Mestizo – real Mexican food in London
by Jeanne on November 4, 2014
in Restaurants - London
Mexican food – we all know what it is, right? Nachos or burritos with ready-mixed guacamole, loads of Cheddar cheese, and enough chillies to clear your sinuses for a year. Well, actually, no. That’s Tex-Mex that you are describing and although there is no question that it can be a delicious cuisine in its own right, no Mexican living south of the border would ever embrace it as Mexican home cooking. This is one of the first lessons I learnt when we visited Chihuahua, Mexico for a wedding a few years ago. Instead, I discovered the many and varied joys of taquerias and empanadas and moles, and the vast and complex cuisine that spawned them. But what if you can’t afford a plane ticket to Mexico? In London there is a simple solution: head for Mestizo. Click here for a full portion →
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