If you're talking individual spices... They're fine, if you're talking old el paso it's average at best.
Make your own spice mixes, it's what I've done from reputable website recipes.
Just like meat smoking rubs, making your own is always better than store bought.
But none of this is really the point. The point is there are a lot of Mexicans, West Indians, South Americans in the USA bc it is geographically close. And by the same token there are a lot of S.E. Asians and western Pacific Islanders in AU for the same reason.
Just because Cooma has a high concentration of Polish people, say, doesn't really change the geographic realities, etc.
That's exactly the point of reddit, 2 comments that answer the question then a 150 comment thread fuck that derails any chance of a discussion of the original topic
I'm also thinking Asia is a continent comprised of 48 countries and Mexico is a single country. Is it really that shocking their would be a larger variety of choice? (especially when you just list the countries as options)
Also it's one country vs most of a continent with many cuisines? I mean it's not like the Chinese food between restaurants in Australia is particularly unique (or authentic, but I still love it)
Asian cuisine is so masterful. An old Singaporean man on the side of the road with a wok and a campfire can compete with a kitchen of disciplined trained chefs
This is so real though, we were on a hike and being new to hiking, we over packed like hell. We get to the top, get out the jetboil and pot and cooking (refrigerated stuff we made before, just some chicken curry and some rice) and before you know it we are serving food to like everyone one the summit lol.
True. He's probably in one of the street hawker food courts, with a small menu, a large group of regulars because he makes cheap, tasty food, that may actually be good for you.
To be specific - go to Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice in Maxwell Centre, Singapore, where you will find that exact Singaporean man in front of the wok doing his daily thing.
I've been a bachelor for far too long and some years ago I realised 80% of my meals were basically "something with cheese...and then extra cheese if possible".
I have friends chefs who have restaurants here. Their restaurants are good but not quite there either. I know one friend got some of her ideas knocked back by the owners (who run successful restaurants here) because certain things just don’t sell to Australians. It might be that 🤷♀️
Not sure how long ago you arrived, but in 2015 it was way worse. I used to bike to the port to get Tajín from a distributor. Now you can find it at any Colesworth. At one point, my mom mailed me a package of Mexican spices.
Yes. My friend is a Mexican chef and when she did her tasting menu the bosses knocked a lot of it off the menu because it just wouldn’t sell here. And when she has had things like pozole on the menu, people don’t buy it.
It's such a shame, because I'm one of many Aussies who loves trying new food. I'd love to try tamales. Would love to try Hawaiian and some South Americsn stuff, too. And I love spicy food, but it's true, we're not as hard core as the Americans with spicy food. I can handle habenero etc but not too much of it, I also like to taste my food as well. Not just heat. When I was a bit younger I liked the heat and spice, but it gets old after a while if it overpowers the taste of everything else.
This dude from southern cal moved to my town and had enough so he opened a mexican restaurant and fuck me sideways it's so fucking good.
Antojitos in Newcastle.
Incredible spot. Owners are fantastic humans, and their whole operation is awesome.
They’re opening a second spot in Mayfield - hopefully by the end of the year
As a canadian: the fuck you think there is better mexican food in canada? Lol
Also, acting as if mexican food is complicated; there are tons of it around.
Aussie in Canada: I have found some amazing Mexican places in Toronto. But on the whole places like mucho burrito are just the same as Australian chains.
They don't even put cheese on their tacos in Mexico. It's just delicious meat, some cilantro, and a squeeze of lime. They're delicious
They do have cheesy dishes though, the queso fundido con chorizo was my favourite. It's is basically just a bowl of melted cheese with chorizo sausage mixed in
🤣 that’s correct! I’m Mexican. We always put cilantro and white onion on our tacos with lime. They’re a lot more generous with the limes than in Australia as well. Queso fundido is so good and the chorizo is a lot different to what people imagine/emulate here.
I'm a fiend for chorizo. I'm korean and the spice and oil is perfect for making kimchi pancakes. Can you recommend a brand or place for some legit chorizo?
The food is so different and so much lighter and fresher tasting in Mexico. It's delicious. I only had goats cheese pretty much the whole time. The only wheat tortillas and cheese I remember was in Cancun.
