Mike's Mexican

[jacko 8,762]

There are few pathogens that get you sick in 2 hours. Certainly not E.Coli for which you'd take a quinilone like Cipro and which would give you the trots. You didn't say what violently ill means, assuming vomiting that would not be a normal symptom of E.Coli (which comes on 24-72 hours anyway - not two). That explains why Cipro didn't work.

 

If you ate chicken it could be Salmonella , nope, that is more like 8 hours to a day to come on. Not two hours.

 

Staphylococcal toxins are fast acting, sometimes causing illness in as little as 30 minutes. Symptoms usually develop within one to six hours after eating contaminated food. Patients typically experience several of the following: nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. The illness is usually mild and most patients recover after one to three days. In a small minority of patients the illness may be more severe.

[Gary 4,100]

I'm not a Mexican food lover but two of my friends are and insisted on going to Mike's. I was outnumbered so I went too. Both friends insist that Mike's is better than Tequila Reef. As far as my food, I found it pretty bland.

[Bullfrog 2,224]

As far as my food, I found it pretty bland.

 

I tend to agree..for both of these and the something Parrot......The food isn't even worthy of the name Tex Mex..

[knortyboy 150]

I've eaten at TR many times and whilst it's not perfect I've always enjoyed it and never considered it to be expensive.

Couple of months ago upon recommendations from several people I went to Mikes. What a huge disappointment. Small portains and very bland. Two friends I was with agreed and I/we don't plan to return.

[mrlasvegas 124]

Um.... who adds Tabasco to salsa, no matter how bland?

I do. I go through a bottle or two of Tabasco a week at home. It is a habit I picked up living in Mexico.

[RhinoTusk 4,901]

I tried Mikes for the first time last week and was disappointed. I ordered a combo plate, burrito and taco, with refried beans and Mexican rice for 250 baht. I still prefer the Blue Parrot , but like the mango margaritas at TR.

[alias 111]

I do. I go through a bottle or two of Tabasco a week at home. It is a habit I picked up living in Mexico.

 

The Mexicans use American hot sauce?

 

[jacko 8,762]

I do. I go through a bottle or two of Tabasco a week at home. It is a habit I picked up living in Mexico.

Mine was drinking tequila (none of that salt and lemon crap, with a side glass of tomato juice) a habit that set me back a few years. Edited August 16, 2011 by jacko

[LocalYokul 177]

 

who adds Tabasco to salsa, no matter how bland?

 

I put in Habanero sauce

 

 

 

I am headed out to Taco Bell right now!

 

P.S. and of course i will be picking up some Dos Equis to wash it down!

 

If you're able to get Dos Equis beer you might as well get real Mexican, like a Carné Asada burrito or some rolled tacos in guacamole.

 

 

 

The Mexicans use American hot sauce?

 

They might as well, since there are more Mexicans in America than there are in Mexico, but to be more realistic they do use other brands, mostly El Yucateco with either Japapeno or Habanero chillies

[LocalYokul 177]

err, Jalapeño , not Japapeno...

[nutosf 49]

I went to Mike's last night with friend from Atlanta. He had huevos ranchero and I had chicken burrito. We also had chips, salsa and guacamole. Every thing was good. Service was good. My friend had a margarita and says they are the best he has tasted in Thailand. Overall would recommend and I am planning on going back.

[LocalYokul 177]

Best margarita I've had in LOS was at Coyote, next to the entrance to Soi 33 Suk. in Bangers.

[tko 219]

I had one of my worst chilies ever a few years back at T.R. it was more like a bowl of soup ! The girl i was with ordered a Thai dish, we had a basic drink each and a bill of around 500B i have not been back since.

Has the place changed hands, or did i just catch a bad night ?

 

Happened to me at TR several years back as well. Chili flavored broth with a little bit of meat in it. Another time a couple years later my wife, who'd become a real cajun food fan since we moved to the states, tried their blackened red fish and was very disappointed. I don't know that I'll try them again.

 

Where is Mike's?

Edited October 20, 2011 by tko

[RhinoTusk 4,901]

Where is Mike's?

on the way to jomtien, on the left, down a side street.

Mikes Mexican

Edited October 21, 2011 by RhinoTusk

[gerry53 1]

I have eat at Mikes Mexican about twice every month for the last year and have never been dissappointed. I usually order one of the combination meals and find them tasty and very filling. The atmosphere and ambience is nice and the service is always great. It is on a quiet street so parking is never a problem either. If I have to sprinkle a few drops of a hot sauce to spice up a mexican (or thai) dish it is no problem. Restaurants can't please everyone by making it too hot - easier to add the heat later if possible. Usually a customer from the southern USA is going to want a hotter meal than a Scandinavian - you can't please everyone all the time.

