Our British Tex-Mex Adventure!

Let me just say that we had our first food adventure tonight. After work we came back to the hotel to relax for an hour or so and we were given the task of thinking of something to do for dinner for the group. I guess I was thinking of Little Rosie’s back home, because I really had a craving for Mexican…chips and salsa, tacos, cheese dip, the whole bit. So I fired up the computer and thought that it could be a long shot, but why not try to look up a Mexican restaurant in the Dartford area. Lo and behold, there was a Tex-Mex restaurant a mile and a half away from the hotel. We phoned up Brian to see if he had any thoughts on dinner and he mentioned that he had found a Mexican restaurant on the GPS unit. Turns out it was the same one that I found. We all agreed on the choice and set out on our way to the The Hideout Tex-Mex Diner down the way. Even the trip there and back in the car was an adventure in its self as Brian races autocross back in the states. Let me say that we took advantage of the “Oh S**t bar” a few times. Anyway, we made our way on to the restaurant. We are driving…and driving …and driving. The GPS took us the long way! Definitely not the 1.5 miles that it said it would be and we were kinda in a dark part of town…a little sketch from the outside. We decide to give it a try after taking a look at the menu. We get in there and it is completely empty except for two people getting take-away. The décor was quite a trip. There is a 48 state American flag on the ceiling, a confederate flag hanging from the rafter, a tootsie roll sign, and a mural of “The Godfather” and “Casablanca.” There was also a 3D mural of a mobster, a traffic light, a statue of a Texan holding a gun, and then strung across the room there was the typical Mexican colorful shiny streamers. Best of all there was a neon sign of Dos Equis XX- get this…Brian was really excited about the Dos Equis, he ordered one and the guy had no clue what it was and they didn’t even serve it!!! We were really hoping that there would be more Mexican on the menu but there were only fajitas, tacos, enchiladas, and burritos. The rest of the menu consisted of what looked to be Cajun, burgers, sports bar food, and steaks. Ken and I order the burritos. As the time goes by no one has joined us for dinner, so we start second guessing our choice. Should we get up and leave? Or should we stay and see what we end up with? Well, when the first plate made it out of the kitchen we were a little surprised at the presentation. A large side salad on the side of the plate and a large portion of yellow rice accompanied a burrito in the middle. Needless to say, it was not Little Rosie’s or Laredo’s. The rice was not seasoned at all and the only thing Mexican about it was the salsa and maybe a little chili powder in the seasoning of the meat. I give them props for trying though. Relatively, it was pretty decent for being so far away from Mexico and since they have probably never tasted Mexican or even America’s version of Mexican. We had our laughs and giggles though out the night as we tried the British version of Mexican. Let’s just say that we will being sticking to other types of food while here. There could be a fortune to be had if someone did start a REAL Mexican restaurant! I know Americans would flock to it! Cheers for the night!