Location: north of Nago, in Iramina. Take the 58 north from Kyoda, get through Nago, and keep travelling north past the entire Motobu peninsula. The road that goes to Yagagi island is the Makiya intersection. Keep going, the next light is the Iramina intersection. Turn right, and take the small road on the left instead of a sharper turn right. There is a sign there for Tejas. At the next decent-sized street, turn right (a sign indicates this turn as well). There is a white 2 storey house on your left decorated with christmas lights and the Tejas sign. This is it. Park in front or on the street, let yourself in the gate, and enter.
Hours: 12-3, 6-10, closed Tues and Wed http://tejasmc.blogspot.com/
Cesar and his wife run this side business from their home. He is a Texan of Mexican descent and cooks up Tex-Mex food using whatever he can source locally. He grows his own chiles and cilantro in season, and goes to some trouble to import Negra Modela and Dos Equis beers (600-800Y each). We had the enchilada and soft taco sets, both 1200Y. The enchiladas were pretty good, with a flavourful sauce and not too much cheese. The beans were reminiscent of a mild vegetarian american-style chili, heavy on the tomato paste. The salsa was decent, although lacked any kick likely due to the jalapenos being out of season. The soft tacos were made with flour tortilla, seasoned ground beef, lettuce, and shredded Monterrey jack cheese, so very typically american tex-mex. Our preference is for mexican tacos, which are made of grilled corn tortilla, more heavily flavoured meats (or rajas), onion and cilantro, and several different varieties of salsa. Still though, you have to commend him for trying to produce food containing ingredients that are simply not available on Okinawa. House wine was 550Y a glass, Orion 600Y. His blog also discusses specialty cocktails and seasonal desserts. Best part was he lit us a candle and played Vincente Fernandez as we dined. Que romantico!
