[Photo, Food] Lunch at wahaca

[karohemd]

I wandered around Canary Wharf last Saturday taking architecture photos and randomly came across a branch of wahaca, a small chain of restaurants serving Mexican "street food". You can either choose between several smaller dishes, a bit like tapas or bigger plates for one meal.
It's very tasty, quite spicy and nicely presented, too.

Chunky Guacamole with tortilla chips


Pork Pibil Tacos


Beef Salpicón Tostadas

Comments

[susanofstohelit.livejournal.com]

very pretty. I was confused for a while by the spelling: correct in English is Oaxaca (same approximate pronunciation). Plus I thought for a bit that they were referring to huitlacoche.

[gbsteve.livejournal.com]

It's spelt that way so we don't mispronounce it. And the food is very good. The chef won Masterchef a few years back and spent the prize money going round Mexico learning their cooking. Almost all the ingredients are sourced in the UK, it's fresh and delicious. Nom.

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

Never actually managed it in to the Covent Garden one, didn't know there were more.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

There are three in total, IIRC (check the website). I'd been wanting to eat at one for a while and when I randomly walked past it and it was lunchtime, my mind was set. I wasn't disappointed.
I had tortilla chips with guacamole and the two small dishes and didn't have enough room for churros. I need to go back and rectify that. ;)

Hm, fancy meeting up before the Bitter Ruin release party on the 22nd? I'm sure ginasketch would come along as well (and she could act as expert on mesoamerican food ;).

[ginasketch.livejournal.com]

That's a Saturday, right? In which case I will gladly come along.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Yep. Hurrah! The one in Covent Garden is basically walking distance from the BR venue and if we meet at 5 or so, there shouldn't be any problems finding a table.

This is going to be hard (Sacrilege is the night before where I will both be DJing and shooting, unless I get a ticket for QI which I doubt now).