[captcraig2 120]

Every decent Mexican restaurant I've ever eaten in has always had both mild and hot salsa upon request. Having been born and raised in So California I know good Mexican food and you can almost always tell how good the food will be by the chips and salsa.

Edited October 25, 2011 by captcraig2

[jacko 8,762]

Every decent Mexican restaurant I've ever eaten in has always had both mild and hot salsa upon request. Having been born and raised in So California I know good Mexican food and you can almost always tell how good the food will be by the chips and salsa.

So is the stuff in Merida and Hermosillo crap or what?

[Depx 0]

What is the name of the place on Soi 7?

[jacko 8,762]

What is the name of the place on Soi 7?

Tequila Reef?

[nkped 1,208]

Mike's is a nice change of pace. You're not in El Paso so you have to adjust your expectations but you have to do that at times in the U.S. when you are away from the border. Fot those staying at the Residence Garden, it's an easy walk up the hill and there is a sign on Thrappaya so you can't miss it.

[tomcat76 327]

Staphylococcal toxins are fast acting, sometimes causing illness in as little as 30 minutes. Symptoms usually develop within one to six hours after eating contaminated food. Patients typically experience several of the following: nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. The illness is usually mild and most patients recover after one to three days. In a small minority of patients the illness may be more severe.

 

Funny, I've heard others (who happen to work in the restaurant trade usually...) make these same claims about how it takes 24-72 for a bout of food poisoning to kick in (thus lifting the blame from their own establishments, and pretty much making it impossible, if you buy it, to figure out WHERE the poisoning came from!), and it's just not so. Maybe not as little as 2 - but it can definitely come on in less than 24! 'Couple of years ago had a burger at a place in BKK (catering to a mainly farang crowd), WITH lettuce & tomato, I was foolish enough to eat the produce, and felt the symptoms beginning to come on only about 2 hours later while walking around up at the weekend market. By about the six hour mark, I was cramping up; and by the 10 hour mark in a whole lot of pain. It lasted through the night, and gradually let up during the course of the following day. No vomiting; no fever; no diarrhea - just really bad cramps. Same thing happened to me a couple of years later after eating a ham sandwich from a Mexican place in AC - onset was more gradual, cramping not quite as bad but longer lasting. Maybe personal biochemistry can have something to do with the onset rate, but I'm here to tell you that it DOESN'T have to take 72 hours! (And I only have to have or hear about a single encounter to cross a place off my list, ESPECIALLY if I start hearing about how it couldn't be THEM because it would take a few days!) Go ahead - say what you will - each reader has to decide for himself.

[jacko 8,762]

Funny, I've heard others ........ cut

Yes, that was the point of my post, and it was in italics to show I lifted it from some trusted source. I have had my share of problems caused by food, and symptoms have varied quite a lot, the symptoms sometimes taking an hour or two, sometimes 24 or more. No point my trying to figure out what 'category' to put it in except 'I don't like it' and 'I'll blame the kitchen'. Edited November 25, 2011 by jacko

[Gary 4,100]

I get some sort of allergic reaction from those green mussels. I was deathly sick three times before I pinpointed exactly what was causing the problem. Apparently there was nothing wrong with the mussels because the people I was with ate them and had no problems.

 

About four hours after eating them, each time I was naked on the bathroom floor with the door locked because I had it coming out of both ends.

[tomcat76 327]

I think it's certainly true that some guys can eat almost anything and survive, others just plain have silk stomachs. I know what my limitations are in this respect. My question is: is there any degree of "resistance" you can get to the same food-born illness once you've encountered it? Even if not absolute, will a repeat performance with some of these bugs maybe not be as bad as the first time? Probably a stupid question. Chalk it up to wishful thinking. These bugs must be real deathstars though to be able to survive the acid environment of the human stomach. (And if you've ever had any acid reflux, you KNOW we're talking about real acid!)

[bigdelta 46]

That is funny because I lived in Merida for a year and also spent 2 years in LaPaz and Cabo in Baja.Tastes vary by region but some of the comments about salsas here are amusing.I never stopped to eat in Hermosillo,just passed through,so I can't comment.The Yucatan area is a different ball game than the remainder of mainland Mexico,from people to taste preferences.But I have to agree somewhat with an earlier post that said you can generally judge a Mex restaurant by its chips and salsa.But in Mexico,prepare yourself for some seriously thick chips,which like.

 

 

 

So is the stuff in Merida and Hermosillo crap or what?