Better Mexican food...
Nov. 19th, 2011 04:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
figarofigaro1There's been a long-standing lament in our house, and we're not alone: Vermont doesn't have good Mexican food. And by Mexican we are super inclusive: Tex- Mex, Cali-Mex, New Mex-Mex (that was good in Northern Virginia of all places). Recently several spots have opened up in and around Burlington that have addressed the lack of choices for Mexican food, but have not really improved the scene very much. The newest place, in Winooski, probably wins for best Mexican in the area now (stealing the title from the chain, Moe's).
So mostly when we want good Mexican, we do it at home. And one of our favorite home treats is fish tacos. Sometimes we get all fancy and do some sort of sautéed or broiled fish, other times we go more home-style and do fish sticks. (I know! Fish sticks! I should go put that on my list of guilty pleasures.) But two fish sticks on a warm soft corn tortilla with some coleslaw, some sliced green olives, and some tomatillo green salsa is pretty darn good and pretty close to the fish tacos we used to get in Southern California. That's what we ate last night. We fancied it up with some crushed avocado because we're like that sometimes.
And, to be sure, the Mexican food scene in Burlington is a whole lot better twice a month on Saturday mornings, to the tune of Colorado-Mex. Our very good friends at Half Pint Farm are doing breakfast burritos and enchiladas at the Burlington Winter Farmer's Market. We've sampled breakfast burritos with green salsa (described here) and the cheese enchilada plate today. Both were excellent and HPF would easily win best Mexican in the area except they lose points for only being available at the Market in winter.
We have high hopes for the new taco place that is to open in the old Sadie Katz space, run by the Farmhouse Tap and Grille folks. Fingers crossed!
And in case you were wondering, in the "Red salsa versus green salsa" debate, I fall wholly and completely into the green camp.
So mostly when we want good Mexican, we do it at home. And one of our favorite home treats is fish tacos. Sometimes we get all fancy and do some sort of sautéed or broiled fish, other times we go more home-style and do fish sticks. (I know! Fish sticks! I should go put that on my list of guilty pleasures.) But two fish sticks on a warm soft corn tortilla with some coleslaw, some sliced green olives, and some tomatillo green salsa is pretty darn good and pretty close to the fish tacos we used to get in Southern California. That's what we ate last night. We fancied it up with some crushed avocado because we're like that sometimes.
And, to be sure, the Mexican food scene in Burlington is a whole lot better twice a month on Saturday mornings, to the tune of Colorado-Mex. Our very good friends at Half Pint Farm are doing breakfast burritos and enchiladas at the Burlington Winter Farmer's Market. We've sampled breakfast burritos with green salsa (described here) and the cheese enchilada plate today. Both were excellent and HPF would easily win best Mexican in the area except they lose points for only being available at the Market in winter.
We have high hopes for the new taco place that is to open in the old Sadie Katz space, run by the Farmhouse Tap and Grille folks. Fingers crossed!
And in case you were wondering, in the "Red salsa versus green salsa" debate, I fall wholly and completely into the green camp.
