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| - Loud music + delicious food. Finally tried La Carnita last week and we sat at the window to avoid the 45 min wait. The first time I came around, I was ignored by the server who didn't even take my name down; luckily this time service was better.
Started with the Mexican Corn - already salivating from the smell of the chili powder. Love the cream sauce and chili powder on top of the sweet corn.. really good, I could even use more sauce!
Started off with 4 tacos to share:
In Cod We Trust - first off, I love the tacos. They are sooo soft and thin. The fish was very large piece, crispy fried and soft inside. Liked the crisp red cabbage and apple on top. Spicy sauce.
Beef Cheek - ate a whole one myself! good combination of the soft beef, creamy avocado and spicy jalepeno makes this one of the more mild, mellow tacos.
Carnita - I didn't think I liked mango salsa until I had this. It is just so fresh and sweet, really makes the taco flavors stand out!
Special of the day - crab cake on tostada. I love the crispy tostada! Didnt really like the crab cake though, a bit mushy for me and couldn't taste crab.
Then we decided might as well try the rest of the menu!
Pollo frito - I was hesitant to order this 'cause fried chicken sounds so plain and less popular, but it was the best of the night! The chicken was so well done - perfect crisp bite size pieces, moist inside. Also worried the peanut mole would be heavy, but overall the combination of hot sauce with just a touch of peanut was amazing. Topped off with fresh tomato salsa, it was just a wonderful combination of such different flavors that worked so well together.
Tostada de Ceviche - just loved the tostada so much had to order another one. This one is more of the fresh, Mexican flavor with the creamy guacomole, tomato and cucumber. Couldn't taste much fish (tiny bits) or coconut milk though, but still enjoyed it.
Was stuffed at this point but had to order dessert:
Churros - Crispy with the best cajeta.. I just ate the churro to eat the cajeta.. smooth delicious caramel.
Key Lime Paleta - super cute little popsicle. Lime flavor is just right (not too overpowering or sour), topped with graham cracker crumbs (a bit too much on that though)
Overall, a great delicious dinner!! Fav is the Pollo Frito, but really, everything was good.
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