Tomatillo is an unusual crisp flavour. The small green Mexican fruit, essential to salsa verde, brings a tangy brightness that tomato can’t match. Putting it on tortillas signals genuine Mexican cuisine knowledge rather than Tex-Mex approximation.
M&S gets credit for the choice.
The tomatillo tang is present and correct, that distinctive sour-green flavour that makes Mexican salsas distinctive. The jalapeño adds familiar heat, bridging the unusual with the expected.
The corn and sweet potato base is interesting. Different textures, different sweetness levels, creating complexity that single-ingredient tortillas lack. It’s an engineered product, but well-engineered.
For the Mexican food curious
If you know what tomatillo is and want it on a crisp, these deliver. If you don’t know what tomatillo is, you might find the flavour confusing. There’s a knowledge barrier to full appreciation.
Authentic-adjacent innovation. M&S stretching beyond safe territory.
