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| - Ever the fan of Newmarket Main Street and it's best in class Mexican restaurant Made in Mexico, I was more than a little excited when I learned that the owners would be opening a spin off restaurant directly across the street from their current location.
But why open a Mexican restaurant across from a mexican restaurant? Well, I wondered this as well until I stepped into The Bucket Co for the first time. TBC is Mexican inspired seafood with a Tex-mex flair. And in addition to the bounty of seafood options, we've finally we've got somewhere other than Lone Star to visit for sizzling fajitas, and freshly made corn and flour tortillas (and we're talking made to order fresh).
In terms of design concept, it's very similar to its sister restaurant, Made In Mexico but with a little less Mexican schwag and a little more cheeky art work describing the benefit of tequila (there are many).
Being thirsty upon arrival my DC and I haphazardly ordered the 2L pitcher of freshly made sangria for $28. Now if you've never attempted to split 2L of sangria, take it from me - this is not a two person feat. Despite the affordable price 2L is enough for 4 people to easily be satisfied. My DC and I were stuffed and swimming by the end of the meal. But man was that delicious!
Wanting to sample as many options as possible we decided to share an appetizer and two main courses. For the appetizer course we shared the Cheese Empanaditas (small sized deep fried cheese Empanadas). These were served piping hot and gooey with cheese (just how I like' em). What I liked even more about this course was that the Empanaditas were served with a side of freshly cut and deep fried potato slices (almost deep fried to chips). These made great dipping companions and a nice break from the hot cheesey goodness of the mini Empanadas.
It was then that we realized our hunger got the better of us as our two main courses hit the table. 1) Lobster Tacos, 2) Surf and Turf (steaming) fajitas!
1) The lobster tacos were unbelievable! If you see my picture you can see that they spared no expense on this dish as the lobster was literally pouring out of the three flour tortillas they were served on. The filling with the Lobsters was so delicious that it could easily stand on it's own, BUT adding some cooked peppers and onions, refried beans, hot sauce and freshly squeeze lime only made the experience more incredible. I'm not sure how they make money on this dish because I've been to Red Lobster and not had this much meat.
2) The Surf'N Turff (steak and jumbo shrimp) fajitas were likely the BEST I've had in the GTA/Toronto ever. Not only was the steak cooked exactly to my liking (medium/medium-rare), the shrimp HUGE and plump, and the peppers and onions perfectly seasoned and cooked BUT there was SO. DAMN. MUCH!! Easily could have been shared with another person. I would come back for this once a week an shamelessly stuff myself. No Problems!
At this point I had thrown in the towel and was trying to polish off the bottom half of my mini Sangria Keg with little luck. Then came a special treat that we weren't anticipating. Somehow between breaths we were talked into trying their deep fried cheesecake chimichangas..... let me write that out again:
Deep Fried. Cheese Cake. Chimichanga.
Alone any of those three items would be enough to stop a mans heart, but combined as one item and stuffed into my gut against my will (seriously) and I nearly exploded.
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Fast forward to days later when I finally awoke from the food induced coma this meal put me in and for some sick reason I was hungry again and craving another trip to the bucket co. Give the newest spot on Main Street a shot, but heed my warning: Large portions, low prices = gut busting Mexican Seafood inspired food coma.
Eatcrest Out!
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