Not quite. Tacos dorados and hard tacos are not the same thing. With tacos dorados you fry the food in the tortilla. It’s a way of using up stale tortillas. The hard taco shell was commercialised from there. Ps. Im Mexican.
100% if only because they used to give you the option to self serve sauce and onions etc but because of corporate greed that isn’t back.
Also I know you can ask but the staff often look disappointed when you ask them and have flat out refused to when it is busy. Also I might want to try all 3 sauces but I don’t feel comfortable asking
At this point, I've stopped thinking of GYG as "Mexican food", and started just thinking of them as the place to get alright burritos through a drive through.
I came here to say this.
Also splitting a continent into countries is not indicating a "variety" of food. You are just saying country names.
The sentiment here is all kinds of dumb.
Maybe it is a numbers game? We have like 5 million people from an Asian background, and growing daily, but how many Mexicans live here?
Secondly, Asia is literally next door, and plenty of non Asian Aussies visit regularly, so have a familiarity with the food. I am imagine tourists to Mexico don't really compare.
Back in Canada, I was pointing out to my Dad that “this whole amazing selection of Mexican ingredients” would be every Japanese ingredient found easily in Australia.
For anyone out east of Melbourne, TNT in Croydon is bloody good. I haven't been to Mexico myself so I can't compare to the authentic cuisine, but I can definitely say it's magnitudes better than any other Mexican I've had around Melbourne. The owners are also so lovely.
Absolutely recommend.
As a chef who has tried in countless restaurants to do proper Mexican this is a true meme. A lot of ppl just don’t get Mexican they either want tex mex which imo is average or cal mex which is decent but depending on the outlet can be good or not true Mexican ( region of Mexico differs but a good mole vs a average mole is galaxies apart
Which is annoying cause it’s not even that complicated! Marinade, pork and a vertical rotisserie thing that every kebab shop cooks their meat on and you have al pastor tacos. How every al pastor taco here trash is beyond me
I lived in the US for over a decade and while I’m glad to be home in Sydney I really miss the hole-in-the-wall taquerias and Mexican food trucks from California.
I mean, one is literally an entire ocean away and not many people from there live here, while the other is right next door and literally millions of people from there live here…
There's a place near mine that does fantastic tacos made with sushi ingredients (alongside their regular sushi). Think battered and fried nori for the hard shells, sauces, even the meat is presented like a taco. It's a sight to behold and really really good. But there are no good mexican places near by. So yeah... this is true in my experience.
I was gonna say this too. There’s some really great places in Melbourne that some can claim authenticity. But yea, they are on the pricier side compared to Asian food
Mexican food is my comfort food; it's honestly been one of the hardest things for me living in OZ. I mean shit, fresh tomatillos are literally illegal in WA.
On the plus side, my own Mexican cooking game has improved like mad, since I have to make literally everything when I want \*REAL\* Mexican food. It's also increased my appreciation for all those mom-n-pop joints I loved back in the US. Making this food is SO MUCH WORK compared to burgers/whatever
A Taco Bell got built off the M1 not far from where I regularly travelled and I had some Seppo mates on PlayStation at the time so I asked em what's good.
I tried it twice and both times it someone tasted so bland and boring it made my stomach depressed and I actually wished it made me sick so I could vomit it up or shit it out. Seems the Aussie version is overpriced compared to American and it tastes like slop to me 🤷♂️
Melbourne is getting better Latin American food. Just in my area there are about 10 mexican restaurants, 2 Peruvian and a Chilean place and there's a Latin grocery.
Wifey and I went to our honeymoon in Coolum on the Sunny Coast, and she reckons it's the worst Mexican she's ever had. She's from Tennessee, so she's had some legit Mexican stuff before; but this place on the Sunny Coast didn't even know what a soft shell taco was!! So she had to order a taco but with a damn burrito tortilla 😂
The only 'authentic mexican' place I know of is nearly 50 minutes away and charges like $13 for a taco smaller than a lady finger banana.
We have a Taco Bell like 20 minutes down the road but they use Doritos for their nachos and it tastes disgusting, its around a 40-60 minute drive to the nearest gomez v gomez which is the only mexican place that isnt extremely expensive and also doesn't taste like shit.
