Once you step foot on British soil, you will for some mysterious reason start to crave Mexican food. It doesn't matter if you despised the stuff back home. You eventually will want to indulge that craving and you will inevitably be disappointed. For some reason, businesses just can't seem to grasp the concept of Mexican or Tex Mex for that matter.
Take nachos for example. This should be a simple enough dish to make. You take some tortilla chip, add cheese, salsa and maybe some guacamole and jalapenos. But for some reason, they just seem to get it wrong here more often than not. I've had businesses (they shall remain nameless) try to pass off ketchup as salsa.
Yes, ketchup! True, they both contain tomatoes but that's where the similarities end.
I've also had the unfortunate experience of being given Doritos Nacho Cheese chips instead of tortilla chips. Remember all the different brands that we have in America. We were spoilt for choice. Here, you have Doritos, Doritos and...Doritos. Now don't be too alarmed. There is a plain Doritos tortilla chip that is kinda, sorta, but not really like the stuff we're used to back home. However the business in question must have just grabbed the first Doritos bag they say and called it a day.
I could rant on and on about the crap guacamole, mysterious lack of Monterrey Jack cheese and all the crap margaritas that I've drunk in my never ending quest for Mexican in London. But someone has beat me to the punch.
I've spoken to several Brits here about it and they compare it to their disappointment with the Indian food in the States. I have to admit it. I kind of agree with them. Some of the best Indian (well South Asian really) food that I've ever had has been on this fair isle. I guess one person's burrito is another's chicken korma.
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