From beefy tacos to top tequilas, TOM PARKER BOWLES reviews Taquero, a new hot spot in Nottingham By Tom Parker Bowles For You Magazine Published: 12:01 BST, 10 August 2024 | Updated: 12:01 BST, 10 August 2024 e-mail View comments If Sat Bains likes the place then it must be all right. At least that what’s I thought when I saw that fine chef’s Instagram post about Taquero, a Mexican restaurant not too far from his eponymous Michelin two starrer. So off I set, past the English inner-city melancholy of vape stores, betting shops and Greggs , to Hockley, ten minutes from Nottingham train station, which very much seems the place to be.
This is where the action is, where you can find anything from ramen and sushi to Goan fish curries, Shanghai dumplings, Jamaican jerk and Neapolitan pizza. Most are independent, as are the shops flogging bongs and macarons, goth rags and vintage trainers. The seafood cocktail has ‘pert, beautifully cooked prawn and octopus’ Taquero, light and bright and airy, sits right in the middle, and is nearly packed on this Tuesday lunch.
A very good sign, along with the sweetness of the service, a decent range of mescal and tequila and a choice of three micheladas. If you find these beer, lime juice and hot-sauce cocktails on the menu, you know you’re in the right place. Throw in five homemade salsas – ranging from a clean and verdant verde, through a nutty, gently spicy macha to a sharp, hot and fruity habanero beauty – and things are looking .