I am an avid Deadpool fan, and if you read the title of course you know, this is not going to be some kind of Deadpool 2 movie review. What this is going to be about is something Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds, and I all love, East Asia and Mexican food! However, the irony is that Mexican food is allusive as elusive in Korea as finding a redhead. Not sure if that comparison makes much sense, but I am going to roll with it.
I'm going to post these photos if I can remember the names of the places I will include them, but keep in mind some of these photos are from months ago before I started to do this blog, so I didn't pay much attention to names and places.
First Mexican Place
Address: 35 Gangnam-daero 162-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
At this point, I had been in Korea for almost two months and had not had Mexican food at that time. So, my friend decided to take me to this place to eat. Cannot remember the name at all, it is on the napkin, and I was trying to find it but even looking at the address on my phone, a restaurant doesn't exist there on either Google or Naver maps. So, all I can give you in the physical address for this place. Regardless, I remember that it was pretty good and scratched my itch, for a time...
Shrimp Tacos
Beef Quesadilla, had a surf and turf kind of thing going on.
Taco Amigo
Address: 130-34 Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
If you want the best kind of Mexican food in Seoul, the one place you need to go is Itaewon. There are a ton of foreign food places to scratch hometown food you want. So, what you see below is my breakfast for a champion after Thanksgiving dinner/ let's all drink a ton because we haven't seen each other in a minute.
A Chorizo Chimichanga and a Modelo, what is that? Fresh Cilantro!?!
A Place in Daejeon
I don't even have an address for you all on this one. I took the photo through an app, so it didn't record the physical location of the place. Searching the maps, I also don't see any places that fit the photo. It was near 충남대학교 (Choongnam University). It is a little disappointing because this was one of the surprisingly good places I have been to. Like, for outside of Seoul especially it was good!
A Beef Burrito, and yes outside of Seoul seeing Cilantro is even more amazing!
Chicken Tacos, this was a kind of set menu that I split.
God Eat
Address: 48-7 Songpa-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul
Now this place was a little gold star I wasn't expecting much like the place in Dajeon. The friend I met for the first Mexican place saw that this place just opened and wanted to try it with me. Glad she did, and the wait time for a table was well worth it. I also did a good deal of drinking the night before this so waiting made it even more worth it. The price was a bit higher for this place, but you get what you pay for. The chips were made in-house, and everything came out fresh. The nacho cheese was a bit of a letdown, but aside from that, this place was easily second best in my opinion.
Beef Burrito
I believe that this was supposed to be a beef fajita bowl... I can't remember exactly on this one.
Gusto Taco
159-7 Seogang-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Now, this was my personal pick when I went to see a friend for her birthday. For a full review you can check out my post here. This restaurant was my favorite place out of all of them.
Pork Tacos, some of the best-pulled pork I have had here!
Beef Tacos, good but what you basically expect
A Quesadilla with cheese grilled on it!
Tequilaz
Address: 121 Geum-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju
Tequilaz is the closest Mexican place to me, and I have had mixed experiences coming here. The first time I ate here, I had a pork enchilada, and it was just alright. The meat was somewhat bland, and the cheese was made in-house, but you can tell that it was broken because of the grittiness to it, it was pretty off-putting.
The Enchilada
I told my experience to someone, and they said me they have two different cooks there, one that cares and one that doesn't. So, when I decided to give it another go, it was much better. I had a beef chimichanga, and it was correctly seasoned and the cheese was better and smooth, the plate presentation here is lacking though, to be honest. But, overall, not the best by far, but there are not many other options in Gwangju. So, go at your risk, and hopefully, you have the cook that can cook.
The Beef Chimichanga, with a Modelo makes it better, also they have cilantro as well. But that's what I mean about presentation; it shouldn't be minced like this, you are losing flavor cutting it up that small and creating more work for yourself...
Random Place
산32-2 Sage-ri, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo, Jeju-do
This was just a cafe that happened to sell burritos on Jeju. So, I got one. It was like a fusion style kind of thing. Korean beef burrito. It wasn't bad at all, just small and a little sweet. It is for sure the smallest one here lol
Korean Beef Burrito
Churros!!
Any big festival or significant downtown area sells churros. I don't know why Korea has a fascination with these fried little pastries, but I won't argue with them, they are fantastic!
Mini Churros I got at the Sea Partying Festival, with Hershey syrup dipping sauce.
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