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Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

In Itaewon there is a Mexican restaurant that serves sort of Mexican food. Highly overpriced and highly crappy.

Welcome to Korea...Where cuisines come to die Laughing

joelseymour · Joined: 18 Apr 2005

Demonicat · Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: Suwon

In Yeodio there is La salsa loca, damn good stuff- comparable to a Chevy's. Also, if you make nice with a GI there is a delicious Taco Bell on base

thorin · Joined: 14 Apr 2003

We's got Mexican chicken!

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

Thorin I killed your avatar you lyin avatar stealin' biatch! Razz

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

peppermint · Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject:

There's also a tiny little taco stand near Itaewon that's run by a guy who lived in Mexico, and the food there is pretty good ( 'cept the nachos)

pollyplummer · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Location: McMinnvillve, Oregon

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

PaperTiger · Joined: 31 May 2005 Location: Ulaanbataar

Don't take everything Grotto has to say as unbiased truth...he's a little cranky. Granted, it's not the best Mexican food you'll ever have but it does the trick...if you don't mind waiting a while in a diner the size of an airplane bathroom with eighteen other sweaty foreigners and Koreans??? who like Mexican food.

Make your own. It's easy and it will taste better. Plus, you don't have to go to Itaewon to buy it.

paperbag princess · Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell

la salsa locca is the best mexican food in korea that i've had thus far.

Universalis · Joined: 17 Nov 2003 Location: Seoul

Do what I did...

Go to Costco and buy some frozen tortillas, chips, ground beef, cheese (perhaps cheddar and Monterey Jack), and salsa, which is enough to make burritos, nachos, and quesadillas at home. If you want to get really fancy, go to Hannam market, where you can find taco meat seasoning packets to add some spice to the meat. Onions, green onions, and other basics can be found at your regular Korean market.

I've been making a lot of Mexican food at my home lately and it beats what little Mexican you can find at restaurants here.

Brian

bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

pollyplummer · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Location: McMinnvillve, Oregon

I like Taco Bell the same way I like McDonalds... it's an expected taste. I hate real mexican food. It's too soupy for me. I like an after-taste of cardboard. I generally have very indiscriminate taste in food, but I hate Koreanized mexican or koreanized western food.