It’s getting easier to find, but it was really hard for years. Even if you find a place that does Mexican (or TexMex or CaliMex), the menus tend to be limited and it tends to be expensive. I think the place I go in my nearest big city (Sendai) has tacos that are only a few cm in diameter and like 500 JPY each (pre-tax median annual salary is < 5 million JPY).
I found one place that did decent TexMex in Tokyo and it really went downhill after corona IMO. Not only did the menu get smaller, the prices went up.
I had them once when I was living in Houston, TX, USA. Unfortunately, I can’t have gluten-containing foods anymore so anything wheat-/flour-based is out. Thankfully, I can get corn tortillas. I mostly just cook things at home, these days.
I’ve eaten at a few Peruvian restaurants as well and I’m sure other countries that aren’t coming to mind right now. I just mentioned Mexican (and derivatives/fusions) as that was what the post was talking about.
I’d say it’s about as prevalent there as Vietnamese food is here in the US. Mid and large cities will definitely have it but outside there the best you’ll get is maybe they’ll have some tacos or quesadillas at an “American” restaurant, similar to how there’ll be an “asian” restaurant in town that might serve one or two Vietnamese dishes.
BS they don’t have Mexican food. They’ve imported a lot of Mexican culture if their media is anything to go by.
The best carnitas I ever had was at a place off Takeshita Street
More like… nvm
Fine… you can take the high road. I’ll take the low.
More like “take a shita street”.
(By the way, Takeshita means “under the bamboo” in Japanese.)
It’s getting easier to find, but it was really hard for years. Even if you find a place that does Mexican (or TexMex or CaliMex), the menus tend to be limited and it tends to be expensive. I think the place I go in my nearest big city (Sendai) has tacos that are only a few cm in diameter and like 500 JPY each (pre-tax median annual salary is < 5 million JPY).
I found one place that did decent TexMex in Tokyo and it really went downhill after corona IMO. Not only did the menu get smaller, the prices went up.
Dude… Have you tried papusas yet? Not Mexican but, ya know, south of the USA. They’re so friggin good.
Mexican food and tacos are just scratching the surface of Latin American food. It’s all so good and so different.
I had them once when I was living in Houston, TX, USA. Unfortunately, I can’t have gluten-containing foods anymore so anything wheat-/flour-based is out. Thankfully, I can get corn tortillas. I mostly just cook things at home, these days.
I’ve eaten at a few Peruvian restaurants as well and I’m sure other countries that aren’t coming to mind right now. I just mentioned Mexican (and derivatives/fusions) as that was what the post was talking about.
I’d say it’s about as prevalent there as Vietnamese food is here in the US. Mid and large cities will definitely have it but outside there the best you’ll get is maybe they’ll have some tacos or quesadillas at an “American” restaurant, similar to how there’ll be an “asian” restaurant in town that might serve one or two Vietnamese dishes.
And where I’m at, I can think of two pho places.
I pass 3 pho places when I’m walking my dog. Gotta love the Pacific Northwest.