Las Margaritas

I am not, what you would call, a Mexican food connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination. At all. I always get either ground beef nachos or ground beef soft tacos. However ... at Las Margaritas, there were no nachos and the tacos looked pretty expensive for ... well, tacos.

They have a menu with different combos and found that two tacos (without sides of any kind) cost more than the burrito combo, which came with the burrito, French fries, chips and salsa and a soda.

Yeah, gonna go with the set. Except ... I don't know anything about burritos. I figured it was just beef in a tortilla, like a taco ... but slightly different somehow. Well, that's a lie. I remember my Spanish teacher going on a rant about burritos and how there is no such thing in Mexico, where she's from, and how it literally translates into "little donkey." I wonder if the person who named it that used donkey meat the first time. Probably not.

Anyway, so I order my set and the chips and salsa come out pretty quickly.

So, remember, I'm not a Mexican person, so I wasn't too happy that the sour cream was dumped in the bowl with the salsa. However, lucky for me, it was not sour cream like back home. It wasn't even that sour (I assume sour cream should somewhat sour). The chips weren't salty enough, but then again, I'm from the South, where everything is covered in salt ... or sugar. Anyhow, the salsa was nice and chunky. I wanted more, but that 2,000 won charge for another basket like this kept me at bay.

Actually, it would be nice to see nachos on that menu, but I guess it's not since cheese is rather expensive here. The fries were okay. Nothing special. But that burrito ... was weird. I was surprised to find beans and rice inside - not expecting that at all. It's been awhile, so you may have forgotten how picky I am, but beans and I ... no. What I could really go for are cheese enchiladas, but fat chance since they don't even have nachos.

Other than having surprises inside, it wasn't too bad. With the chips (and salsa), fries and drink, I could only eat one of these halves. The other saved well enough for lunch the next day.

The only other thing I can say about the food is that it went cold really fast. That is partly due to the fact that I sat in a windowed area, but in that case, you have to consider it in the design.

While I wouldn't be opposed to trying their food again, their prices will definitely keep me at bay.

The Cafe Street of the Precious Pavilion / La Rue des cafés de la pavilion précieuse

Last Wednesday, I was really jonesing for some Mexican. This is a rare event as I'm not really a fan of the stuff. However, in Korea, I know this could be a difficult task. After some research, I found a place called Las Margaritas, but didn't end up going that night.

On Saturday, I decided to go there for lunch. Using the search engine Daum, I put in the address and found the route. But once I got there, nothing looked like a Mexican restaurant. I decided to ask the security guard, but he said there was never a Mexican restaurant there. I put the address in Naver, another search engine, and came up with a rather different location.

When I got there, I was very happy. The area is very nice and, even though there is more than one street, they call it Café Street. The Bojeong Café Street. "Bo" means "precious," and "jeong" means "pavilion."

I decided to try all the places in my remaining time here. This weekend, I managed to try four: one on Saturday and three on Sunday.

Here's a little preview:

Le mercredi dernier, Last Wednesday, il est alors question d'un besoin très pressant de manger la cuisine mexicaine. Il est rare parce que je n'aime pas beaucoup cette cuisine. Pourtant, ici en Corée du Sud, je connais que trouver la cuisine mexicaine sera très difficile. Après avoir effectué quelques recherches, j'ai trouvé un resto s'appelle Las Margaritas, mais finalement je n'y pouvais pas sortir cette nuit-là.

Le samedi, j'ai décidé que j'y serai allée pour le déjeuner. En utilisant le moteur de recherche du site Daum, j'ai cherché l'adresse et trouvé la route. Mais, quand je suis arrivée, il n'y a pas un resto que ressemble un resto mexicain. Donc, j'ai demandé le garde de sécurité et il m'a dit qu'il n'y a jamais un resto mexicain là. J'ai encore recherché, mais en utilisant un autre moteur de recherche qui s'appelle Naver, et il m'a dit un autre lieu très différent.

Quand j'y suis arrivée, j'étais très heureuse. Le quartier est très joli et tranquille. Bien qu'il y a plus d'une rue, il s'appelle la rue des cafés. La rue des cafés de Bojeong. « Bo » signifie « précieux » et « jeong » signifie « pavilion. »

A ce moment-là, j'ai décidé d'essayer tous ces restos dans le reste du temps à Seongnam. Donc, ce week-end dernier, j'ai essayé quatre: un le samedi et trois le dimanche.

Voici un aperçu petit (voir ci-dessus):

2016

Hello!

I've been traveling for a while and got back a little over 24 hours ago. While I was traveling, I realised the reason I haven't been keeping up with this blog is 1) I started it for school (a relatively minor reason), and 2) because I got backed up retranslating the French entries back into English. Plus, I never finished some.

So! I will start anew. Mostly with pictures, but occasionally with commentary. I hope the food speaks for itself.

Get ready, 2016. I'm coming.

ISA