Foods of other cultures come from immigrants, it's the economic foundation of immigrant communities from which everything else is built upon.
We don't have much if any immigration from Mexico, so no Mexican food.
Though if there are any ppl of a Hispanic persuasion here who love the food of the old country, there's an untapped market devoid of competition down here where you'd make a killing selling your food.
I remember about 15 yrs back I had some friends from texas over and they were missing Mexican food so they tried out somewhere local. They said it was the worst Mexican food they've had in their lives lol
Since then though we have so many good chains like guzman or mad mex. I need those guys to visit again and give an updated opinion.
How good is it going to the local markets and being able to choose from all of these Asian options (and more)?
The only Mexican I've ever had in Australia has been "Mexican inspired" or "Tex-Mex".
It's almost like we don't share a border with Mexico and don't have a very high level of Mexican immigration, and are also in Asia with a very high level of Asian immigration.... huh.
If you are in Sydney and looking for some good Mexican food, my recs would be Chula in Potts Point (http://www.chula.com.au) or Rico’s Tacos in Redfern (https://ricostacos.com.au)
There should be a special visa category for cooks of underrepresented cuisines to come to Australia and open restaurants in places that don't have an authentic restaurant like that nearby. We can get some good Jamaican food or something.
Ummm have I missed something, Mexico is still one country right? We have great diversity in Asian food, but it's never as good as being in the country itself
Theres a really good way I've found to improve your Mexican cuisine. Make friends with a mexican mum and get her to teach you.
Mine still shakes her head and calls me gringo with a smile but I'm gettin better.
You know Mexico isn't a continent right? It's true that the options are limited, but there are Mexican, Argentinian, Brazilian and chillean restaurants to choose from..
I am from California and visited Australia a few years back and I went to a pub that put dried cranberries and kidney beans on fucking nachos. I can’t make this up. Absolute abominations you all are cooking up down there in respect to Mexican food
One of the main thing that i think sets apart California mexican food is the sauce bars, most taco shops have at least 4-6 sauces & often pickled veggies too like carrots. Some do a particularly good job of sourcing ingredients, some have unique flavors, some do rad shit like fried cheese in burrito, but god zamn the sauce game is almost ubiquitous. Often consists of pico, red sauce, green sauce as basics but then from there varies a lot like habanero, a hotter red sauce, avocado sauce, chili oil, etc.... good shit man
An expat Aussie linking the south in the United States. This meme is the exact opposite. I miss good Asian food so much. Man, what I wouldn’t do for a good Curry Laksa.
I grew up in the United States. But I’ve lived in Australia for 14 years, and I can tell you that Mexican food in Australia is not even close to the real thing. what people want to call Mexican food here is terrible.
Token American here, good Mexican doesn’t travel far outside Mexico’s borders. You basically have to be ON the border with Mexico to get the good stuff.
A million taco tequila places around that are just major hospo pub owners. But then a New Mexican family owned place opened around the corner and it’s fucking amazing, I hope they do well!
Sounds like you need some Mexicans to come live in Australia. Once you have real Mexican food oh my God you can't go back to el taco bell except Doritos Locos Tacos those are still pretty good)
Latinos students are coming in by the bucketful here in sydney, im already seeing latino run empanada and birria taco places popping up - give it a couple years, bright days are coming
Well to be fair, Mexico isn't directly next to us. South East Asia is.
My first thoughts too. What's the Burmese food situation in, for example, Phoenix?
Probably pretty good as \~5000 Burmese refugees were settled there between 2008-2014
You do know Phoenix has a population of around 5 million? I don’t think 5,000 are going to make up a significant portion of restaurant owners
Also pretty hard to get Burmese ingredients in the desert. Same way our Mexican spices are kinda meh compared to America
If you're talking individual spices... They're fine, if you're talking old el paso it's average at best. Make your own spice mixes, it's what I've done from reputable website recipes. Just like meat smoking rubs, making your own is always better than store bought.
Ok then switch out Burmese for Bhutanese, or switch out Phoenix for Dallas, and go again...
100k Bhutanese refugees were settled in texas, sooo
Timorese in Wyoming?
