would a mexican restaurant work in japan?
 

i figure the last thing japan needs is a noodle joint or stall.so how about mexican?..every day for me,but new to them! :vsign:

funny >.>'''
not too long ago
my gf's brother (whose living in japan)
wrote back to his mom asking for supplies to make mexican food
>.>''

the mom ended up sending back like salsa, and peppers, and other stuff ^^'

There is an El Torito in Ikebukuro across from Animate.

there's already a few

but most of what i seen was more a "chili's" or "chevy's" type of menu. nothing really authentic, and not sure how it'd fly. my gf loves mexican food though :D

I see no reason why a Mexican restaurant in Japan can't work out. I think that nowadays, people in Japan are generally more interested in trying out new things, particularly of Western cultures (a Mexican restaurant could therefore sound quite interesting to a Japanese unfamiliar with Mexican food).

I remember when I was in Japan, it was nearly impossible to find a mexican restaurant that wasn't labeled El Torito :P But I did find one that was a hole in the wall kind of place and it wasn't all that great... and there were a few customers there, so business must have been okay. So if you can open one with good food, I don't see why it couldn't workout.

I remember someone telling me that there was a Del Taco and Taco Bell in Japan before, but they both didn't do well and closed down...so I guess the 'fast food' type mexican food, isn't geared to do all that well in Japan. Have to strike a balance somewhere.

i dont know
but it would be funny to look at

There has never been a Taco Bell off of a military base (in other words, outside of anyone Japanese`s reach).
I would personally LOVE to have a decent Mexican restaurant nearby. There is a small one that is pseudo-Mexican, and they`re always packed. If somewhere failed in the past, it was due more to lack of recognition than anything. These days, most people at least have heard of Mexican food.

Seriously, I say go for it. My husband would eat there everyday if it were close. He loves Mexican food.

I saw several Brazilian places...

I knew of 1 Mexican restaurant in Osaka, but I never ate there (it looked fairly pricey.)

I think you would have some problems securing a lot of your ingredients. The secret to really good Mexican food (like most kinds of food) is fresh ingredients, and you would have a tough time getting some of the stuff in Japan. You could have it shipped in, but that would be expensive.

Cool idea. Maybe you could hire me! I'm cuban but I don't think that most japanese, or people in general for that matter, would be able to tell the difference. I could lend an air of authenticity to the enterprise :D

I went to one in Osaka about 10 years ago. It was o.k. If you want any ethnic food restaurant to work in Japan, just take out all the flavor, substitute japanese ingredients, change all the names of the food to fit the japanese idea of what the food should be called. Then say, "japan is an interunationaru contori," about 10,000 times. Throw some phony south american decorations (rather than mexican) on the wall. Make sure the place is fun for 20-something-year-old-girls by playing vapid pop-music on the stereo. Then the place will be a hit.