Added: 10/31/2005 |
?Secrets? of a Mexican Restaurant MenuMexican food is extremely tasty and popular. Mexican - themed restaurants are rather fashionable all over the world. The secret lays in the mexican cuisine- spicy, nutritious, exotic and simple at the same time, it attracts thousands of fans every year. Having crossed the threshold of any New York mexican restaurant, one will find himself in the bright world of colors and aromas.
Depending on the level of the place, a Mexican restaurant menu can include pure traditional dishes, or adapted to the European palate food. And it is not accidentally, cause most of mexican meals are rather difficult to eat - they are too spicy. But nevertheless, it is worth tasting, especially when there is such a wide choice of places, where you can do it. These are so called "fast casual" restaurants, where you can have a quick service and food of the high quality at the same time. Totally, there are dozens of them in every city- Taco Bell, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Baja Fresh, Casa Bonita, Taco Bueno - are the most developed and well - known among them. And at least one restaurant of these trade-marks can be found in New York. The most famous are San Loco mexican restaurants, located in Lower Manhattan :151 Avenue A (Between 9th and 10th Streets) , 124 Second Avenue (Between 7th and St. Marks Place) (Original Restaruant), 111 Stanton Street (Between Essex and Ludlow). New York mexican restaurant -San Loco- was also featured in the Village Voice's roundup of the 100 best mexican eateries of the city, San Loco came in at 38. The peculiarity of this mexican restaurant menu is presence of four sauce types (according to the degree of acuteness) -"mild", "hot", "serious" and - the most hot and spicy - "stupid".
Mexican restaurant menu is based on salads, soups, soft drinks, meat dishes, and other items - vegetarian or not. Usual component of mexican food is burrito (meat with vegetables and beans) and its variety: fajita burrito (a burrito with grilled onions and green peppers instead of beans), burrito bol (no tortilla; suggested for people following low-carbohydrate diets). One more traditional part, included in every mexican restaurant menu is tacos- corn flat cakes with different stuffs, both sweet and spicy, soft and hard, cold and hot -it is the basis of mexican food. In addition, new york mexican restaurant serve some types of salsa - a mild pico de gallo, medium corn and green chile pepper based salsas, and hot red chile based salsa. Shredded cheese, shredded romaine lettuce and sour cream can also be served at no extra cost.
Additionally, nearly each New York mexican restaurant has its "secret items"- meals, which are not listed in the mexican restaurant menu, but available by request. It usually concerns stuffing of tacos, some salads and sauses. In fact, it can be any meal, which the owners decided to make "secret", distinguishing regular visitors.
So, now you know enough about mexican restaurant menu, and will order meals with the skill of an experienced gourmet.
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