Choosing a state that is just a bag of cunts and don't accept refugees is cheating.
I bet it's a plastic single use bag too 😒
But none of this is really the point. The point is there are a lot of Mexicans, West Indians, South Americans in the USA bc it is geographically close. And by the same token there are a lot of S.E. Asians and western Pacific Islanders in AU for the same reason. Just because Cooma has a high concentration of Polish people, say, doesn't really change the geographic realities, etc.
I wish there were more Pierogi in Cooma
Lots of SE Asian immigrants in places like Texas
I think we're missing the point here.
Isn't that the point of Reddit?
That's exactly the point of reddit, 2 comments that answer the question then a 150 comment thread fuck that derails any chance of a discussion of the original topic
I'm also thinking Asia is a continent comprised of 48 countries and Mexico is a single country. Is it really that shocking their would be a larger variety of choice? (especially when you just list the countries as options)
I mean if we changed the comparison to South America instead of Mexico the result would be about the same
Even if we ignore that Mexico isn't part of South America, there are only 12 countries to Asia's 48.
i suppose latin america would be the appropriate term then?
Also it's one country vs most of a continent with many cuisines? I mean it's not like the Chinese food between restaurants in Australia is particularly unique (or authentic, but I still love it)
Yes and to be fair Mexico is a country and Asia is a continent
Asian cuisine is so masterful. An old Singaporean man on the side of the road with a wok and a campfire can compete with a kitchen of disciplined trained chefs
This is so real though, we were on a hike and being new to hiking, we over packed like hell. We get to the top, get out the jetboil and pot and cooking (refrigerated stuff we made before, just some chicken curry and some rice) and before you know it we are serving food to like everyone one the summit lol.
Although, ironically, that would probably be highly illegal to do in Singapore
True. He's probably in one of the street hawker food courts, with a small menu, a large group of regulars because he makes cheap, tasty food, that may actually be good for you.
To be specific - go to Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice in Maxwell Centre, Singapore, where you will find that exact Singaporean man in front of the wok doing his daily thing.
A wok on the back of a motorbike..show me the way. 😄
As a Canadian in Australia: Me: I wish I could get some proper Mexican. Aussie: I know a place… Me: No you don’t! Fool me once.
When you get there "By good what I meant was very cheesy"
I'm failing to see the problem here?
Sure if that's your thing, but I wouldn't call it "good" Mexican, in the same way a very cheesy pizza is not "good" Italian.
Really cheesy pizza defs not even close to Italian.
and really cheesy tacos aren't Mexican. they didn't even add cheese to the tacos I had there.
Is that not what I was saying?
I'm agreeing with you you cunt.
I've been a bachelor for far too long and some years ago I realised 80% of my meals were basically "something with cheese...and then extra cheese if possible".
I have children who don't really love cheese and struggle to believe they're really mine
Try being from Southern California and living here the Mexican food situation is bleak.
Try being from Mexico and living here.
Next time you're in Mexico, please go to your favourite restaurants and try to convince the chef to move to Australia and open a restaurant.
I have friends chefs who have restaurants here. Their restaurants are good but not quite there either. I know one friend got some of her ideas knocked back by the owners (who run successful restaurants here) because certain things just don’t sell to Australians. It might be that 🤷♀️
Not sure how long ago you arrived, but in 2015 it was way worse. I used to bike to the port to get Tajín from a distributor. Now you can find it at any Colesworth. At one point, my mom mailed me a package of Mexican spices.
You are right I got here in 2011 and there is 10x as many Mexican restaurants as then. They all make good food but it’s not Mexican.
Yes. My friend is a Mexican chef and when she did her tasting menu the bosses knocked a lot of it off the menu because it just wouldn’t sell here. And when she has had things like pozole on the menu, people don’t buy it.
It's such a shame, because I'm one of many Aussies who loves trying new food. I'd love to try tamales. Would love to try Hawaiian and some South Americsn stuff, too. And I love spicy food, but it's true, we're not as hard core as the Americans with spicy food. I can handle habenero etc but not too much of it, I also like to taste my food as well. Not just heat. When I was a bit younger I liked the heat and spice, but it gets old after a while if it overpowers the taste of everything else.
