Stew Battle of the day! (Mexican or Mexican't)

Today post is all about the best and the worst Mexican restaurant in Antwerp by our personal opinion. We chosen two restaurants that gave us a personal impression.

Today is the battle between Tropicos and Gringo's Cantina!

We start with our favorite called Tropicos. If you like Mexican/Brazilian food and your staying in cold Belgium this is the restaurant to be! You start of with warm chips served with guacamole. Than order crispy tacos that are filled with a good taste of beef and sour-cream. We also recommend the Brazilian ribs  that are served with sweet and sour sauce and real Brazilian beef Picania! You have a huge choice from different cocktails with mojito, bleu curracao, tequila, etc... The restaurant gives you all the good vibes of Mexico and Brazil combined. Also the restaurant gives you welcome feeling and waiters are always happy to help.


This is our rating: from 1 to 5
Environment: ****
Food: ****
Service:****
Price: $$$
This restaurant gets a 4 out of 5 stars on the Stew Scale! Everything is amazing only its a bit pricey.
Don't get scared of the pictures the appeal on the photos that we took is not great but trust us the food is to die for!

Feel free to visit!:Voor info en reservatie: 03 231 99 64

                                       Adres: Van Cuyckstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen


Gringo's Cantina had allot of costumers in the weekend. They do not take any reservations so there is a possibility you can wait over 90 minutes at the bar. We had a feeling that this place has a good reputation.  The inside of the restaurant had a cute design like it was all hand crafted. It is nice but did not has that Mexican touch. When the waitress came she told us we couldn't do any changes on the menu. We started off with still water and a mojito. It wasn't bad but after a first sip we know we had better in other restaurant's. Off course you can not review a restaurant without ordering food. We ordered enchilada and some guacamole on the side. At first it looked all good but it was strange to eat guacamole out of a plastic container. The food was not that satisfying. We left feeling full but not happy.

Feel free to visit:

Adres: Ernest van dijckkaai 24  2000 Antwerpen

This is our rating: from 1 to 5

Environment: ***

Food: **

Service:**

Price: $

This restaurant gets a 2 out of 5 stars on the Stew Scale! We would not recommend this place but we had to try it for our lovely readers. But as Latin food lovers we would always come back to Tropicos for our cravings.

Fabiola Antwerp

First place in Antwerp that serve croque monsieur all day! 

FABIOLA!

Vruuum Vruuum!!!!

 Vintage ladie’s loafer

Vintage kid's shoes

 Prada Spring 2012

 Prada Spring 2012

Prada Spring 2012

A pair of vehicles for your feet! Car shoes existed from a while back. So Prada is not the first one to come up with this idea, well maybe they did it in more elegant way. But let’s face it who would dare to wear them anyway?   

Sneak Peak Spring/Summer 2012

Marni

JCrew

Jil Sander

Prada

Rochas

Etro

Fulton

Diesel

Jil Sander

Derek Lam 

Philip Lim 

Derek Lam

Acne

Acne

Sonia Rykiel

Burberry

Giorgio Armani

Marc Jabobs

Mulberry

Blugirl

CBenz

Costume National 

Costume National 

FENDI

K. Walker

Philip Lim

Prada

United Bamboo

Marni

Jil Sander

This is for our Ladies readers, what to expect in Spring/Summer 2012. I know we are just getting into winter season and it might be to early to talk about warm seasons but if you are going over your closet now to put away summer clothes and to maybe thinking of getting rid of some summer things as least you will know what would be great to keep for next warm season. Here is a little trend sneak peak from clothes to accessories; Get ready for a lot of brights, combinations of multi pastel colors, bright  floral and geometric prints. Pastel color Sequence tops, semi-sheer knits and metallic yarns. Feminine and delicate feel all thought out collections for Spring/Summer 2012. I say a lot of looks are very 1950s inspired, great time to hit a good vintage store for some of these looks! 

Early evening breakfast ?

Fair Food cafe.

Goat-cheese salad with apple 

vegetable omelet 

You like breakfast but you were parting or working all night or you have no job and you are not an earlybird? You can go to Fair Food! They normally have breakfast till 12:00 PM but most of the times ( like today) they served us till 05:00 PM. We had like a 'Boeren omelet' (omelet with tomatoes, paprika's and mushrooms including healthy dark bread on the side ), salad with goat cheese and apples , coffee and thee. It's not a Michelin restaurant but its defiantly a good cafe that you leave with a satisfied feeling. For the food mentioned above we paid around 30 euros. They have also 3 kind of soups and different kind of salads. All food is organic.

The place itself has rather a vintage feeling. For the summer they have a nice sitting outside. Its on the antique shopping streets so it perfectly fits in the  environment. In the cafe they sell organic products like beer, orange juice, liqueur,........

If you ever want to visit it...and if you do, let us know...

Fair.food

29, Steenhouwersvest 2000 Antwerpen (Antwerp)
Belgium