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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| krats1976 wrote: |
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yeah, but the thing is, you can't get real mexican food in korea. sorry, but you just can't. taco bell is good and cheap and it isn't mexican food, but it's better than the other places that claim authenticity but fall short.
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There's a place near the Krispy Kreme in Sinchon (hope it's still there). It's not perfect, but pretty close to Mexican. |
I don't know if it's near Krispy Kreme, but hopefully you're not talking about Choi's Tacos. Their salsa roja tasted like sweetened gochujang. |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| krats1976 wrote: |
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yeah, but the thing is, you can't get real mexican food in korea. sorry, but you just can't. taco bell is good and cheap and it isn't mexican food, but it's better than the other places that claim authenticity but fall short.
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There's a place near the Krispy Kreme in Sinchon (hope it's still there). It's not perfect, but pretty close to Mexican. |
You've got to be kidding me if you're referring to Chois' Tacos in Sinchon made by that Korean dude. Those are the nastiest tacos and burritos I've EVER tried, Japan included. You must be from England if you can stomach that crap. Socal born and raised here. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:23 am Post subject: |
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You've got to be kidding me if you're referring to Chois' Tacos in Sinchon made by that Korean dude. Those are the nastiest tacos and burritos I've EVER tried, Japan included. You must be from England if you can stomach that crap. Socal born and raised here. |
I'm also from SoCal and I would add that there wasn't a single decent Mexican place, let alone authentic, in all of Korea. |
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toby99
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
Location: Dong-Incheon-by-the-sea, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Choi's Tacos is some pretty rancid stuff - Tastes like bird crap mixed with some gochujang wrapped in a stale tortilla shell. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
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You've got to be kidding me if you're referring to Chois' Tacos in Sinchon made by that Korean dude. Those are the nastiest tacos and burritos I've EVER tried, Japan included. You must be from England if you can stomach that crap. Socal born and raised here. |
I'm also from SoCal and I would add that there wasn't a single decent Mexican place, let alone authentic, in all of Korea. |
http://seoulfoodyo.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/taco-man/ |
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420trader
Joined: 22 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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I tried the Taco Bell at Itaewon and I thought it was pretty bad. I've tried Taco Bell on base and it was a lot better.
Anyway, if you guys haven't tried Tomatillo's, you should def give it a go. They had the best food in the category so far for me. It's near YP books in Jongro/Jonggak. It's goooooooood.
Who brought up Choi's Tacos? How did that place even get into this discussion. I thought that place was really bad. |
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djloekee27
Joined: 08 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:43 am Post subject: |
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you gotta get Three Kings Truck. they are from Texas like me and serve tex-mex. real salsa.
http://3ktruck.com/
https://www.facebook.com/3ktruck
on another, taco cabana, mama margies or las palapas (tex mex) need to open a location in seoul. i only go to taco bell back home when i don't want mexican food. and i don't eat at any place that doesn't have fresh, homemade tortillas. |
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420trader
Joined: 22 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:58 am Post subject: |
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| djloekee27 wrote: |
you gotta get Three Kings Truck. they are from Texas like me and serve tex-mex. real salsa.
http://3ktruck.com/
https://www.facebook.com/3ktruck
on another, taco cabana, mama margies or las palapas (tex mex) need to open a location in seoul. i only go to taco bell back home when i don't want mexican food. and i don't eat at any place that doesn't have fresh, homemade tortillas. |
texxxxxxxxmexxxxxxxxxx
thanks for the heads up, gonna try it this weekend or next |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| madoka wrote: |
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You've got to be kidding me if you're referring to Chois' Tacos in Sinchon made by that Korean dude. Those are the nastiest tacos and burritos I've EVER tried, Japan included. You must be from England if you can stomach that crap. Socal born and raised here. |
I'm also from SoCal and I would add that there wasn't a single decent Mexican place, let alone authentic, in all of Korea. |
http://seoulfoodyo.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/taco-man/ |
i went ahead and tried this place.
the corn tortillas did in fact seem fresh (if a bit doughy tasting).
they are tiny, as real street tacos should be, but not as filled with meat. the meat had a nice texture but was nearly flavorless, overpowered by onion and cilantro due to the incorrect proportion of ingredients.
also, when i ordered, in korean, two tacos (5000w) from the young worker, he quoted me the price for two burritos (9000w). after correcting him several times, he finally got my order straight. in english or konglish, "tacos" and "burritos" sound totally different. i guess most koreans order burritos.
admirable effort but still falls quite short. i grant this place the following title, "the most authentic LOOKING tacos i've yet seen in seoul"
re: king's truck...very good carnitas taco. but 4000 for a street taco? ouch. that's like paying $8 for a chamchee kimbap or $10 for a restaurant bottle of soju back home. think about it. would you do that?
re: tomatillo. they have a carnitas torta for their chef's special this week. this was surprisingly GREAT. unfortunately they used processed cheese slices, but this took nothing away from the taste and was purely an aesthetic black eye. i'd just order it w/o cheese. 9000 won and includes a horchata. i'll go ahead and say this one is worth it.
yes, i eat too much bad mexican/texmex/cali-mex/taco bell in seoul. what can i say, i didn't go home this year.
it's still taco bell for me. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:45 am Post subject: |
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The Three Kings Truck carnitas beat the crap out of anything Taco Bell has to serve, and I'm not someone who bashes Taco Bell.
I was rather impressed with Taco Man. The ajossi was there both times I went, and he speaks English well, so I didn't have an issues. Service aside, I found them to be really good by the low standards set here. I did find the salsa to be way over the top, however, and I generally don't have any issues with heat. My dining companions found the same to be true, and they were a mix of Koreans and hot sauce loving Westerners. When I went back the second time I asked him to lay off and I found that there was a lot more going on than I was able to taste the first time. Regardless, I really dig the tortillas. |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| i dont know who nukeday day is but anyone who tries mexican restaurants during their weekend is awesome in my book |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| I'm also from SoCal and I would add that there wasn't a single decent Mexican place, let alone authentic, in all of Korea. |
Not singling you out or anything. Just had an epiphany relevant to your comment.
We should be happy that we get to whine about how crappy all of the Mexican restaurants are except for insert favorite here. Ten years ago, the only options were Pancho's and whatever crazy concoctions fusion restaurants threw together, including but not limited to orange slices in nachos. They might've been selling cheese nachos at the movie theaters, don't really recall.
Personally, I don't think any of the places are particularly good, but neither are they particularly bad. I'm from the east coast so am used to sloppy, sauce-covered entrees, so my standards are accordingly lower. I think I'd rate Dos Tacos slightly above the others based on burrito, but recently got into tacos after discovering that Tomatillo does a decent one - way better than their burritos, at least. |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Reading about all of this Mexican food makes it hard for a guy to stick to a diet.
I really want Mexican food for lunch.
I'll probably stick with my fish, broccoli and sweet potato. |
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420trader
Joined: 22 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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ive been craving some mex today after reading this forum. i think i might drop by tomatillos..their california style burrito is niiice
im so hungry..i wish i could order tex mex from home |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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.their california style burrito is niiice
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every san diego taco shop serves that...but of course way tastier. i will admit that tomatillo's version is like methadone for my heroin addiction, though. everyone should try it. |
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