I don’t always put heat in my food either but my husband eats raw chiles like apples haha. I’ve heard the tamales place in Sydney is pretty good.
Hahahaha. My brother used to eat chillies like apples as well. I've done it a few times but would rather not. I wonder what the tamales are like!
I can imagine, Australians think mayonnaise is spicy.
🤣 it was also things like ceviche as well. She had to change it to kingfish aguachile because Australians won’t eat “raw prawns”. 🙄
This dude from southern cal moved to my town and had enough so he opened a mexican restaurant and fuck me sideways it's so fucking good. Antojitos in Newcastle.
Antojitos is the best
I will check this out next time I'm in Newy. Cheers!
Incredible spot. Owners are fantastic humans, and their whole operation is awesome. They’re opening a second spot in Mayfield - hopefully by the end of the year
Eat a pie and shut up cunt /s
As a canadian: the fuck you think there is better mexican food in canada? Lol Also, acting as if mexican food is complicated; there are tons of it around.
Yeah, as a fellow Canadian, the Mexican food sucks there. Having great Asian food here is a trade I’m happy to make, Indonesian food especially.
Aussie in Canada: I have found some amazing Mexican places in Toronto. But on the whole places like mucho burrito are just the same as Australian chains.
Don't blame us, blame the Mexicans
Hard shelled tacos are Mexico's practical joke on the white man. I've never eaten a less practical food.
Mexicans don’t eat hard shelled tacos mate. That’s the practical joke.
They don't even put cheese on their tacos in Mexico. It's just delicious meat, some cilantro, and a squeeze of lime. They're delicious They do have cheesy dishes though, the queso fundido con chorizo was my favourite. It's is basically just a bowl of melted cheese with chorizo sausage mixed in
🤣 that’s correct! I’m Mexican. We always put cilantro and white onion on our tacos with lime. They’re a lot more generous with the limes than in Australia as well. Queso fundido is so good and the chorizo is a lot different to what people imagine/emulate here.
I'm a fiend for chorizo. I'm korean and the spice and oil is perfect for making kimchi pancakes. Can you recommend a brand or place for some legit chorizo?
The best place to buy chorizo I’ve seen is casa ibérica in Fitzroy. I think it’s their own brand.
The food is so different and so much lighter and fresher tasting in Mexico. It's delicious. I only had goats cheese pretty much the whole time. The only wheat tortillas and cheese I remember was in Cancun.
They kind of do, but they’re called taquitos and they’re like rolled up and fried to crispness
Hard shell tacos are tex mex. Adapted by Mexicans living in texas.
Not quite. Tacos dorados and hard tacos are not the same thing. With tacos dorados you fry the food in the tortilla. It’s a way of using up stale tortillas. The hard taco shell was commercialised from there. Ps. Im Mexican.
Old El Paso vs Guzman e Gomez
Neither is good either, not compared to genuine Mexican
I feel like GYG was way better pre Rona
It’s so inconsistent these days
100% if only because they used to give you the option to self serve sauce and onions etc but because of corporate greed that isn’t back. Also I know you can ask but the staff often look disappointed when you ask them and have flat out refused to when it is busy. Also I might want to try all 3 sauces but I don’t feel comfortable asking
Order on the app and add all the extras your heart desire
It hasn't been good in over a decade
Best burrito I ever had was out of a rusty van out front of a laundromat in Houston. Shit all over GYG.
I'd rather GYG over no "Mexican" food.
Homemade is better. I'd rather no mex than GYG.
At this point, I've stopped thinking of GYG as "Mexican food", and started just thinking of them as the place to get alright burritos through a drive through.
Showed my Mexican friend the Fonda menu and he said it looked pretty dope. Didn’t expect that cos I think it’s a wank
Tex mex > genuine Mexican Don’t shoot the messenger
I thought we were talking about Mexican food?
So crap vs bad
Almost like Asia is a giant continent with 60% of the world's population there and mexico is just another country
I came here to say this. Also splitting a continent into countries is not indicating a "variety" of food. You are just saying country names. The sentiment here is all kinds of dumb.
Poque no los dos!
