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In America we love love Mexican food, we have a lot of Mexican immigrants and many American families can be traced back to Mexico. Spanish is used casually with people from non Mexican backgrounds. sometimes we say Hola and Gracias.
In America we love love Mexican food, we have a lot of Mexican immigrants and many American families can be traced back to Mexico. Spanish is used casually with people from non Mexican backgrounds. sometimes we say Hola and Gracias.
What is it like in Canada?
Much, much less influence. Few Canadians speak Spanish, despite what Canadians may claim Mexican food is fairly infrequently found compared to the US and of much lower quality, many ingredients cannot be found such as a variety in hotsauces, and people of Mexican descent are much less than 1% of the population.
We do have seasonal migrant workers who come to help on farms when the extra work is needed, but they don't have a big impact on the wider society because they aren't permanent residents who interact with it much.
I haven't met many Mexicans here in Canada, It seems like other Latin groups are more visible (Colombians Slavadoreans etc). The overall Latino population is very small here, though it seems to be growing in Quebec ....and surprisingly in Manitoba.
Barely any influence on the west coast, there are very few Mexican immigrants in the Vancouver area, none that I've ever seen in the Fraser Valley towns but more of them as farmers can be found in Keremeos, Osoyoos and the Okanagan vinyards areas.
There are seasonal workers that have a special deal worked out with the government so they can come to BC in groups of 12 for six weeks to work on reforestation tree farms and the like to learn about northern agriculture and forestry. They stay 6 weeks then leave to be replaced with another group.
It's not easy to find good Mexican food but on Victoria Drive in Vancouver there are a couple of hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurants that I think must be the real deal as regards authenticity. They're owned and operated by Mexican immigrants and the food is not like any Mexican food that I've ever had in the USA. They serve Mexican, Guatemalan, Peruvian and Columbian food (and maybe a few others but I haven't tried it all) and along with all the other hot sauces and condiments in the banquet area they have 3 big cauldrons of hot chile spiced chocolate sauce for putting on the food - mild, hot and extra hot. I couldn't eat the chocolate sauce, I found even the mild chocolate sauce was way too hot for me but then I'm not into spicy foods anyway so I've always ordered the very mildest foods they served. I can't imagine what the extra hot chocolate sauce must be like! But I've been a few times with family members visiting from Mexico and South America and seen some of the various meals they ordered and they are always enthusiastic, said it's all top notch authentic food and delicious.
Barely any influence on the west coast, there are very few Mexican immigrants in the Vancouver area, none that I've ever seen in the Fraser Valley towns but more of them as farmers can be found in Keremeos, Osoyoos and the Okanagan vinyards areas.
There are seasonal workers that have a special deal worked out with the government so they can come to BC in groups of 12 for six weeks to work on reforestation tree farms and the like to learn about northern agriculture and forestry. They stay 6 weeks then leave to be replaced with another group.
It's not easy to find good Mexican food but on Victoria Drive in Vancouver there are a couple of hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurants that I think must be the real deal as regards authenticity. They're owned and operated by Mexican immigrants and the food is not like any Mexican food that I've ever had in the USA. They serve Mexican, Guatemalan, Peruvian and Columbian food (and maybe a few others but I haven't tried it all) and along with all the other hot sauces and condiments in the banquet area they have 3 big cauldrons of hot chile spiced chocolate sauce for putting on the food - mild, hot and extra hot. I couldn't eat the chocolate sauce, I found even the mild chocolate sauce was way too hot for me but then I'm not into spicy foods anyway so I've always ordered the very mildest foods they served. I can't imagine what the extra hot chocolate sauce must be like! But I've been a few times with family members visiting from Mexico and South America and seen some of the various meals they ordered and they are always enthusiastic, said it's all top notch authentic food and delicious.
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What's that place called? I live in Vancouver and would like to go, so I would appreciate the name of the one you actually went to.
What's that place called? I live in Vancouver and would like to go, so I would appreciate the name of the one you actually went to.
Yes, here you go, I had to go look them up to get the names. Read the write ups at the links, you'll see they concur with what I said. There's 2 of them on the same block - both on the east side of the street. They're both good. If I recall correctly Adleitas is the one that has the cauldrons of hot chocolate sauce and it is also a slightly larger restaurant with more seating space. Like I said before they are kind of tucked away little hole-in-the-wall restaurants, nothing fancy in appearance but the service is good and the food is superb.
And if you're a real ethnic foodie and into authentic Portuguese and continental mediterranean food the very best Portuguese restaurant in the lower mainland is Sagres in Maple Ridge. Another family owned restaurant, excellent service and again, superb food (they have the best little potato medallions I've ever had). Mother and daughter and son do the cooking and father does the seating and serving. Very personalized service.
They serve Mexican, Guatemalan, Peruvian and Columbian food (and maybe a few others but I haven't tried it all) and along with all the other hot sauces and condiments in the banquet area they have 3 big cauldrons of hot chile spiced chocolate sauce for putting on the food - mild, hot and extra hot. I couldn't eat the chocolate sauce, I found even the mild chocolate sauce was way too hot for me but then I'm not into spicy foods anyway so I've always ordered the very mildest foods they served. I can't imagine what the extra hot chocolate sauce must be like!
That sounds really good. IMHO Mexican, Guatemalan and Peruvian foods are the best from Latin America. The hot sauce your talking about might called "Mole"? I have had mole with chocolate on different meats and its really good!
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But I've been a few times with family members visiting from Mexico and South America and seen some of the various meals they ordered and they are always enthusiastic, said it's all top notch authentic food and delicious.
