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| - My wife and I saw the restaurant on a replay of an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives yesterday. Neither us had been there before so we decided to make a trip today. Parking is in the back and has several available spots. It is along an alley which has a lot of excellent murals painted on the walls. I highly recommend a walk after the meal to check them out and work off a little of the food.
No chips and salsa in this Mexican restaurant. Instead it is a plate of fresh bread and a tapenade. I saw one review mention it was very salty, and usually everything tastes salty to me. I didn't notice it here. It tasted mostly like pimentos to me. My wife did not like it, but I enjoyed it.
She ordered the Chiles en Nogada, which was a roasted poblano pepper stuffed with chicken, apple, pear, dried apricot and pecans. It was in an almond cream sauce and the plate had some pomegranate seeds as well. She enjoyed it and I was able to negotiate a couple of bites as well. The sauce was creamy and a nice balance to the fruits inside the pepper.
I ordered Cochinita Pibil which was pork marinated in achiote and sour orange, wrapped in a banana leaf and slow roasted overnight. On top of that was pickled red onion and Yucatán-style pico de gallo. The pork was the size of a Sunday pork roast and the banana made it so tender it fell apart at the touch of a fork. I'm a big guy and I couldn't finish half of it - fortunately a box home held the rest.
The one thing that might be surprising was the price. It was a little more expensive than I thought when I walked in. I thought maybe $10-$12 per plate, but both of ours were over $20. The bill for the two entrees and a fountain coke (my wife had water) was $51.00. But it was very good and definitely worth it. I would like to try the horchata, which the menu states is award-winning. So it sounds like a repeat trip will be necessary.
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