Cinco De Mayo

On Monday, I went to Tierra Azteca for dinner. It's not the best Mexican joint in town. There's been a mini-explosion of high-end Mexican and taco restaurants in Toronto. And authenticity is a slippery concept. But I do enjoy the fact that the dining area is inside a Mexican grocery store with its clientele being primarily Latin Americans who are there to grab a bite to eat, some imported goods to go, and maybe send a bit of money home at the cash exchange. It's probably the closest to a bodega outside of NYC or California.

But now Azteca has pictures on the windows and a menu. And people who speak English. So the food is no longer a mystery to the uninitiated. Still cheap though. My 4 tacos of beef and chorizo were $10. The Mexican Coke added another $2. Be careful with the soft drink. Their fridge contains two kinds of Coke (along with a variety of other imported drinks). Both are Mexican but one uses sugar cane and the other high-fructose corn syrup. I prefer the sugar cane myself. Both types of taco were good with lime and spicy salsa, though the chorizo was on the salty side.