Imagine you're a North Bama boy, born and raised. On a playground is where you spent most of your days. Hanging out, relaxing and acting all cool, eating Mexican food outside of your school, when a bunch of employers, they were up to no good, stopped employing people in your neighborhood, you couldn't find a job, and you got scared, and said I'm hopping a plane ran by Korean Air.

You're bound to miss some food from home. That's just the way it goes. Some of the food you can make yourself with some shipped in supplies. (My mom sent me grits. I love my mom!) But there's some food that there's just not a substitute for. It's a shame really. You with all of this extra income from not ever having to pay rent, and all you want is a burrito that doesn't try to be "fusion". It's a conundrum. Especially since everything that makes "Mexican" food in the states (cheese, sour cream, beef, tortillas, beans, chillis) are either expensive or hard to find in Korea. What's a man to do?

Well, I'll tell you. A man gets himself to Daejeon. He finds a place called Don Enrique. He walks into said restaurant and he orders himself some food. Then he eats this food. Not because he has to, or because it's the thing that every other foreigner is doing. He does it because this is easily the BEST Mexican food you'll get in this country.

Daejeon's got a couple places like that. House Grill? Best burger you'll get in this country. There's a bakery that's only in Daejeon that all the South Koreans rave about. If I could remember the name of it, I'd tell you here. Now we've Don Enrique. It's delicious. No, scratch that. It's AMAZING. If you like authentic Mexican food, man up and get yourself to Don Enrique. You'll probably see me there. I'm kind of addicted to their burros. Also everything else on the menu.

But what makes this food better than your standard run of the mill Mexican restaurant in Korea? First, it's authentic. The burro (which is a play on the term burrito. A burrito literally translates into a little donkey. These "donkeys" are full sized and stuffed with cheese (noticeable amounts of Mexican blend) onions, rice, and CHUNKS of beef. None of that shredded nonsense. This is the beef that's for dinner.

If the burro isn't your cup of tea, then check out the Mexican brunch complete with what is essentially huevos rancheros (eggs and chorizo) as well as several other dishes featuring eggs and real Mexican ingredients. There's even a Gringa, which should please the white Americans who enjoy Mexican food made to order.

All jokes aside, this place is great. If you're in Daejeon and you're not stopping through trying to enjoy this Mexican food, then something is wrong with you. Clearly.

If you're stateside then...I guess just pretend like this never happened?