Australian Taco Feast

As most of you know, I love tacos. I'm always craving them. I'm always up for trying new places. Well our world was shattered a little bit when we were told by the barkeep we met the other day who had been Stateside that there really wasn't as good of Mexican food places in Australia as there are back in the States. We too had noticed that there weren't as many Mexican restaurants around. Sadness...

But luckily the same barkeep had tried a few places around the area and recommended a place called Maya Tequila Bar & Grill. But he said the one downside is that the food can be kind of pricey, which is quite unfortunate given that one of the perks of tacos is that they're usually both delicious and cheap. Again sadness...

But again thanks to our new barkeep friend, he recommended looking on Groupon for finding good deals to this location. And boy he was spot-on. We found a deal for All-You-Can-Eat Tacos for just $9 a person. WIN!!! 

The instructions for redeeming our taco feast were a little bit strange. They wanted us to sign up for a time slot via their website, but it wasn't clear whether we were making a reservation or what because it said we were being put on a waiting list. We would have tried to just call and ask them directly, but they're only open for dinner and the reviews said that they aren't the types that usually answer their phone. But given that we have nothing but time on our hands right now we thought we'd just show up for the time slot we thought we signed up for and worst case they'd turn us away and maybe explain how to properly make a reservation. Luckily that wasn't necessary, we got there early enough they just sat us straight away once they finally opened their doors. It probably also helped it was a Tuesday.

It took a little bit for the chaos of the doors first opening to settle down. But once our waitress came, she was very accommodating. She explained the terms of the Groupon deal once we pointed it out. Basically we had up to 2 hours to eat as many tacos as we liked. They had six kinds: chicken, brisket, pork, fish, quinoa, and tofu. (You can see the other toppings on those tacos and the rest of their menu by clicking here.) Each order came as pairs of the kind you ordered. So of course we first ordered one of every kind. Our orders were then delivered to us 2 plates (4 tacos) at a time. Our first set was even delivered within 5 minutes of ordering them.

The chicken tacos and the brisket tacos 

The fish tacos and the pork tacos

Me in taco heaven with the tofu tacos and quinoa tacos.
Also displayed is our Veracruz mocktail... delicious! 

So before it was even time to order a second round of our favorites, Katie and I had had 6 tacos each. And all of the kinds were good. We were most surprised by the tofu tacos cuz usually those are nothing to write home about. Katie was quite full with her 6. But I had to take more advantage of our great taco feast, so I ordered two more plates: tofu and chicken. This brought my total to 10 tacos for the night. I feel like I could have ate more if I was willing to be miserable, but it didn't seem worth it. And even though I'm sitting here writing this blog post a few hours later and feeling I could eat a taco right now, I still feel like I made the right choice.

And that was the night of our Australian Taco Feast. I'd say it was quite a success. 

Bonus pic: Evil/Crazy Taco Brandon