Showing posts with label Mexican food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexican food. Show all posts

2.27.2013

Paris Eats - Chipotle in Paris!

What? Chipotle in Paris?! 

I know, weird, weird, weird, but surprisingly DELICIOUS. Somehow Copain convinced me to 

A. eat at Chipotle 
and 
B. watch Django Unchained in a movie theatre.

It's like I don't even know myself anymore.

I ordered a burrito with barbacoa (marinated beef), chips and guac, and a Mexican beer. Copain also got a burrito, but with steak instead. Each burrito was 9 Euros, and was sooooooo tasty. How have I not been here before?

Because it's Chipotle in Paris, that's why.

Okay, I'll admit it - My name is FCC and I love Chipotle. 

Even in Paris.


In the mood for some Mexican grill? (just nod your head yes...trust me, you want this)

20 Boulevard Montmartre
75009 Paris
Tel: 01 45 23 12 54
Metro: Richelieu-Drouot 

10.02.2012

Paris Eats - Taco Tuesdays at La Taqueria!

Ok, so maybe it was a Wednesday, but no matter - you've got to try La Taqueria whenever you get the chance!

This snazzy, little restaurant facing le parc du quartier not far from chez moi, was recommended by a Mexican-American who has made it his Parisian mission to find the best taco in town.  Obviously he knew what he was talking about, so I had to give it a test run. I've not had great luck with good Mexican food in Paris, so if this came with recommendations (and was right by my house!), how could I not try it?

Copain and I invited two friends (also a Franco-American couple, who would enjoy an authentic taco just as much as we would!) and ran through buckets of rain to get to the resto. (We really wanted tacos)

We were the first ones to arrive and learned from the one guy holding down the fort, that the restaurant had only been there for a year.  We ordered some guac and Coronas (with lime!), and by the time they got to the table, the place had started to fill up with a mix of French and international eaters.

Here was our dinner (minus the gooey, chocolate dessert that I forgot to get a photo of...):

deco


we dug in - obviously

taco / quesadilla plate for two!




Long story short - great tacos! We paid about 25 Euros each for two beers per person, guacamole to share for four people, a two-person plate with six tacos and three quesadillas per couple, plus a dessert to share per couple as well. Voila!

La Taqueria
20 rue du Général Guilhem
75011 Paris
Tel: 01 56 98 05 18
Metro: Saint Ambroise (line 9) or Saint-Maur (line 3)

5.01.2011

Cuisine de Cannes Cannes - Spécialité: Foire de Paris Tacos

Copain recently went to La Foire de Paris,  a gigantic exposition at the Porte de Versailles where you can buy everything, from the latest in plant fertilizer to super cool ice cube trays.  Belle Mère and Beau Père went there last year and this year they got free tickets - which they promptly sent to us since we live in Paris and could actually go.

I wasn't a big fan of walking around an enormous exposition hall with lots of other people (I hate crowds), so Copain went on his own.  But my whole Foire outlook changed when he sent me this text:

I found a mexican place that sells real mexican products. Wheat or corn tortillas?


Then I got this one:
I bought 8 corn tortillas - one green and one chipotle sauce?

Then I got this MMS:


Which of course meant - tacos for dinner!!


Bienvenue Chez FrenchCannesCannes - Spécialité: Foire de Paris Tacos 



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