Mexican

From the accidentally alliterative title of this post, you could be forgiven for thinking we’d been living it up at the talpidae version of Glastonbury, but no such luck. The mole festival in question instead refers to a special menu at Mexican restaurant Mestizo where …

Image courtesy of Diemar/Noble   Tapping into the spirit of Mexico’s bicentennial celebrations, Quetzalcoatl: Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo allows Londoners a poignant glimpse into Mexican life during 20th century. Featuring black and white photographs from the 1920s through to the 90s by Manuel Alvarez …

When we first heard that a so-called “boutique hotel” was opening in Camberwell around three years ago, we weren’t really sure what to make of it. Camberwell has plenty going for it, in an edgy kind of a way, but surely it’s more the preserve …

Thomasina Miers, of Master Chef and more recently, Wahaca fame, is writing a book called “Mexican Food Made Simple” that is being published next Spring. But this isn’t a standard book launch. Tommi has reserved space in her book for a recipe submitted by a …

Back in July 2007 (yes way back then) we happened upon upstart Mexican street food vendor, Luardo’s, at the then rather puny Whitecross Street Market. Our review was positive, if not glowing. Anyway, we’ve been back recently (had the beef in chipotle sauce burrito) and …

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Benito’s Hat 56 Goodge Street W1T 4NB 0207 637 3732 11.30am-10pm Mon-Wed, 11.30am-11pm Thu-Sat, Closed Sunday Expect to Pay: around £5 for a burrito We left our recent lunch at …

Daddy Donkey is a flavour fiesta for folks lucky enough to be round Leather Lane during the week at lunchtime. We gleefully reviewed ‘em back in February and still reckon that Daddy D is a brilliant answer to the question, “What’s for Lunch?“. A half …

We’ve always romanticised what our first Lucha Libre would be like. Running from both gangsters and the law through the mean streets of Mexico City, we duck down a back street only to discover the most magnificent fighting arena imaginable. We quickly buy our ticket …

With their acrobatic leaps and iconic masks, Mexican wrestlers are known all over the world. As one would expect, witnessing one of their wildly energetic matches generally involves buying a plane ticket to Mexico. For three days this weekend, however, you can experience all the …