Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Mo Mexican

I'm mistaken. Apparently there are a number of Mexican restaurants in Cologne.

I'll have to give them a shot, but I'm still not totally convinced that I'll get what I'm looking for based on the following clues:
  • Havanna (Neusser Straße 17) — Isn't "Havana" actually the capital of Cuba? Why is it (with two "n"s) being used as the name of a Mexican restaurant?
  • Peppermint (Hohenstaufenring 23) — Despite reviews that it's "the best Mexican food in Cologne" I'm suspicious of a Mexican restaurant in Germany with an English name. (Peppermint in Spanish in "menta.")
  • Si Claro (Friesenplatz 9) — After my experience at the beer festival on Sunday, I'm staying away from tuna at Mexican restaurants. The shear quantity of tuna on the menu here is reason enough to be suspicious. (What it warm Mexican tuna dip anyway?)
There’s also Janita's Cantina (1 Hans-Böckler-Platz), which seems like it might be fine. The reviews suggest that this is an authentic option, and the name fits my vision of what a Mexican restaurant should call itself.

Though I’ll try Taco Loco first, a chain of four Mexican restaurants in Cologne. Why? A life-long Cologner recommended it and the tacos seem to be the right price. (I’m suspicious of a place that charges 10 Euros for a taco. That seems way out of whack.)

I'll update you when we've made the trip to Cologne for a tasting.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Ooh yum
Warm Mexican tuna dip!

coco said...

I don't know if you have tried or if you would like if you did, but there is one in Bonn, was there once and as much as I remember, everybody was happy in the end:"Tacos" in the Bonngasse between the markt platz and berta v. s. platz.

Erin said...

Coco -- Thanks for the tip. I'll certainly check it out.