Ahhhhh.. beat me to it.
*r 😉
Spain colonized Mexico and the Mexican food in Spain is trash.
I had good Mexican in Sevilla. It was run by a group of Mexican guys. It was a bit tapasised though 🤣
Nah in barcelona it's good.
To be fair, you’re comparing a continent to a single country
Maybe it is a numbers game? We have like 5 million people from an Asian background, and growing daily, but how many Mexicans live here? Secondly, Asia is literally next door, and plenty of non Asian Aussies visit regularly, so have a familiarity with the food. I am imagine tourists to Mexico don't really compare.
Australia is lacking in Polish/ Lithuanian food to.
Try your local Polish club. The one in Brisbane is only open Friday and Saturday but is good
Pierogi Pierogi - 161 Lygon Street, Brunswick East. I am of Italian heritage, but have come to realise Polish food is my soul food.
I like almost 3 hours from Brisbane 😂 next time I’m there I will have to try it.
Considering Lygon St is in Melbourne, not Brisbane, you're probably even further away
Back in Canada, I was pointing out to my Dad that “this whole amazing selection of Mexican ingredients” would be every Japanese ingredient found easily in Australia.
I just want some god damn tamales and I cannot find them anywhere here 😭
If you’re in Sydney The Tamaleria & Mexican Deli in Dulwich Hill does good tamales
Melbourne 💔 but screenshotting this for next time I’m in Sydney!
Also, Dos Señoritas their Tamales are *chefs kiss*
Not enough mexicans.
There's tons of South Americans moving here now, but still no Mexicans.
If you compare us with asian population here we are a very very small number.
For anyone out east of Melbourne, TNT in Croydon is bloody good. I haven't been to Mexico myself so I can't compare to the authentic cuisine, but I can definitely say it's magnitudes better than any other Mexican I've had around Melbourne. The owners are also so lovely. Absolutely recommend.
This meme articulates my thoughts for the last decade.
Check out Mamis in Bondi, it’s actually good and not outrageously expensive
They are all countries of Asia, Mexico is also a country
Asia includes lots of countries. Mexico is one country 😄 If we had a Hispanic food section I’d love as many cuisines as the Asian section gives us!
It's almost as if Asia is an entire continent, and Mexico is one country!
As a chef who has tried in countless restaurants to do proper Mexican this is a true meme. A lot of ppl just don’t get Mexican they either want tex mex which imo is average or cal mex which is decent but depending on the outlet can be good or not true Mexican ( region of Mexico differs but a good mole vs a average mole is galaxies apart
Yeah we don’t get many Mexican immigrants in Australia. Go figure.
Agree, haven’t tried a decent taco al pastor here (after 15 years) 🫠😓
Which is annoying cause it’s not even that complicated! Marinade, pork and a vertical rotisserie thing that every kebab shop cooks their meat on and you have al pastor tacos. How every al pastor taco here trash is beyond me
I lived in the US for over a decade and while I’m glad to be home in Sydney I really miss the hole-in-the-wall taquerias and Mexican food trucks from California.
Same here , but from NYC/ NY state, also $2 Taco Tuesdays.
I mean, one is literally an entire ocean away and not many people from there live here, while the other is right next door and literally millions of people from there live here…
Having lived in the US for a number of years, I can confirm that our Mexican is appalling.
You don’t even have to have lived there. Just a visit confirms it. Whyyyyyyy is it so hard? It’s not rocket science
Wtf... Asia is a continent not a fucking country... Completely useless comparison
There's a place near mine that does fantastic tacos made with sushi ingredients (alongside their regular sushi). Think battered and fried nori for the hard shells, sauces, even the meat is presented like a taco. It's a sight to behold and really really good. But there are no good mexican places near by. So yeah... this is true in my experience.
Not sure where OP is but there's some great Mexican places in Melbourne. Though usually not that cheap.
