Vatos Urban Tacos

Tacos in Korea!!

We just had our 11th wedding anniversary (I do have a frickin amazing wife!!!) and for dinner I searched "fun places to eat in Seoul." The most popular place to pop up was "Vatos Urban Tacos", in Itaewon, a part of Seoul with a much more Western feel to it. The joint was packed (I took this as a good sign) so we found the host stand and were told an hour wait. Karen wanted a "big ass" margarita she had the "Grow a pear" (so many jokes here, did I mention I love my wife!), as we approached the bar two seats opened up next to a couple of guys in the military and had a fun conversation with them. So far the people we have meet here are kind and so helpful with anything you need. Once a group of us where looking for a subway station and we were lost(no big surprise there) and Megan asked this older man for directions. Well he didn't give us directions... he walked us to the subway station a good 10-15 minute walk and it was hot(like hot, salsa HOT!)this is how the Korean people are, this is everyday that we are embraced by kindness. Ok, back to Vatos, we started out with some chips and salsa the red was a little more spicy then the green. The green was more like a chimichurri sauce.  

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We came here for the tacos, Karen ordered three of the Chili Lime Shrimp(see above picture with her big ass margarita) fried shrimp with red onion, pico, cilantro and a lime-cilantro sour cream. I was starving so I ordered two of each of the following Carnitas taco with cilantro, onion and hot sauce. Galbi short rib(Korean BBQ) taco with Asian slaw and last but not least the Chimichurri chicken tacos with salsa and lettuce. Karen liked hers and my favorite was the Galbi taco. As with many of the portions over here they were small (ok maybe normal compared to the US) Overall, we were very pleased with the food and experience of Vatos Urban Tacos and I will go back for more. BY the way, I love my wife!

One funny sign... (Karen is amazing!)