Department of the slightly odd

[larryhammer]

There's a restaurant in Reykjavik that's supposedly Mexican. It is, though, more of a Danish interpretation of Mexican. Enchiladas should not be crunchy, nor should they be filled with nacho cheese sauce.

Tasty, but not really what's advertised.

---L.

Comments

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

There are a couple of Mexican restaurants in Ohio like that. The names of the dishes are right, but the food that accompanies the name is--not.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I had weird mexican food in the midwest! Moral: only trust it at our end of the continent.

[beth-bernobich.livejournal.com]

Did I ever tell you about pizza in Turkey?

No matter how much I like pickles, they should *not* appear on a pizza.

[larryhammer]

No, you hadn't mentioned.

Thank you for sharing. So much.

---L.

[casacorona.livejournal.com]

Why would you be trying to eat Mexican food in Iceland anyway? Go for the herring!

[janni.livejournal.com]

Because we wanted to find out how another culture interpreted ours, of course! :-)

[larryhammer]

As Janni said.

We also tried the bagels at a coffee shop.

---L.

[janni.livejournal.com]

But that was only because we were hungry, and they had only a few lunch-like things on the menu.

[larryhammer]

Hey! There was quiche too.

---L.

[incandragon.livejournal.com]

I once went to a Mexican restaurant ... in Japan ... with a Dutchman. The Dutchman's description of what he was expecting versus what he got was fun.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

I had a tragic encounter with refried baked beans in a Boston "Mexican" restaurant years ago.

[azang.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a "mexican food" place I went to in upstate New York.

[jamiam.livejournal.com]

Um. Yuk.

[klwilliams.livejournal.com]

The Italian and Chinese restaurants I went to in Bergen, Norway, were very odd, too.

[galeni.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. Thanks for trying it!

[palomapus.livejournal.com]

Sounds like nachos at a hockey game

oh, wait~

[palomapus.livejournal.com]

I actually had sushi in Florence, Italy. It was appropriately and expectedly AWFUL.

Re: oh, wait~

[larryhammer]

Oh. Dear.

There were a couple sushi places in Reykjavik, which I actually expect are pretty good, as there's pretty of high-quality fresh fish available. We didn't try it, though, as they were pricy even by Icelandic standards. Also, there was enough local stuff to try.

---L.