So after the work party, I had 4 hours sleep, an 8-hour day at work, and about a half an hour to a 45 minute wait for Mr Games and my friends (who I haven't really gone out with for a very long time, calling them Mr Flirt, Miss Money and my new friend Mr Sensible), we ended up at Wahaca, a Mexican food joint for a small reunion and pre-Christmas meetup, as well as celebrating the end of the year.
Apparently the name of the restaurant and the food derives from a region in Mexico called Oaxaca. I have never tried this place before, and I was very keen to try it out.
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| Wahaca Sign |
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| Its full name |
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| Their funky wall of leaflets and pictures ^^ |
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| Nice design! |
This place isn't hard to find, it's in the backstreets of The Strand, but unfortunately there's construction work going on outside the building, so it was hard to take a picture of the outside.
Luckily we were a party of five as there was a table for six ready within a few minutes when we got there, otherwise I think we would have had to wait for a long time for the other diners to shove off! (Sorry for my rudeness). Thankfully I did some research on this place beforehand because I was keen to try out a burrito!! The food I found was quite similar to Cubana (the place I went to the night before). Here's the food and drinks (the non-exciting drinks I did not take a picture of i.e. water... ¬_¬).
Mr Sensible's food (he is a very sensible person who is training to be a teacher): |
| Pork Pibil Taco |
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| Huitlacoche Quesadillas |
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| Black Bean |
Miss Money's food (she wants to be an accountant and is fully qualified to be one!): |
| Passion Fruit and Hibiscus Cooler |
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| Tender, marinated chicken Taquito |
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| Sweet Potato |
Mr Flirt (don't need to explain why he's called that) didn't realise he ordered a majority of spicy food... so unfortunately he didn't enjoy it entirely! (He doesn't like spicy!): |
| A very small hot chocolate, Mr Flirt had water afterwards! |
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| Grilled British Beef Taco |
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| I think this is the Black Bean Tostada |
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| MSC fish a la Pimienta - it has bones attached to it, so be careful when eating this! |
Mr Games and also Miss Money had the beef burrito, which is what I had. And here's my food: |
| Tamarind Twist |
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| Chicken Tinga Taco - it was spicy! |
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| British Steak Burrito |
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| Inside my burrito - really tasty and this is the only non-spicy one!! |
And finally the desserts! We all shared around... |
| Hotcake and dulce de leche - Mr Flirt and Mr Sensible had this |
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| Chocolate tres leches cake - Miss Money and Mr Games had this |
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| I had the Salted Caramel Ice-Cream ^^ |
I enjoyed it so much and I would definitely go again to have a spicy burrito!
My geeky rating: 5/5 (that burrito filled me! (^_^)v).
Good points:
- Food came quick
- Great and friendly service
- Food was filling
- Desserts were ok - I liked that chocolate cake with the peanut butter ice cream (^_^)b
Bad points:
- Slightly cramped tables... and that was it really!
Address: Wahaca, 66 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HG
Tel: 0207 240 1883
