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| - There seems to be a huge number of hip (and hipster) Mexican restaurants popping up all over the city! And, I'm willing to try them all. Unfortunately, Barrio Coreano did not make the cut on my list of recommendations. I'm not Mexican nor do I claim to be an expert on Mexican food. But, in an effort to forge my credibility, I lived in New York where they have some of the best twists and takes on Mexican food...plus, I love good food!
From having read a few other reviews on Barrio, it would seem that I had some very similar experiences. We tried to make reservations at Playa Cabana, but they were all booked. According to some reviews, Barrio Coreano seems to be the fall out choice venue. If all else fails, go to Barrio Coreano.
We started with the grilled calamari. It was great! I could taste the Mexican-Korean fusion happening in this dish. Before we even made it through our first bite, our next dish came. Baja fish tacos. The flavors were ok and spices mixed well. The batter was a little heavier than other places I've tried, of the same dish. Suddenly, our Carnita tacos arrived, and we barely got through our first two dishes. Carnita tacos are basically pulled pork. I didn't love this one. It was too dry and quite bland.
Within 30 seconds, our next order of tacos arrived. The chicken tinga. Wait. Is this the pulled pork or the chicken? I couldn't quite tell them apart. It was recommended that we have this dish served in a hard-shell. Little did we know it was deep fried and that by the time we got around to eating it, that hard-shell taco fell apart. It was soggy and the flavors were as bland as the pulled pork. Radish garnished every single taco. I get that radish, especially pickled, is a staple ingredient in Korean dishes, but I didn't get the reasoning behind placing it on every variety of taco. Is it to hide the lack of flavor in each of these tacos?
My friend and I are also suckers for churros so we HAD to try them, despite how incredibly stuffed we were. There is always room for churros, or so we thought. Unfortunately, they didn't come close to what churros should taste like. They were a little too soft, very heavy and extremely greasy. The caramel sauce was runny and, well, so watered down that we could barely taste the salty sweet flavors of the caramel. It was not the bang or the piece de resistance that we were hoping to leave with.
Maybe we ordered the wrong tacos. Or, maybe we just went to the wrong Playa chain. But, I left feeling overwhelmed by the prices and underwhelmed by the food.
Having said all of this, I will always leave on a positive note and say that I liked the spaghetti western decor and the vibe. The staff was also very friendly and attentive. Our server was very knowledgeable and went out of his way to make us feel comfortable in our feelings of dismay.
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