Ay Caramba!

This we know because we grabbed a Mexican who we found doing capoeira in a park with a bunch of Brazilians and dragged her around three of what purported to be London’s best Mexican takeaway joints. Turns out that if they were trying to peddle their burritos back home, they’d be hounded out quicker than the spring break kids being chased out of Tijuana by the warring Sinaloa and Gulf drug gangs.
 

Photos by Ben Rayner MUCHO MAS
27 UPPER STREET, ISLINGTON, N1
Consumed: 1 x beef burrito, 1 x Modelo Especial beer Vice: So, how does this place compare to a real-deal Mexican cantina?

Melissa Tatjyanna Cotton (Mexican): How about the food? Like a DIY dinner. Is there anything good about this place? What does English guacamole usually taste of? TORTILLA
13 ISLINGTON HIGH STREET, NI
Consumed: 1x pork taco, 1x chicken taco, 1 x Dos Equis beer

This place has benches. It reminds me of being at school. That doesn’t sound so hygienic. Hmm, I’m not so into eating off another guy’s plate Aside from health and safety, how do you rate the tacos here? Wow, you sound like you actually like it. MEXICALI
26 BERWICK STREET, SOHO, W1
Consumed: 1x chicken quesadilla, 1x Coca-Cola

This one’s in a cardboard box. It looks a bit like a Mexican McDonald’s. No. OK, how about what’s in the box? That quesadilla looks a bit like a quiche. How about the restaurant’s interior?
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CINCO DE JAMES KNIGHT