Last night, Jon and I were on our way to grab some Turkish food on Upper Street, the main street in our neighborhood. Just the usual weeknight laziness about cooking.
We stopped dead in our tracks when we spotted Mucho Mas. A burrito/taco joint. In our ‘hood. Holy cow.
It seems at least two other bloggers have already posted about this place (amazing because the owner of Mucho Mas told us he’d just opened last Friday), so I’ll keep it quick with following comments:
1. If you miss Chipotle, you’ll love Mucho Mas. While there’s no Niman This and Niman That going on here, the shredded beef and the shredded pork (carnitas) burritos at Mucho Mas were fresh-tasting and delicious. I was surprised to give shredded beef the slight edge over the carnitas, given my undying love of carnitas, but the beef had stronger seasoning yesterday. Carnitas was a little undersalted and not as spicy as I would have liked.
2. The guac at Mucho Mas deserves special mention. I don’t know why it’s so hard for restaurants to serve good guac, but the extra dollop at Mucho Mas is well worth 75p. It’s salty, creamy and limey-tangy.
3. Last night, the owner assembled the burritos himself, and we couldn’t imagine a more gracious, friendly bit of service.
The burritos are priced at £5.15-5.95, which means you get a meal in a wrap for about half what a takeaway lunch costs at Itsu. I’ll be eating there mucho mas in the future.
Hi,
I live in the area too and have not been to Mucho Mas yet. Probably because I am closer to City road. There is another place called Tortilla…it is just like the US, no joke. Really good guac, amazing chicken and pork and super nice staff. Bonus – two burrito places in one area! I think they just opened as well….
Neither Mucho Mas nor Tortilla make it a secret that they are modeled on Chipotle and would love to duplicate the success of that chain here in London. “Tortilla” wasn’t serving carnitas when I dropped by last weekend, and the fact that Tortilla servers are wearing corporate-chain style uniforms was yet another reminder that the owner has fast-food dreams.
try mestizo!!
http://www.mestizomx.com/main.html
…and their burrito joint on Rathbone Street
I’ve been to Mestizo before, but I haven’t tried their burrito place, so thanks for that tip, msb.
For my money Tortilla is by far and away the best good, honest, down to earth burritos. MUCH better than Mucho Mas.
How do I know? My wife and I tried them both on the same day. I feel bloate just thinking about it!
Tortilla is pretty good – or at least, the carnitas burrito I get all the time is pretty good. I drop by Tortilla on my way back from the gym (oh the irony), so you could say I go mostly because of convenience and a little bit out of loyalty to one of the guys who started it (apparently he and I share the same university).
I haven’t been back to Mucho Mas in a while, so I can’t weigh in on their comparative merits, but the key fact is that it’s fab to have two burrito/taco places in our neighborhood.
I know this post is old, but – Mucho Mas is the absolute best. Tortilla is completely lame, I’m sorry – sloppy and chain like, while Mucho Mas, even under it’s new re-open as Chilango, completely wins. Our entire flat goes here at least 2 – 3 times a week I must admit! Thanks for the post – we’ll probably link it to ours once we finish our draft Mucho Mas/Chilango post
tier1london – it sounds like you and your flatmates are Mucho Mas/Chilango’s number one customers. I enjoyed the Chilango opening/re-branding two weeks ago, mostly because it was reassuring to know the high-quality guac and black beans would remain the same. I’ll look forward to reading your post.