M&S recently sent me some items from their new Mexican selection, and it’s confirmed my new found grá for this cuisine. I’m consuming large amounts of burritos and fajitas lately; I ate out at Boojum earlier this week, I’m a big fan of Pablo Picante’s and Taco Taco, and I’m looking forward to trying out [...]

I just had a two week holiday in New York and Mexico, and to say that I’m bummed out that it’s over would be to put it mildly.  Mexico is one of the best places I’ve ever visited, with lovely friendly people, amazing food, beautiful beaches, interesting historical sites…the whole shebang really.  My awesome friend [...]

Thousands of years behind the Aztecs, Mayans, and Western civilisation, Mexican food has finally arrived in Ireland. Lidl is currently promoting Mexican specials, M&S has launched a new range of Mexican food, and the past year has seen the opening of Boojum on Dublin’s northside and Pablo Picante’s on the southside.
Okay, okay. We’ve yet to [...]

There’s a new Mexican cafe in Dublin’s Italian Quarter (that pleasant little row of restaurants and shops that runs between the Millennium Bridge and the Jervis St Luas stop).  It’s called Boojum, and they are currently offering a lunch special - any main menu item plus a bottle of water for €7.  When I first [...]

I’m in two minds about Mexican food. Yes, it’s lovely, but my experience of it has been a bit limited: corn bread, beans, and chilli. I suspect that I’ve been eating Tex-Mex rather than the real thing; enchilladas are not authentic Mexican.
So I’d be interested in the Taste of Mexico event, a food festival featuring [...]

Huevos Rancheros are a classic Mexican breakfast dish, and if you’ve ever had a breakfast burrito, you’ve probably had something a bit similar.  While there are many variations, the basic recipe is a fried egg on a flour tortilla, covered with cooked salsa.  I made them for the first time ever last weekend after an [...]

Chilli Con Carne is the perfect food for cooking in advance - storing it overnight seems to deepen and enhance the flavours. It also freezes well and is so versatile that it’s handy in small quantities for lunch. There are lots of special offers on mince around at the moment, so it’s a good time [...]

I arranged to meet my lovely Uncle Len for lunch the other day, and suddenly got a terrible case of lunch block, and spent ages racking my brain trying to think of a new place to bring him.  After thinking ‘Gruel’ about twenty times (we’ve met in Gruel before) , I remembered that only around [...]

I made steak fajitas the other night because I had some tortillas in the fridge that needed using up. When it took me all of about twelve minutes to prepare and cook the meal, I realised that it’s a perfect Wind-Down Wednesday meal.
For me, Mexican food is all about the extras like sour cream, salsa [...]