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Stop worrying! You are thinking of Tex-Mex food, which actually has only little to do with the real Mexican cuisine. Nowadays there are also many options for vegetarians that are not necessarily found in Mexico, or Texas for that matter. While Iguana is not necessarily something to write home about, with the main dishes starting very affordably around 8 and the high end being around 15, you get a fair deal.
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Pohjoinen Makasiinikatu 6, 00130 Helsinki puh. TexMex, as the name suggests, is food that combines Mexican cuisine with that of the Southern states of the USA, especially Texas. You can even occasionally see a street vendor near the central railway station selling cheese coated nachos for those that got hungry at 3 am. +358 (0)9 689 67 420, restaurant@helsinkitimes.fi www.helsinkitimes.fi
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Mikonkatu 15 Mon - Fri 16:00-23:00 Sat 12:00-23:00 Sun 12:00-22:00 CANTINA WEST Kasarmikatu 23 Mon - Tue 11:00-24:00 Wed - Thu 11:00-01:00 Fri 11:00-02:00 Sat 12:00-02:00 Sun 13:00-23:00 IGUANA Mannerheimintie 12 Sun-Thu 11:00-01:00 Fri-Sat: 11:00-03:00 MAYA BAR&GRILL Mikonkatu 18 Mon - Tue 11:00-24:00 Fri 11:00-01:00 Sat 13:00-01:00 Sun 14:00-24:00
SANTA FÉ Aleksanterinkatu 15 Mon - Thu 11:00-01:00 Fri - Sat 11:00-02:00 Sun 13:00-01:00
3.10.-16.12.
Salvador Dalí Surrealist!
Restaurant Konstan Möljä Finnish national buffet and interior
Mon-Fri 1122, Sat 1422, Hietalahdenkatu 14, 00180 Hki, Tel. The use of English cheddar cheese is also a trick of the gringos rather than Mexicans. Founded in 1991, this restaurant offers a romantic atmosphere and nice decoration that makes up for the lack of surprises on the menu. Prices of main courses range from 10 to 24 Euros. (09)694 7504
Image rights of Salvador Dalí reserved. Out every Friday.
New Helsinki Times restaurant, pub & club guide is now published in every issue of Helsinki Times. Cantina West offers a wide variety of meat dishes as well as Cajun and barbeque food. 09-686 0730, fax 09-635 262 www.royalravintolat.com
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restaurant, pub & club guide. However, the
two are often confused, especially in Finland, where the cuisine is still fairly new. Fundació GalaSalvador Dalí, Figueres, 2007 . There are also quite a few pleasant surprises on the menu: Parilladas con grill is served with mole sauce, which is rare to find in Finland, and the Mad Mustang horse steak comes with pepper and cactus sauce. If you are craving less of a long, romantic meal out and more of an affordable bite with beer, you might want to check out one of the Iguana-restaurants, there seems to be one around every corner in Helsinki. HELSINKI TIMES
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Iguana on Mannerheimintie is a cosy and reasonably priced restaurant that serves Tex-Mex.
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For more information: Tel. If you prefer to have your dish indoors, however, you can go to Cantina West, which opened in 1990. This delicious and often very heavy cuisine arrived in Finland at the beginning of the 1990s, and has acquired
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Cantina West is colourfully decorated, with an exotic atmosphere. During Tex-Mex´s saga of less than 20 years, Helsinki has seen several chains as well as individual restaurants serving the hungry customers with burritos, nachos and fajitas. Tex-Mex uses a lot of beef, which is a Texan influence, and often serves it with the more Mexican style corn or
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flour tortillas. Santa Fé offers the usual fajitas and burritos in both veggie and meat versions, as well as a few Cajun-style and barbeque dishes. www.salvador-dali.org
EMMA, WeeGee, Ahertajantie 5, Tapiola, Espoo Tue, Fri-Sun 11-18, Wed-Thurs 11-20 Busses from Kamppi, Helsinki nr: 106,110T Tel: 09-81657512
www.emma.museum. Tortillas and chilli sauce can now be found in every supermarket. On their webpage, the restaurant advertises itself as a place where you can "Enjoy the real Mexican atmosphere." The atmosphere is indeed relaxed and the place is nicely decorated. The Fajitas in particular are worth trying. The menu is very much Tex-Mex, as the restaurant´s logo, a colourful map of Texas, suggests. In addition to the usual Tex-Mex dishes, you can choose from a selection of pizzas, pastas and salads. Santa Fé is another pioneer of Tex-Mex food in Helsinki. The prices of main dishes vary from 10 to 40 Euros. Even if you are really ravenous, the portions in the restaurant are big enough. This one is served with homemade sausages.
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