Finally a modern Mexican restaurant has opened in Tokyo. It’s called Frijoles, and it’s in Azabu Juban. After eating at the atrocious El Torito (hello, SoCal from the 1980s) and the mediocre El Derio! mini-chain, I was excited to see this slick concrete and brushed metal restaurant open. The food was fresh and carnitas well flavored.
Unfortunately, the owner, who lived in San Diego for 5 years, serves his tacos on flour tortillas. The Mexican cook and I both suggested a corn tortilla option. The menu also includes burritos, and the overall effect is like a slightly upscale El Chipolte.
Tokyo is so funny: a chic “industrial” style space is created in a 1960s building.
4 responses so far ↓
Durf // November 16, 2009 at 1:20 am |
You can actually get some decent Mexican cuisine in this town if you’re looking for higher-class plate-and-silverware stuff (chicken mole, chiles rellenos, and the like) but the cheap, filling taco-truck fare is indeed hard to come by.
tokyo moe // November 16, 2009 at 1:54 am |
Really? Which tablecloth Mexican restaurant do you recommend? I am eager to try it!
BTW, Frijoles was very good, apart from the no-corn-tortillas for their tacos. And the atmosphere very chic, although not tablecloth level.
Thanks for posting, Durf.
naaole // November 17, 2009 at 1:44 am |
nothing wrong with flour tortillas in my book~
tokyo moe // November 17, 2009 at 3:18 pm |
Flour tortillas are fine for burritos. But tacos should be corn tortillas, made fresh. Ahh, one of the few foods hard to get in Tokyo (^_-)