Well its been a year and Mark and I have kept our minds and mouths open (when it comes to Mexican food). I mean really, is it that difficult? Well, by Aussie standards yes, yes it is.
There are only about five Mexican restaurants in Adelaide and we visited the last of them last night. I had my hopes up as co-workers were telling me this was the one...the one - the best one; the one that would make me say "Yeah, they know what Mexican food is all about." And the result...well, the result was disappointing. Not even disappointing, more than disappointing (which I don't know the word for that). It was (and I'm very sad to say this) worse than Casabonita.
To describe it would be torture that I would not want my fellow readers to endure - so I won't. Just know that if you come to Australia (Adelaide to be more specific) bring your own Mexican food. Better yet - if you know anyone who is in the market to open a new Mexican restaurant and really wants to find that untapped niche, please send them my way!
Now as I have only been able to taste-test the Adelaide "Mexican" I am not going to say that Sydney, Melbourne, Perth or any other large cities wouldn't have good Mexican. But I am going to say that one of the chefs on Master Chef (think Top Chef in the states) did say it and although you don't know him personally, I would take his word for it.
