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Mexican Wave

Dongdaqiao Lu opposite the Silk Market
200m north of Gui You Department Store,

东大桥路贵友大厦往北200米路东
秀水街斜对面

Inside Mexican Wave feels just like a mexican place at home, with live music and ads for Mexican beer on the walls. And their menu is pretty extensive, with typical dishes like enchiladas and burritos as well as less-Mexican options like burgers and jamabalaya, and of course, pizza. (Why does every Western-ish restaurant offer pizza?) Our waitress spoke decent English, and she was helpful about getting our difficult customer fed.

The appetizers we tried, stuffed jalepenos and chicken taquitos, were amazing. The only way the appetizers could have been improved is by offering a sampler plate to combine all of the options.

The margaritas were fantastic as well. Let’s be honest here, margaritas and guacamole are the best things about Mexican restuarant! There are all kinds of flavored margaritas, and there’s also a selection of beers and cocktails in case you don’t share my love for the margarita.

Sadly, the entrees were second-rate, flavourless versions of typical dishes, which came all with “Spanish rice,” a sticky rice compote with bits of tomato, potato and the ubiquitious corn, as well as “refried beans,” a black bean puree. Very disappointing, especially after the fantastic starters.

Cleanest bathrooms since the Vegetarian and Tea place. Plus there was a cool Aztec-looking design on the wall.

I’d go there again, mostly for the margaritas but also to try some of the appetizers we didn’t get to sample. I doubt that I’d ever go back for a full meal, it’s on a street with a lot of other little eateries, so bland food just isn’t enough to bring me back. Still, I’d recommend dropping in for munchies, drinks and live music.

Meg wrote this on December 7th, 2007 and filed it under Travel |