Mexican and Margaritas

We tried coming to Margaritas at Demspey a couple of months back, but it was closed for refurbishment. My friend has been raving about the food here for so long, that we finally booked a table (we had to practically beg to be squeezed in as they were fully booked) and headed up here on Friday night.

We obviously went straight for a round of margaritas – strawberry and frozen, of course – which were tasty, although the tequila wasn’t very evident (although some would say that’s a good thing!) and the glasses came rimmed with salt which led to a heated discussion about whether fruit margaritas should have salt round the rim or not… I noticed that everyone without exception wiped it off, regardless of their opinion…

We also later sampled the Mango version, but it rather paled in comparison to its Strawberry cousin.

We were all so hungry we ordered up some nibbles while we looked at the menu – some fantastic Nachos which disappeared in about three seconds flat (hence the half empty plate in the picture, I barely got in there in time!)

and some Jalapeno Poppers - not on the menu, you have to be in the know! These were tasty but we all agreed were disappointingly lacking in heat (of the spicy variety)

We then ordered up our own choice of main courses – the Kitchen Sink Burrito for myself and Mr Greedy Glutton, which as its name suggests, has a little bit of everything – chicken, beef, vegetables and rice all wrapped up and topped with Salsa, Sour Cream, Jalapenos and Guacamole.

I was however a little envious of the rice side order that came served with others’ Beef Burritos and Vegetable Enchiladas, which was buttery and scrumptious.

All in all we had a great meal, the food (and obviously the company) was great – I do think they could perhaps crank up the salsa tunes a tad… get a party atmosphere going… and perhaps encourage a few more margaritas and tequilas to flow in the process… now that’s my kind of Mexican meal…

Margaritas - http://www.dempseyhill.com/tenants_Margarita.htm

A Hearty Mexican Meal

New Year’s Day and it was hair-of-the-dog time, with a few glasses of vino at Brewerkz. We then wandered along next door to Café Iguana to tuck into some hearty Mexican fare to soak up all our New Year’s booze.

I love Café Iguana with its funky latin music and fantastic margharita menu (see Macho Margharitas), gives you a real feel of being on holiday. Today we weren’t quite up for tackling the tequila, so we turned straight to the food section and ordered up some Beef Burritos, smothered in the carne de puerco en chile verde (pork green chile stew).

They were exactly what the doctor ordered – filling and delicious, the shredded steak and rice providing plenty of bulk to soak up the festive season’s excess of alcohol.

So that’s it, another festive season over… need to find another excuse to overindulge in food and drink…

Café Iguana - www.cafeiguana.com

Macho Margharitas

Our friends were back in town following their travels around Asia and en-route to their new life in Sydney. We'll call them Mr and Mrs Greedyguts as they are the only other couple we know as obsessed with good food and drink as we are. We were a little excited to be together again and so it was inevitable that the evening was going to progress into a rather boozy one. However, nobody could have been prepared for sheer scale of debauchery...

The location? Cafe Iguana at Riverside Point. The culprit? The Macho Margharita. I'm not really sure how many normal margharitas make a macho one, but we calculated it must be about five.



If you're a lover of margharitas and/or tequila, then Cafe Iguana is a great choice, serving over 150 different kinds of 100% Webber blue agave tequila and handcrafted mezcal.

We had our margharitas frozen and strawberry.... they taste so good... but the next morning you certainly don't feel so good.... and we didn't even make it on anywhere else that evening....




Cafe Iguana - www.cafeiguana.com