Chicken and pork tacos & mojito!
Friday Mexican — chicken + pork tacos + mojito. Casual Mexican spot dinner with the proper street taco format.
Friday Mexican dinner with BB — chicken and pork tacos + mojito. Casual Mexican spot with the proper street taco format.
We ordered:
- Chicken tacos
- Pork tacos
- Mojito
The Mexican food scene in Singapore has grown across the years, with multiple casual taquerias and Mexican-American spots opening across the residential and CBD neighbourhoods. The format ranges from the casual street-taco spots (focusing on the authentic Mexican street food preparation) to the Tex-Mex sit-down restaurants (focusing on the Americanised burrito-and-fajita format).
The chicken tacos were probably the standard Mexican format. Soft corn or flour tortillas filled with shredded or chopped chicken, topped with the standard taco accompaniments — chopped onion, cilantro, lime wedge, salsa or pico de gallo, sometimes cheese.
The proper Mexican street taco uses corn tortillas (smaller, slightly thicker than flour tortillas), with the filling kept simple to let the protein and the salsa speak. The American Tex-Mex variant uses flour tortillas (larger, soft) with more elaborate filling spreads.
The pork tacos were probably either carnitas (slow-cooked pulled pork) or al pastor (marinated pork stack cooked on a vertical rotisserie, sliced thin). Both styles are iconic Mexican street taco preparations.
The mojito was the drinks accompaniment. The Cuban-origin cocktail (rum + mint + lime + sugar + soda water) is the classic warm-weather drink that pairs well with Mexican food. The fresh mint and lime provide the proper acid-and-herb counterpoint to the salty-savoury tacos.
The combination of tacos + mojito is the proper casual Mexican-restaurant pairing. Light enough to allow for multiple tacos plus drinks; the lime in both the tacos and the mojito creates the small flavour through-line.
Friday Mexican dinners are part of the casual restaurant rotation. The format provides the variety beyond the standard Asian or Western options, with the proper Latin American flavour profile in the rotation.
The Mexican food category in Singapore varies in authenticity. Some spots focus on the proper street-taco recipes (with imported corn tortillas, authentic carnitas preparation, etc.); others run the casual Tex-Mex Americanised format. Both versions have their place.
Overall: 4.4 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid tacos + mojito Friday dinner — would re-order.
