Unfortunately, on a busy Friday night, they were not able to make it fresh table-side, but they did make it fresh at a guacamole station, and in a traditional molcajete (basically a heavy stone mortar). It was served with warm, fresh, crispy tortilla chips, which were so good they could have been eaten solo.
The guac was SO DELICIOUS!! I am a huge fan of avocado, and an even bigger fan of a good, fresh guac, so I appreciated this very much. It was creamy and had the perfect balance of salt and lime.
I ordered the Chiles Rellenos -- two roasted poblano chiles, one stuffed with mixed Mexican cheeses, spinach, raisins, and pine nuts; the other with shredded braised pork, served on a roasted tomato broth, Mexican rice, and some fried plantains. I know in the picture above, the dish appears like a mushed mess. But, it was quite good!! I liked the braised pork chile the best (who doesn't like tender, fatty braised meat?), and the other one was pretty good, too. The plantains were soft and delicious!
One of my friends ordered the Carne Asada a la Ole -- a 10 oz. sirloin steak with grilled tri-color peppers, served with frijoles charros, salsa fresca, and guacamole. This dish also came with fried plantains (yum!). The guac was served on a piece of radicchio, which I thought was pretty creative. It was a lot of beef, but it was tasty!
We also ordered a couple of platillos pequenos (small plates), including Tacos a la Ole -- grilled citrus-chile chipotle chicken breast on handmade corn tortillas topped with grilled orange-pineapple salsa. Yum... I love any combination of sweet and savory!
It was a delicious meal... especially the guac!! I will be sure to go back. Soon.
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Tableside guacamole sounds so neat! I hate being served canned or week old guacamole dip with my chips. Almost as good as a tableside flambé! I wonder if any Mexican restaurants around here offer the same idea...
ReplyDeleteI love guacamole, in fact, I just picked up two avocados at the market today so that I can make some.
ReplyDeleteI think I just died and went to heaven. WHERE is this amazing place? that chiles rellenos looks to DIE for! LOVING all the cheese!
ReplyDeletebtw, the messier my food, I think the tastier it is! haha!
This meal looks wonderful. I adore guacamole and now I think I need to make some ...
ReplyDeleteThe entire meals looks fantastic. Love the tableside ... must also serarch out restaurants.
I love fresh guac (especially authentic guac), so if I lived around you, I would be a repeat customer to Ole! Also, I just gave you an award, so feel free to pick it up at my site!
ReplyDeleted'teem awesome blog! Remember not to let the waitress take away your seemingly finished bowl of guac. You can always break chips to form the perfect conture for maximum guac-scraping goodness.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great meal! My mouth is watering just thinking of that guac!
ReplyDeleteI am starving and that looks wonderful! p.s. I am plain old whitey but we have family of the heart which are a Viet family, I have learned a shitload of Viet Recipes :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great-looking Mexican meal! Love guacamole made this way. :D
ReplyDeleteChiles rellenos is one of those things that I never crave unless mentioned somehow. Which means that I want it right now. Everything looks great.
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