My husband and I went to CanCun story hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst. What we got…read morewas somewhere in between...
There's something about a rainy Sunday that just calls for Mexican food. We were too lazy to make the trek into Köln, so we decided to give CanCun Story a shot. It's conveniently located on the main street in the Poppeldorf area, an easy 15-minute stroll from Bonn city center, or even faster by bus.
When we saw the menu, our hearts sank a bit: at least 2-3 pages had been ripped/cut out of all of the (very sticky) menus. Cheaper than reprinting, I guess, but it doesn't make a very good impression. Nor did the fact that the food took up only four pages, while the drinks pages (featuring Dan Akroyd holding a skull full of tequila!) rambled on for more than six. Places where alcohol trumps food always leave me a bit skeptical.
Starving at this point, we decided to go for it and ordered nachos with 'various homemade dips' as a starter. The plate we were given was a mound of store-bought tortilla chips covered in burnt cheese. The 'salsa' tasted like ketchup mixed with a dab of Sriracha and the cook should've been fired on the spot for calling the green goo 'guacamole'. Fortunately, the sour cream was edible and masked the burnt cheese taste.
We were pretty resigned to a horrible meal at this point, but decided to order a main course, anyway. Did I mention that we were starving?!?! So, at the advice of the waiter, I ordered the chicken burrito, while my husband settled on the 'virgin burger' (aka veggie burger).
The plates came surprisingly fast, and looked pretty promising. My burrito was a flour tortilla, grilled panini-style, with a side salad and a mound of neon-yellow rice (with carrots and peas mixed in, of course). My husband's burger was not a tofu veggie patty, as written in the menu, but rather a mishmash of mushrooms, onions, peppers, and a few other unidentifiable vegetables. No tofu to be found. He also was served a large grilled corn-on-the cob, with herbed butter.
Believe it or not, the burrito was good. Really good. Not in a Tex-Mex or even Mex-Mex way, but tasty mix of grilled chicken, onions, cheese(!), and peppers. The salad was also tasty, with a typical yogurt-style dressing. I stayed away from the rice, but my husband said it tasted a bit like saffron... or turmeric.
He was also impressed with the burger. It wasn't really the consistency he expected, but he thought the flavors blended nicely, and weren't overwhelmed by the burger sauce you typically get in restaurants. The only downside was that he was pretty sure the vegetables had been grilled with or alongside my chicken, as they had a very 'meaty' flavor. Fortunately, he's a pretty forgiving vegetarian. The corn on the cob was also good, but it's pretty hard to have bad corn on the cob. :-)
Overall, we thought the food was acceptable, but definitely had sticker shock when the total came to more than 40€!! That alone was enough for us to re-think another visit to CanCun story, given the overall experience. I think we'll be spending our money elsewhere next time...