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[–] MrJameGumb 18 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Not a lot of fake Mexican food fans in Europe I guess lol

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They don't have many real Mexican food restaurants either

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

i'm not gonna vouch for authenticity but mexican and texmex is pretty standard fare in pretty much any medium sized town (in Germany)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In Norway, taco is consumed every single Friday by pretty much everyone. We're crazy about it. I eat it all the time.

It's almost impossible to find good Mexican food though. Rumour has it a good shop has popped up in Oslo recently.

Our "taco" is a bastardization of tex-mex, which arrived in Norway in the 1980s and has lived a life of its own since. It is delicious, but calling it Mexican would be more than generous.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

oh i know about the scandinavification of texmex.
my fave is my partner's "tacopaj". Absurd and absurdly delicious.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Holy shit - it seems like the Swedes are getting the upper hand! I have never heard of this monstrosity before. I am in awe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

we also have taco gratin, which is equally tasty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

As an American, I like White People Tacos, and I'm not ashamed of it. I've had proper tacos, too, and they are amazing, but it's a lot easier to do White People Taco Night.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to say that's not true for Germany, at least not in the north.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Hm might depend on size? Maybe its too spicy for the northerners :)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Depending on your definition of "Mexican" food.

[–] MrJameGumb 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Taco Bell is definitely not real Mexican food! That's why I specified "fake" lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Reading comprehension seems to be lacking for me today.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

For some reason I missed the β€žfakeβ€œ too lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Even in more traditional Mexican restaurants in the US where the staff obviously grew up in Mexico, if you ask right (in Spanish!) the staff will admit they don't eat there because it isn't authentic.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Sweden does fake mexican well enough by itself. In fact, it’d be hard to be any faker.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Not really many mexican immigrants here so mexican food isn't that big either. mexican food here is something you do at home for weekdays and it is often wheat tortillas with ground beef spiced with a ready made spice packet, salsa from a jar, perhaps also fake quacamole from a jar, cheese, french cream or often a local similar lower fat diary product i don't know the name of in english, onion tomato and lettuce, sometimes also ketchup. Living in finland in my city there are taco bells(never tried and never will) and like 1 decent mexican restaurant(not authentic mexican but still actually good)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's why they had to re-film the taco Bell scene in demolition man for the European release

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was replaced with Pizza Hut - we had those back in the 90s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Humm. I only ever saw them in Taco bell. I'm in the UK though

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

We have Turkish kebab/dΓΆner, which fills the similar slot than Mexican food.