Location: Maidstone,
Melbourne
Price: $14.50
Notes: 2 locations (we will review Location 2 another time)
Family run Latin American Restaurant
Other items on the menu tasted delicioso!
Best: The seasoning sprinkled on top
Worst: The meat
July 2013
Los Latinos, a small
Latin American café based in the suburbs where culture thrives. Posters of Central American landscapes and weird Latino ragdolls adorn the walls. Some
would say ‘tacky’, but for me, tacky just gets me excited for the food. It
means it’s authentic, it means some mum has attempted to show off her interior
design skills, and it means the chances of them concentrating more on their
food rather than the decorating is highly likely.
However, in regards to their nachos, it unfortunately was not
the case for Los Latinos. Amped with excitement about going to an authentic Latino family run
restaurant, I was thoroughly let down by their Tex Mex Nachos, and to rub salt
into the wounds, the rest of my tables non nacho dishes looked and tasted
authentic and delicious.
My plate was cold and
the chips tasted like CC’s. Cheese was minimal and the lower layers of chips were
dry and begging for a slathering. Spread across the top was a layer of very
terrible chile con carne where the meat was fatty and resembled the meal I use
to dish out to my cat for her dinner. Actually the cat food looked more
appetising.
Basically I expected a
lot more from a restaurant with a 92% rating on Urban Spoon. I’ll admit, I
really did want to give this family run business a good score. Fair enough,
Nachos aren’t technically an authentic Latin American dish, but if you’re not
going to do them right, do us all a favour and leave them off the menu. So for
the poor attempt at a dish that can be oh so tasty, Los Latinos scores only two
corn chips out of five.
Score: 2 / 5
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