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| - Well ... it's time for our periodic "let's-go-eat-someplace-that-isn't-the-Nest" visit. I had a lunch at Cantina Laredo one time when the Orchid visited her favorite retail establishments in Tivoli Village, and thought rather well of it, so we decided this would be this month's stop.
As it was when I visited solo, it was bright, cheery and looked a little trendy. It was much noisier than I remembered, but (a) it was Friday night, (b) there was Olympic coverage on half of the TVs, and (c) there was pre-season American football on the OTHER half of the TVs. So, we just gutted up and dealt with it.
When I was here last, I ordered what I THOUGHT I remembered as a chimichanga, so I asked for it again. (Due to a food allergy, I asked for NO avocado or guacamole products in any of my food.) The darling Orchid, with her food sensitivities, asked for the mildest sauces possible (NO heat if possible), and asked if pinto beans could be replaced with black beans. (When I got the check at the end of the meal, I noticed that Eric, our server, had noted on the ticket "FOOD ALLERGY -" and the nature of our requests. Nicely done, sir.) The requests for modifications were honored, and pleasantly.
The food itself ... Orchid's appetizer, something they call "Top Choice Guacamole" - tableside preparation. You can ask for customization ... add this, leave that out ... she loved it. Her entree - an enchilada plate with avocado, something-else-starting-with-the-letter-"A" on a bed of spinach, was very much to her taste. (When you go, it's the last item in the column of "Enchiladas" on the menu.) My chimichanga was decidely not what I remembered, but it was on the lunch menu and not on the dinner menu, so either the dinner chef makes them differently or I just plain remembered wrong. (At age 60, this is not beyond the realm of possibility.) It wasn't bad, just not what I was expecting.
Will we be back? Probably. Will it be soon? Maybe not. There are too many other places we'd like to try.
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On the Nighthawk 100-point scale: 76.
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