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Sean Murphy

American influencer doesn't hold back in review of Edinburgh Mexican restaurant

A popular TikToker who has just moved to Edinburgh from LA videoed his adventures at trying Mexican food in the city for the first time.

The reviewer, who goes by the name of Ed (with the cleverly titled @ed_in_burgh handle), regularly shares videos of his trips to the capital's restaurants documenting the differences he finds between here and his home city of LA.

And in one viral clip, which has had nearly 130k views, he visits Edinburgh's own Wahaca to see how our Mexican food offering compares to what he would find in the restaurants in southern California - describing the guac in Wahaca as "passable".

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Posting on the site, Ed said: "I went looking for tacos in Edinburgh and found Wahaca Mexican Restaurant. This is my story."

The TikToker can then be seen heading to Wahaca on St Andrew Street, pointing out that's not how you actually spell Oaxaca but seems satisfied that it is how you pronounce it.

Having been told it is decent, Ed adds: "I will take decent because I am in Scotland, not SoCal. Let's go try it."

Happy that they serve Modelo, which he says is the "right beer", he states that the guacamole is "passable", adding that he'll take it nonetheless.

"So Wahaca, what's the verdict?" Ed says as he leaves. "Is it as good as Southern Californian Mexican food? No. Of course not. It would never be."

However, he is happy enough with what he found at Wahaca, he adds: "It does scratch an itch and the guacamole and the tacos are decent enough that I will come back and have them again."

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