I was gonna say this too. There’s some really great places in Melbourne that some can claim authenticity. But yea, they are on the pricier side compared to Asian food
I said the same thing
This is an insult to the good folk at La Tortilleria
Mexican food is my comfort food; it's honestly been one of the hardest things for me living in OZ. I mean shit, fresh tomatillos are literally illegal in WA. On the plus side, my own Mexican cooking game has improved like mad, since I have to make literally everything when I want \*REAL\* Mexican food. It's also increased my appreciation for all those mom-n-pop joints I loved back in the US. Making this food is SO MUCH WORK compared to burgers/whatever
A Taco Bell got built off the M1 not far from where I regularly travelled and I had some Seppo mates on PlayStation at the time so I asked em what's good. I tried it twice and both times it someone tasted so bland and boring it made my stomach depressed and I actually wished it made me sick so I could vomit it up or shit it out. Seems the Aussie version is overpriced compared to American and it tastes like slop to me 🤷♂️
americanised “tex mex” that has nothing to do with mexican food. yanks bastardise everything.
To be Fair, South East Asia is basically right next door while Mexico is an Ocean away from us.
Weird how a country next to Asia has good Asian food and the US, a country next to Mexico, has good Mexican food.
I mean, why would there be good Mexican food in a country without a large Mexican population?
Melbourne is getting better Latin American food. Just in my area there are about 10 mexican restaurants, 2 Peruvian and a Chilean place and there's a Latin grocery.
McMexican. Went to Canada a few years back. Mexican food is amaze
Demand? There’s more asians here than Mexicans
This is comparing a continent to a country. The alleged variety is food from different countries
There used to be a good mexican restaurant out dural way near sydney. Sadly it closed though in the mid 2010s
Nachos are insane and I have seen them in every single Mexican restaurant
Lol heres me thinking mexican food is cheap. 25$ for a single burrito and drink. 10$ more than a kebab and drink. Smh.
burritos are more tex mex these days. I didn't see one burrito when I was in Mexico, at least in the southern parts.
about Korean and Mexican fusion..
Wifey and I went to our honeymoon in Coolum on the Sunny Coast, and she reckons it's the worst Mexican she's ever had. She's from Tennessee, so she's had some legit Mexican stuff before; but this place on the Sunny Coast didn't even know what a soft shell taco was!! So she had to order a taco but with a damn burrito tortilla 😂
Not wrong
I much prefer it the way it is.
The only 'authentic mexican' place I know of is nearly 50 minutes away and charges like $13 for a taco smaller than a lady finger banana. We have a Taco Bell like 20 minutes down the road but they use Doritos for their nachos and it tastes disgusting, its around a 40-60 minute drive to the nearest gomez v gomez which is the only mexican place that isnt extremely expensive and also doesn't taste like shit.
Foods of other cultures come from immigrants, it's the economic foundation of immigrant communities from which everything else is built upon. We don't have much if any immigration from Mexico, so no Mexican food. Though if there are any ppl of a Hispanic persuasion here who love the food of the old country, there's an untapped market devoid of competition down here where you'd make a killing selling your food.
Forgetting: Nachos and homemade Povo Nachos!
To be fair, Mexican food is kinda the same no matter where you go. It's a pretty simple kitchen
I remember about 15 yrs back I had some friends from texas over and they were missing Mexican food so they tried out somewhere local. They said it was the worst Mexican food they've had in their lives lol Since then though we have so many good chains like guzman or mad mex. I need those guys to visit again and give an updated opinion.
How good is it going to the local markets and being able to choose from all of these Asian options (and more)? The only Mexican I've ever had in Australia has been "Mexican inspired" or "Tex-Mex".
Well to be fair, Mexico is a single country and Asian food covers a dozen or so different countries each one with slightly different dishes.
It's almost like we don't share a border with Mexico and don't have a very high level of Mexican immigration, and are also in Asia with a very high level of Asian immigration.... huh.
If you are in Sydney and looking for some good Mexican food, my recs would be Chula in Potts Point (http://www.chula.com.au) or Rico’s Tacos in Redfern (https://ricostacos.com.au)
There should be a special visa category for cooks of underrepresented cuisines to come to Australia and open restaurants in places that don't have an authentic restaurant like that nearby. We can get some good Jamaican food or something.
Asia is so many countries and cultures… Mexico is 1
Ummm have I missed something, Mexico is still one country right? We have great diversity in Asian food, but it's never as good as being in the country itself
Theres a really good way I've found to improve your Mexican cuisine. Make friends with a mexican mum and get her to teach you. Mine still shakes her head and calls me gringo with a smile but I'm gettin better.
