On Tuesday me and my friend went to try out Patrona. A fairly new Mexican restaurant in Helsinki. I was really excited to try the food, because there are no Mexican restaurants in Helsinki.There's texmex (like Santa Fé), which is good too though.
First off, service was so friendly! They immediately asked what we wanted to drink, and explained about the food. I was a little apprehensive about the drinks. I'm not a fan of Tequila. OK, who am I kidding, after a very drunken night 8years ago the thought of tequila makes me vomit. I'm sure you've all been there.
My solution to the problem was to ask for a drink that isn't for a tequila lover, but a drink that could make me a tequila lover. This is what i got, the patrona. An amazing drink (margarita style) with tequila, lime and guava juice. The edges were covered with half salt half chili.. I must say the drink was amazing, for the first time in 8years I enjoyed drinking tequila. I even had another one.
My friend got a tall drink with passionfruit, this didn't even taste like tequila, but was of course wonderful none the less. Drinks were a little expensive around 9,8€. I say that because prices on food and wine were much lower, so I feel 7€ drinks would fit the concept a little better.
We started by sharing two appetizers, the chevicé (with whitefish and shrimp) and guacamole with tostodos. This ceviché was very different from what I had before, soaked in lime juice and served with a side of habanero sauce. It's actually a brilliant concept, because this way you can regulate the amount of heat yourself. I used a lot of heat - love spicy food. The guacamole was amazing, and their home made tostadas so incredibly good! Seriously huge points, and appetizers were between 7-9€ and that's a fair deal since there was plenty food.
For our main course, we shared the tortillas with braised pork belly and pineapple salsa (which is actually a warm starter) and also the chicken tortilla with mole sauce (a main course). The pork belly tortillas were amazing, and especially the pineapple salsa. They were overshadowed by the chicken tortilla with mole sauce though.
Molé is a chocolate sauce, this one contained five different types of chocolate, and also peanut butter and chili. Though it looks like a dessert, it most def. is not. This was my first try of Mexican Molé sauce and it blew me away! So incredibly tasty!! Apparently a lot of finnish customers don't appreciate this dish, since the server warned us it will be different... But damn it was good though!
At the end of the day, our bill was about 40€/person, which is ok. Especially considering 20€ of that was drinks.. Had we taken wine, a bottle would have been around 30€. Was the food Mexican? I have never been to Mexico, hard to say. However, it's def. not texmex, and just like Mexican restaurants in NYC. Either way drinks and food, both delicious! I would go back anyday!
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