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Freakstar
Joined: 29 Jun 2007
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:51 am Post subject: Mexican joints |
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I've compiled a list of Mexican joints in town - did I miss any? Which ones have you tried? And who makes the best/most authentic Mexican tacos?
Choi's Tacos in Sinchon
Three Kings Truck in Hongdae - do these guys only operate on Saturday nights in Hongdae?
Taco Man in Hongdae
Dos Tacos in Gangnam and Apgu
Tomatillo in Yeoksamdong
On The Border
Taco Rico |
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fezmond
Joined: 27 Oct 2008
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:10 am Post subject: |
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there are 2 dos tacos in hongdae now and about 10 total (i think)
taco gusto - hongdae. very small but the food is ok. needs some spice though
tomatillo - jonggak stn
is taco amigo still there in itaewon - opposite taco bell?
how is taco man? worth heading to? |
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Porksta
Joined: 05 May 2011
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:20 am Post subject: |
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There is a Mexican restaurant in Times Square. |
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hogwonguy1979

Joined: 22 Dec 2003 Location: the racoon den
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:13 am Post subject: |
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Tomatillo's is opening an Itaewon branch this weekend behind the Hamilton
about the only thing thats reasonably close to decent mexican food in korea |
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sojusucks

Joined: 31 May 2008
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:49 am Post subject: |
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Taco Bell is the best for the price. If you are willing to splurge then go to Dos Tacos. Otherwise, get some frozen tortillas, ground beef, and grated cheese at Costco. You can get taco seasoning at Foreign Food Mart in Itaewon, and chop some onions, lettuce, and tomatoes for your own wonderful Tex-Mex.
Note: I have seen taco dinner kits at Foreign Food Mart and at some black market stores, but that's been hit or miss. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Taco Amigo is not bad at all. |
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Zyzyfer

Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 7:55 pm Post subject: Re: Mexican joints |
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Freakstar wrote: |
And who makes the best/most authentic Mexican tacos? |
A more dangerous question has never been asked.
I lean toward Dos Tacos myself, but you'll never get an empirical answer to that question. |
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furtakk
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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There's also Bella Tortilla near Sangsu Station. Pretty reasonably priced.
Of all the places I've eaten at, I'd say Tomatillo is best.
Taco Man is okay. I had the Beef Tacos. Supposed to be legit Mexican style, but I have no idea what it should taste like. They're okay. I prefer cheesey Tex-Mex myself. They also do burritos, but I haven't tried them yet. When I went, the guy said he was thinking about closing shop because business wasn't very good. Might be relocating closer to one of the bases.
Where does the 3Kings truck usually hang around? Wanna try it this weekend. |
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adzee1
Joined: 22 Jul 2010
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:55 am Post subject: |
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sojusucks wrote: |
Taco Bell is the best for the price. If you are willing to splurge then go to Dos Tacos. Otherwise, get some frozen tortillas, ground beef, and grated cheese at Costco. You can get taco seasoning at Foreign Food Mart in Itaewon, and chop some onions, lettuce, and tomatoes for your own wonderful Tex-Mex.
Note: I have seen taco dinner kits at Foreign Food Mart and at some black market stores, but that's been hit or miss. |
Taco Bell in any country is never even close to being like REAL Mexican food including in the US, I also have an issue with Taco Seasoning too as in Mexico no seasoning is applied to the Tacos, its just meat ( usually steak or pork and never ground beef ) with which ever things you choose to put in it such as onion, cilantro, chilli sauce, salsa verde, lime juice or occasionally radishes. Without wanting to sound arrogant I consider myself a taco purist after 3 years of living in Mexico
I would be interested to try those other places and see if they are any good, I really hope because i want some nice tacos  |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:22 am Post subject: |
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adzee1 wrote: |
sojusucks wrote: |
Taco Bell is the best for the price. If you are willing to splurge then go to Dos Tacos. Otherwise, get some frozen tortillas, ground beef, and grated cheese at Costco. You can get taco seasoning at Foreign Food Mart in Itaewon, and chop some onions, lettuce, and tomatoes for your own wonderful Tex-Mex.
Note: I have seen taco dinner kits at Foreign Food Mart and at some black market stores, but that's been hit or miss. |
Taco Bell in any country is never even close to being like REAL Mexican food including in the US, I also have an issue with Taco Seasoning too as in Mexico no seasoning is applied to the Tacos, its just meat ( usually steak or pork and never ground beef ) with which ever things you choose to put in it such as onion, cilantro, chilli sauce, salsa verde, lime juice or occasionally radishes. Without wanting to sound arrogant I consider myself a taco purist after 3 years of living in Mexico
I would be interested to try those other places and see if they are any good, I really hope because i want some nice tacos  |
Tacos al pastor? |
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adzee1
Joined: 22 Jul 2010
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Yes Tacos Al Pastor means like shepherd style..its served from a spit and usually marinated in dried crushed chillis and vinegar .. certainly nothing like those powdered spice mixes. In my first post when i said no spice mix is added i meant the powders, not marinating ingredients.
From what I saw 90% of the taco menus in Mexico the selection is usually : Steak, Pastor, Chorizo, Tongue, Tripe and Head, Of all of these the only one with anything added to it when cooked is the Pastor.
Those powder mixes though, I have tried them in England the "Old El Paso" spice mix thing and they are not very good so I imagine that the ones in Korea are not great either.
The only other taco I had that was marinated in anything was Adobada or Barbacoa, which again taste nothing like those dried powder mixes or like Taco Bell.
The one time I had the misfortune to go to Taco Bell in LA, I would say it was similar to eating rotting dog !! Im sure the marinades are open to preference and interpretation and i suppose could add some extra flavour, but ground beef in a taco is a bit weird, as is cheese!! |
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Kennyftw
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:42 am Post subject: |
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adzee1 wrote: |
Yes Tacos Al Pastor means like shepherd style..its served from a spit and usually marinated in dried crushed chillis and vinegar .. certainly nothing like those powdered spice mixes. In my first post when i said no spice mix is added i meant the powders, not marinating ingredients.
From what I saw 90% of the taco menus in Mexico the selection is usually : Steak, Pastor, Chorizo, Tongue, Tripe and Head, Of all of these the only one with anything added to it when cooked is the Pastor.
Those powder mixes though, I have tried them in England the "Old El Paso" spice mix thing and they are not very good so I imagine that the ones in Korea are not great either.
The only other taco I had that was marinated in anything was Adobada or Barbacoa, which again taste nothing like those dried powder mixes or like Taco Bell.
The one time I had the misfortune to go to Taco Bell in LA, I would say it was similar to eating rotting dog !! Im sure the marinades are open to preference and interpretation and i suppose could add some extra flavour, but ground beef in a taco is a bit weird, as is cheese!! |
You are a very weird man |
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adzee1
Joined: 22 Jul 2010
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Yeh good one Ken, you are also weird. If I eat tacos I want them to taste like tacos from Mexico, not a poor imitation from the USA which use ground beef, hard shell tortillas and cheese, all 3 of which were invented in the US and are in no way Mexican. |
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smithy
Joined: 17 Aug 2009
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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Fantastic - another Taco Bell debate. Has anyone ever claimed that Taco Bell is authentic Mexican food? |
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toby99
Joined: 28 Aug 2009 Location: Dong-Incheon-by-the-sea, South Korea
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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adzee1 wrote: |
Taco Bell in any country is never even close to being like REAL Mexican food |
You're kidding me? |
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