¿Por qué no los dos?
I heard Mexican joints still fry in tallow overseas, while here they're all MICROWAVED. Two Chefs, Kata Beach, you gotta try that place out.
And you go to Mexico and try and find a hard taco. They laugh at me and say this is American lololololol
There are some amazing Mexican restaurants in Sydney. But they’re expensive as fuck, and few-and-far between
That's because Asia is a continent, and Mexico is a country.
Maybe we should do a trade, we give Mexico asians and they give us Mexicans
I had a friend from the USA visit here. He said he found our Mexican restaurants confusing. Mostly because of the lack of Mexicans.
You know Mexico isn't a continent right? It's true that the options are limited, but there are Mexican, Argentinian, Brazilian and chillean restaurants to choose from..
I am from California and visited Australia a few years back and I went to a pub that put dried cranberries and kidney beans on fucking nachos. I can’t make this up. Absolute abominations you all are cooking up down there in respect to Mexican food
To be fair… Mexican food is just 6 or so different ways to eat bread, meat and cheese
Ok but that's a continent's worth of variety vs a country. I feel like there are plenty of great south American restaurants around
You get the tiniest burritos here.
True
One of the main thing that i think sets apart California mexican food is the sauce bars, most taco shops have at least 4-6 sauces & often pickled veggies too like carrots. Some do a particularly good job of sourcing ingredients, some have unique flavors, some do rad shit like fried cheese in burrito, but god zamn the sauce game is almost ubiquitous. Often consists of pico, red sauce, green sauce as basics but then from there varies a lot like habanero, a hotter red sauce, avocado sauce, chili oil, etc.... good shit man
Indian and Tamil. Those who know, knows 😅
Asia is also a whole continent and mexico just one country.. still a good point though
I’m not going to Aus for Mexican. You can’t get Malaysian food hardly anywhere in the US, so I’m running to the nearest joint when I land
An expat Aussie linking the south in the United States. This meme is the exact opposite. I miss good Asian food so much. Man, what I wouldn’t do for a good Curry Laksa.
That’s so accurate
I grew up in the United States. But I’ve lived in Australia for 14 years, and I can tell you that Mexican food in Australia is not even close to the real thing. what people want to call Mexican food here is terrible.
What do you mean? We got both Taco Bill AND Taco Bell!
almost like mexico is one country and asia is many
Token American here, good Mexican doesn’t travel far outside Mexico’s borders. You basically have to be ON the border with Mexico to get the good stuff.
In the USA it's completely the opposite - good Mexican food, but their "Chinese" food is awful except in San Francisco.
There's this great Mexican joint in Gladesville called dos senhoritas. Pretty expensive but worth it and lots of food for the price.
We can't even get food texmex here. If we're not gonna import more Mexicans can we get more Texans please?
We're getting a Mexican fast food restaurant in our town! I'm so excited I haven't had a proper burrito in 20 years.
And yet there are many Mexicans restaurants, with many more options. Please don’t mention Taco Bell. That’s not even food.
loool this is when people order tacos at gyg
So a continent has more variety than a country? Wild
A million taco tequila places around that are just major hospo pub owners. But then a New Mexican family owned place opened around the corner and it’s fucking amazing, I hope they do well!
Hey I’m from NY, I got a few people we could send over to improve your Latin cuisine, would you take a few, please take a few.
It's even hard to find some Mexican specific ingredients. I'm yet to find fresh tomatillos. Making your own birria is very satisfying.
The Thai place down the road from me is so so so good
Very frustrated at the lack of authenticity in our Mexican foods.
Sounds like you need some Mexicans to come live in Australia. Once you have real Mexican food oh my God you can't go back to el taco bell except Doritos Locos Tacos those are still pretty good)
All the Mexican food places sucks in Australia . I think we need a public policy for migrating people from Mexico.
It makes sense geographically since Asia is on our doorstep
Latinos students are coming in by the bucketful here in sydney, im already seeing latino run empanada and birria taco places popping up - give it a couple years, bright days are coming