Tragically Frijolles has stopped serving anything decent to drink with their delicious tacos no Rouge no Koedo. When I asked the owner gave me some BS about switching suppliers. You can now only get Carlsberg draft with your tacos. The disappointment of this change has prompted me to find a new favorite restaurant in the area.
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There was a palatable static in the air. An unspoken message passing back and forth between the customers lining up outside Frijoles, the small Azabujuban restaurant, for lunch. The message was simple, “tacos!”.
For those who have not had a chance to dine there yet. Frijoles is a hip mexican lunch type place. The menu consists of Tacos, Burritos, Fajita Burritos, and Salad. From there you choose between grilled chicken, carnitas, steak, and vegetarian as your meal moves down the line, finally choosing from the usual assortment of salsas and toppings. The prices are in the 1000 Yen range, and its well worth it. The carnitas is juicy, the steak is well marinated, and the salsas are reasonable approximations of what one might get closer to the border in the states, making it worth a bit of a detour to get there.
As if that was not enough, the restaurant also stocks macro pilsner beers, which get destroyed by any kind of spice, but a beer from both Rouge and Koedo brewing. The Rouge Dead Guy Ale is a great pairing, and really shows what beer can do with food. Its a Mailbock beer, a lighter version of the dark lager bock with a more substantial hop presence. After the first bite of mexican deliciousness the dark, caramel flavors in the beer join hands with the meat and do a little flavor dance. While this frivolity is going on the hot salsa attacks and, backed up by the bitter hops, makes a delicious assault on the tongue, bringing out the flavor in the heat. Finally, the heat is repelled by the sweet malt and the carbonation cleans off the palate, leaving you excited for more. All this for a mere 600 Yen extra.
It is great to see a bit more variety of quality mexican in Tokyo, and even better when it has a few great beers to pair with. Hopefully the chain will be expanding soon, you can check out their website here and their Facebook page for more information.
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