I was going to start a thread to ask about not only the authenticity but the spiciness level of the food at SAI. This is tricky because to a degree it's subjective...some people may think one thing but it's may be based on a more limited experience than others or a palate that's used to different tastes. But I'll ask anyway!
I'm from California so we can get good Mexican food here (not everywhere is good, or authentic, but there is some good stuff). But I went to DLR last week, to Downtown Disney and ate at a Mexican restaurant called "Tortilla Jo's". The food was well-prepared in that it was cooked properly and hot (temperature-wise), but MAN, it was so bland!!!! I was putting salsa on it but the salsa was on the bland side also.
A couple days after, I told a friend about this - a Disney fanatic who has been to both DLR and WDW a ton of times. She figures that since both resorts cater to people from so many places around the world and that a bunch of them may not like/appreciate actual spicy food (like what you'd actually get in Mexico!) that Disney has essentially lowered the standard by making the food bland to try and appeal to the masses.
Whatever the case, we'd still like to go to the San Angel Inn. My first question is - how spicy is the food? If you know what *good* Mexican food is, weigh in - does it make you sweat a little? That's what I'm looking for! This:
but not this:
if you catch my drift!
Second question: if the food is well-prepared, but bland, has anyone ever asked the servers if they can either provide some extra-spicy salsa or even ask the chef to spice their particular dish up? I'm out of my depth here...I'm never a prima donna at restaurants...I just eat it and am happy but in this case, since it's a special occasion I'd like to enjoy it to the fullest and not be disappointed. I just feel like if I'm paying for TS (which I'm happy to do) I want to thoroughly enjoy the food. I appreciate the help!
