Fab Mexican Street Food Waterloo – Buen Provecho

March 6, 2011 By 2 Comments

One lunchtime I found myself around Waterloo and needed a quick bite and remembered this Mexican stall that @MarinaMetro recommended in the Evening Standard. It is just on one of the back streets behind the station and there was a short queue of people.

This Mexican Street Food stall is run by Arturo Rodriguez and he seems to have garnered quite a following.  The daily offerings are shown on a blackboard and the food it cooked fresh daily. Here are some of the things on offer:

  • Cochinita Pibil – pork in ornage juice
  • Pollo con Mole – chicken with mole
  • Picadilo – minced beef in vegetable chipotle sauce

Buen Provecho Waterloo

For a quick lunch, I had the selection of tacos for£5 and you can buy the salsas to take home for £2 a pot.

Mexican Street Food

You can choose which fillings you want from the daily selections and you add your own mole, salsa, guacamole and hot sauces. Beware, it is really hot.

Mexican Tacos

I had one of each of the meats available and they were served on a crispy toasted taco. Each of the fillings had it’s own distinctive flavour and my favourite was the pork. The hot sauces were reassuringly hot and really hit the spot. Up to now, my experience of Mexican food in London has not been great, and restaurants can serve up anything as most Londoners don’t know what to really expect with the cuisine.

Unfortunately, there are not tables at the stall but they do have a couple of stools to perch on. Best to take this away and find a seat to savour these delightful flavours.

If you are in the area, go try this. It’s hot, tasty and is probably one of the best street food stalls in London, thanks Marina for the rec. This is my kind of street food.

Buen Provecho Mexican Street Food

Lower Marsh Street Market

Behind Waterloo Station

London SE1

 

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Street Kitchen At The London Restaurant Festival

October 5, 2010 By 1 Comment

The London Restaurant Festival is in its second year and is running for 2 weeks from the 4th October. Restaurants in London are celebrating the festival by holding special events like dinner on the London Eye to having special menus.

Two chefs who are doing something different are Jun Tanaka (of Pearl Restaurant) and Mark Jankel by bringing food to the people on the street with a Food Truck. Food Trucks are a growing trend in the US and increasingly in the UK, each serving delicious food at reasonable prices and gaining a large fan base through social media, especially Twitter. The best known of the Food Truck is @KogiBBQ in LA, which has the twitter and mass media darling, proving the case that you can build a very succesful food business using Twitter alone.

Street Kitchen London Restaurant Festival

Back in London, Street Kitchen has been set up in corner of the Covent Garden Piazza in an imported Airtream Caravan. My friend had this to say about this, “it looks like the catering van on film sets” and expected a cheap menu of the type of food served with chips.

The menu here is simple, made of locally sourced food and not a chip in sight. As I didn’t have much time, I opted for one of the mains, Salmon with beetroot and horseradish £6.50. It’s not that cheap but simple and delicious. There are 2 other main courses, a soup with brioche and one pudding on the menu.

Street Kitchen London Restaurant Festival

According to the chefs, they have been really busy, especially at lunch time. If I had a bit more time, I would have had the Autumn berries Cheesecake but they are around for a few more days so I shall return to check that out. Who knows, the Street Kitchen could be travelling around and you might see it near you soon.

Mark Jankel and Jun Tanaka

Mark Jankel and Jun Tanaka

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