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Freakstar
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Who's tried the carne asada tacos at Baja Fresh or La Salsa or King Taco (taqueria chains that are popular in Southern California)? In your opinion, are the best tacos at the various Mexican places in Seoul at least equivalent to these?
When I think of a good taco, I think of the roach coach tacos in Los Angeles - just some marinated meat, cilantro, onions and some salsa inside two corn tortillas. Of course, some are better than others but at $1-$2 per taco, you get the most bang for your buck. |
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RyGuy
Joined: 24 Sep 2011
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Mexican food with a happy hour! The place is called Fiesta.
I am pretty sure it is something like� Mon~Fri 6:00pm-8:00pm (half price beers/well drinks)
243-7 Nonhyun-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul
Phone Number: 02-544-2821 *Staff can speak English*
Directions:
Go to Gangnam-Gu Office Station Exit 2, walk straight and make the first left.
I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!
It�s pretty low key, definitely worth checking out� |
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Freakstar
Joined: 29 Jun 2007
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I'm in LA right now and I had some King Taco last night. Good shit! THIS is what a good taco should look like:
[img]http://http.cdnlayer.com/smoola/00/00/2c/bceaca8096c4139c_m.jpg[/img] |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Freakstar wrote: |
Who's tried the carne asada tacos at Baja Fresh or La Salsa or King Taco (taqueria chains that are popular in Southern California)? In your opinion, are the best tacos at the various Mexican places in Seoul at least equivalent to these?
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Hell no. |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: 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 |
Chois' Tacos in Sinchon are the worst tacos you'll ever have in your life. Not to mention the owner is a douche.
I'm so glad they opened up taco bell right across the street from the toolbag. Wonder if he's still in business after those ripoff prices on his menu. |
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Freakstar
Joined: 29 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
| Freakstar wrote: |
Who's tried the carne asada tacos at Baja Fresh or La Salsa or King Taco (taqueria chains that are popular in Southern California)? In your opinion, are the best tacos at the various Mexican places in Seoul at least equivalent to these?
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Hell no. |
I think the best tacos that I've tried in Seoul are the Tacos El Pastor (pork) at Dos Tacos. Yeah Dos Tacos is a chain so the quality may vary depending on the location, but I've found these tacos to be consistently good and tastier than their other taco offerings which include soft and hard shell tacos. They are still pricey at 3,300 KRW per taco, and they don't even come close to the tacos I had at King Taco last night, but they're still pretty damn good. |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Is the three kings taco truck the one in the middle of the wide street?
that place sucks too. not as bad as chois' though.
I'm from SoCal and love me some taco bell though. plenty of people there love it too. the people here bragging about being from close to mexico and thinking its cool to hate taco bell are such losers. |
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Freakstar
Joined: 29 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
Is the three kings taco truck the one in the middle of the wide street?
that place sucks too. not as bad as chois' though. |
I don't know. I think their truck is pink though. No good, eh? |
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toby99
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
Location: Dong-Incheon-by-the-sea, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:57 pm Post subject: Re: Mexican joints |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
| Freakstar wrote: |
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 |
Chois' Tacos in Sinchon are the worst tacos you'll ever have in your life. Not to mention the owner is a douche.
I'm so glad they opened up taco bell right across the street from the toolbag. Wonder if he's still in business after those ripoff prices on his menu. |
Chois is some raunchy stuff. The few times I went there the meat tasted like rubber. Just nasty. I think that place gives Panchos a run for its money as the worst Mexican joint on the peninsula, and that's saying quite a bit. With TB across the street, it'll interesting to see how much longer Chois stays afloat. TB is the best thing that's happened to Mexican food in Korea, as the local joints can no longer get away with serving dog crap wrapped in a tortilla shell, and everyone is forced to up their game or file for bankruptcy. Sink or swim. |
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Jotun_Symph
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
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In my experience, Mexican food in Seoul is either
a)overpriced
b) terrible
c)both.
prove me wrong please |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| It ain't cheap, but On The Border (Sinchon and Times Square) is good. |
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Vimfuego
Joined: 10 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| Julio's in Hongdae is passable |
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jdkansas
Joined: 25 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:16 am Post subject: Margarita's |
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| My favorite mexican place is Margarita's in Jukjeon. |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| itistime wrote: |
| it could be. watcha need? |
Whatcha got?  |
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iRock
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| hows the new tomatillo in itaewon? any good? |
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