The last 15th of September I went with my friends Carla, EuWen, and Brie
to celebrate the Mexican Independence Day in El Burrito. A night when the BT
Tower was turned into a lightsaber, shared with frozen margaritas and Mexican
soul food, not bad at all.
The Place
The Celebration
El Burrito is part of the El Mestizo family which has restaurants in London and Madrid, the place is some sort of fast food or as they call it
Antojitos & Margaritas bar. A simple and unpretentious place in Charlotte
Place full of soul and flavour. The name celebrates Juan Mendez story, the
man that during the Mexican revolution sold tacos on the streets using as a
transport a donkey (burrito) and wrapping the food in tortillas to keep them
warm.
Counter
Multiple options that I couldn’t resist so I went almost for every piece
in the menu. Tacos Pastor (marinated pork), Alambre de Choriqueso (grilled
chorizo with peppers, onions, bacon, and melted cheese) which was my favourite
of the night, Tamal with cheese and poblano pepper, Tostada de pata (pig
trotters), Flautas Ahogadas (cheese, potato, and chicken in a fried rolled
tortilla covered in green tomatillo sauce), and lots of frozen margaritas.
Tostada
Tacos and Alambres
Flautas
Tamal
Margaritas... Una Mas!
The food was excellent, the star of the night the Alambre, the
choriqueso was superb. The trotters were quite good, as the flautas, the
general opinion with the pastor was a little bland and dry. As a plus, the BT
Towerlightsaber, and to end a perfect night Mariachis and traditional dancers.
BT Lightsaber
Mariachis
Dancers
Mexico reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Foundation” where Elaine went
on a business trip.
Elaine: It was
unbelievable. Six weeks of travelling through Mexico all on Peterman's peso.
Jerry: Wow. So
did you get any good ideas for the catalogue?
Elaine: Oh,
tons!
Jerry: Anything
you couldn't have gotten tearing open a bag of Doritos and watching Viva
Zapata?
Elaine: You
don't respect my work at all, do you?
Jerry: No, I don't.
El Burrito
T: 020 7387 4064
Mexican Cuisine
Area: Fitzrovia
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