We tried Iceland's new Chiquito range - but how does it compare to the real thing?

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Most shoppers are aware you can now pick up your Greggs goodies from Iceland, but it's not the only chain the supermarket has teamed up with.

From Harry Ramsden's to TGI Fridays, the retailer has a rapidly growing list of exclusive brands and among the most recent additions to its freezers is Chiquito. It's been many years since we'd been to the Mexican restaurant itself and our children, aged 13 and 11, had in fact never been.

So of course we had to head there first to sample the delights before comparing it with the supermarket version. We're a chilli and fajita-loving household and although we favour varying degrees of spice - from zero to bring it on - I was confident we'd be able to find something we all liked.

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The menu was actually a lot bigger than I remembered, covering everything from nachos and tortillas to burgers and steaks. I think we took our love for halloumi sticks a little too far ordering three lots, but in our defence the portions - five generously sized ones with each serving - were much bigger than in other places we've eaten.

The nachos were a treat too, again a generous portion perfectly displayed with just the right amount of each ingredient. The real beauty of eating out is being able to order exactly what you want, exactly how you want it and with the 'build your own' tortillas, that means you get to 'spice it your way' from BBQ or mild, to hot or even volcano.

But it was no big deal making changes to anything on the menu - our waitress totally unfazed by our 'no cheese on that', 'extra cheese on that' requests. As full as we were, it was the same friendly waitress to blame for