday, our first trip to Kobe in nearly a year, Pink Adobe was out of business, the storefront featuring the kind of gutted appearance of a shop that has been cleared out for some months, and the new inhabitants of the space not yet decided.

All this by wayward way of saying, I would dearly love a burrito right about now. Preferably big and smooshy, with a lot of sour cream and maybe chili colorado.

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This is SO not helping.

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[jjgalahad.livejournal.com]

Well, if it helps any, some disturbingly hairy man has a surfeit of bad burritos on his hands. The perfect burrito can be elusive- ah, who'm kidding? The guy who lives in Colorado will just shut the hell up now.

[johntv.livejournal.com]

There's a few decent spots in Tokyo. I've been to one in Nishi-Ogikubo (I think?), one in Naka-Meguro, one in Daikanyama (with an Iron Chef chef, no less), and another in... Omote-Sando was it?

Two of the four were great (Daikanyama one and Omote-Sando one), and the other two were very good. If you ever wanna go sometime when you're in Tokyo, lemme know and maybe we can arrange an outing with some of the Mexican fans. :)

[zerochan.livejournal.com]

The other night me and a dear old friend went to one around...　Nishi-Shinjuku, I believe? Anyway, it was in the basement of an overpriced hotel and seemed like a branch of a US chain I'd never heard of. It was tasty, too, and the place looked like it was making a KILLING from expatriate customers (we had to wait half an hour for our booth). I can probably ask her for details on the location again...

argh why can't I sleep

[johntv.livejournal.com]

You're thinking of El Torito. There's a few of them here (and prolly in Osaka too, I'd imagine). El Torito isn't bad at all, but it's more of a chain-type place, and as AV puts it, it's more Tex-Mex than actual Mexican.

I guess they exist in the US, too, though I'd never seen one when I was there.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Waiting an hour is about the norm for El Torito in San Jose as well. It's not bad, but it is to Mexican as TGIFriday's is to traditional Americana food. My favorite burritos are from the side-deli in a Mexican corner shop in Santa Cruz. Yummy, with a capital "yum."

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Two of the four were great (Daikanyama one and Omote-Sando one), and the other two were very good. If you ever wanna go sometime when you're in Tokyo, lemme know and maybe we can arrange an outing with some of the Mexican fans. :)

Sounds like a plan. (Thanks for the tips, too!)

[super-nyanko.livejournal.com]

I couldn't find a good osakan mexican restaurant but I did find this neat link for expats there. Click past the plea for money if you get it.

http://talesmag.com/rprweb/the_rprs/pacific/realposts_osaka.shtml

[weezie13.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that they have El Torito, but not a Baja Fresh (owned by Wendy's) or a Chipotle (owned by McDonalds). Hell, if it's that popular, maybe I should move over there and open a Mexican place!

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

d00d, your carnitas rocked the fucking haus that day. thanks again for going through all that trouble!

[tetsuoxb.livejournal.com]

There are a few really good mexican places... including one near your house in hirakata.

Go to makino and walk north along the street. on the left there will be a small mexican place called El Mustacho.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

You just made that name up! "¡El Mustacho!" Even a Japanese-named Mexican restaurant wouldn't do that...!

Incidently, I don't live in Hirakata -- that's like ½way between Kyoto and Osaka, isn't it?