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| - For a city of such diversity, Toronto suffers from a dearth of Mexican cuisine.
Most Torontonians will be very familiar with tacos - and in fact, if they saw the rest of Mexican cuisine, may assume that everything within Mexican food is a play on the taco.
But what distinguishes Mexican food are the spices in their sauces (from the variety of chilis that grow in the region), and the use of corn (most notably in tortillas).
Tortillas have, in some way, been bastardized in North America. Many of the tortillas that you see in the supermarket have been loaded with preservatives, leading to a rubbery or gummy taste.
Here's the thing - true Mexican food is extremely hard to make in Toronto. The best that we can do will never match what you can have in Mexico, simply because of the availability of fresh ingredients.
For that reason, I've yet to find much GREAT Mexican food in the city. That said, Cocina Economica gets quite close. The sauces are similar to what I remember from Mexico, and the cocktails are solid.
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