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| - Dined at Valle Luna while visiting AZ. The restaurant was pretty busy, especially for a Thursday night. The parking lot was pretty crowded so I took that as a good sign. Inside, the place was very dated, it reminded me of the type of Mexican restaurants we would go to in Los Angeles back in the 80's. Our server was friendly and attentive. She was helpful with suggestions, and when my daughter did not eat her sliders because she did not like them, she kindly offered to replace her meal, and in the end, it was taken off the bill. They kept the chips and salsa coming, and those were pretty good! Now, the meal itself was unfortunately not so good. I ordered a cup of chicken pozole and a chile relleno a la carte. I realize that different dishes are prepared different ways depending on the region of Mexico that they are made in, so I was especially curious to try the pozole. While it wasn't bad,
I didn't care for it. The broth was rather greasy and the chunks of tomato in it seemed odd to me. Like I said, not bad, but it just didn't taste like the pozole I am used to. The chile relleno (although I must say that 2 other members of our party had the same and they really enjoyed it), was not the best I've had. It was drowned in a sauce that reminded me of canned tomato sauce and covered in an excessive amount of cheddar and white cheese. I hate yellow or orange cheese anywhere on my Mexican food! I also overheard the waitress describe their queso fundido, saying that they use a jalapeƱo cream cheese mixture for it...this is not queso fundido. Well, I can see how this place would be popular with people who are accustomed to eating their Mexican food covered in yellow cheese, but this is not authentic Mexican food...not in my opinion.
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