I miss how when I lived in Texas they would always give you unlimited free chip and salsas before you ordered. That’s when you knew the restaurant was good.
To think they’d add a couple of tortilla chips to a Mexican platter is beyond insulting and ridiculous 😂 tortilla chips is not a Mexican dish, it’s a snack like popcorn. Would you pay €20 for a dish that included popcorn?
Spending a year working in the US made me realize how bad the “Mexican food” served in the Finland really is. Ofc I’m not saying that the US version of Mexican food is 100% authentic, but I’ll never forget the taste of the fish tacos I got from a random food truck next to a gas station in San Diego
Yes and chinese food is also very chinese.
I am always fascinated by people being so shocked about the quality of certain foods in countries *far away* from where the food originally comes from.
Yes, Mexican food is shit here, in Europe. Mexico is *literally* on the other side of the world and there are not enough Mexicans here to have started a tradition of/introduced and upkept decent Mexican cuisine.
The same can be said for *a lot* of other cuisines.
Indian food is famously good in the UK, but look at how many Indians live there and therefor not only brought the food there but also demand a certain quality when they order it? They know how it is supposed to be prepared and how it is supposed to taste.
If you don’t have a sizeable enough community of [insert nationals of whatever country] to bring the cuisine and uphold it to certain standards, then you get only a weak, tasteless and sad copy of these dishes. That is not unique to Finland.
If you want to have Japanese food in Germany you would be wise to look for it in Düsseldorf and follow the Japanese folks to the restaurants they frequent.
Personally I have never visited the US but I have seen several menus from so-called *German* restaurants and the dishes were abominations. Nobody in Germany eats what I have seen on some of those menus and it certainly would not be offered in any restaurant in Germany. You can check r/Germany for somewhat regular discussions of that.
TL,DR: Mexico is far away and there are few Mexicans here. *Of course* there is no good Mexican food here. Where is it supposed to come from?
How is the Finnish/German/Scottish food where you are from?
I think you’re a bit wrong with the impression that any country can have good Mexican food because it’s not complex. It relies on fresh ingredients that are just not available here or have to be exported so the taste would not even be the same. you also have to cater to the palette of the country.
In Helsinki, Pueblo is ok. The folks are from Mexico and super nice and it still doesn’t have the same authentic flavor I’m used to and even when I cook myself it’s not always the same. I understand the frustration of what is served here but I have found lowering my expectations helped me acclamate to what is available.
I do find it funny that an American Tex Mex style restaurant passes for Mexican but I don’t feel offended by it.
Dos tecolotes in hakaniemi has some good produce and cheese they import from Mexico. Nice people. Before the pandemic I used to get tomatillo there to make green salsa to at least get a nice flavor. But it’s been 2 years since that haha
Lol Finland does Finnish versions of “Tex-mex” sort of like america does “Tex-mex” in the first place and calls in Mexican food. Your very far away from Mexico and peoples tastes are very different. Just kinda a fusion
You really expect to get “authentic” something half a world away from it when the ingredients don’t even grow there?
Pancho Villa does not claim to be serving Mexican food, not even Mexican style food. They “offer a wide selection of different delicacies in the Mexican spirit.”
It’ right there in the front home page.
TL;DR: No
I am Mexican but I do not really mind this kind of Mexican food. I mean, they get the concept at least hahaha. You do not really except to find Mexican food (or any kind of regional food for that matter) in a place so far away and without any significant relationship between them or any migration waves hehe
I live 15 miles from the Mexican border in San Diego. I would eat that without hesitation. That looks fine for Mexican food 6,000 miles from Mexico.
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I miss how when I lived in Texas they would always give you unlimited free chip and salsas before you ordered. That’s when you knew the restaurant was good.
To think they’d add a couple of tortilla chips to a Mexican platter is beyond insulting and ridiculous 😂 tortilla chips is not a Mexican dish, it’s a snack like popcorn. Would you pay €20 for a dish that included popcorn?
Spending a year working in the US made me realize how bad the “Mexican food” served in the Finland really is. Ofc I’m not saying that the US version of Mexican food is 100% authentic, but I’ll never forget the taste of the fish tacos I got from a random food truck next to a gas station in San Diego
Yes and chinese food is also very chinese.
I am always fascinated by people being so shocked about the quality of certain foods in countries *far away* from where the food originally comes from.
Yes, Mexican food is shit here, in Europe. Mexico is *literally* on the other side of the world and there are not enough Mexicans here to have started a tradition of/introduced and upkept decent Mexican cuisine.
The same can be said for *a lot* of other cuisines.
Indian food is famously good in the UK, but look at how many Indians live there and therefor not only brought the food there but also demand a certain quality when they order it? They know how it is supposed to be prepared and how it is supposed to taste.
If you don’t have a sizeable enough community of [insert nationals of whatever country] to bring the cuisine and uphold it to certain standards, then you get only a weak, tasteless and sad copy of these dishes. That is not unique to Finland.
If you want to have Japanese food in Germany you would be wise to look for it in Düsseldorf and follow the Japanese folks to the restaurants they frequent.
Personally I have never visited the US but I have seen several menus from so-called *German* restaurants and the dishes were abominations. Nobody in Germany eats what I have seen on some of those menus and it certainly would not be offered in any restaurant in Germany. You can check r/Germany for somewhat regular discussions of that.
TL,DR: Mexico is far away and there are few Mexicans here. *Of course* there is no good Mexican food here. Where is it supposed to come from?
How is the Finnish/German/Scottish food where you are from?
I think you’re a bit wrong with the impression that any country can have good Mexican food because it’s not complex. It relies on fresh ingredients that are just not available here or have to be exported so the taste would not even be the same. you also have to cater to the palette of the country.
In Helsinki, Pueblo is ok. The folks are from Mexico and super nice and it still doesn’t have the same authentic flavor I’m used to and even when I cook myself it’s not always the same. I understand the frustration of what is served here but I have found lowering my expectations helped me acclamate to what is available.
I do find it funny that an American Tex Mex style restaurant passes for Mexican but I don’t feel offended by it.
Dos tecolotes in hakaniemi has some good produce and cheese they import from Mexico. Nice people. Before the pandemic I used to get tomatillo there to make green salsa to at least get a nice flavor. But it’s been 2 years since that haha
Lol Finland does Finnish versions of “Tex-mex” sort of like america does “Tex-mex” in the first place and calls in Mexican food. Your very far away from Mexico and peoples tastes are very different. Just kinda a fusion
You really expect to get “authentic” something half a world away from it when the ingredients don’t even grow there?
Pancho Villa does not claim to be serving Mexican food, not even Mexican style food. They “offer a wide selection of different delicacies in the Mexican spirit.”
It’ right there in the front home page.
TL;DR: No
I am Mexican but I do not really mind this kind of Mexican food. I mean, they get the concept at least hahaha. You do not really except to find Mexican food (or any kind of regional food for that matter) in a place so far away and without any significant relationship between them or any migration waves hehe
I live 15 miles from the Mexican border in San Diego. I would eat that without hesitation. That looks fine for Mexican food 6,000 miles from Mexico.