Say It Three Times Real Fast, and Lick Your Lips: La GuerrerenseLocation: Ensenada, MexicoIn our opi
Say It Three Times Real Fast, and Lick Your Lips: La GuerrerenseLocation: Ensenada, MexicoIn our opinion, making delicious food is as simple as finding the right combination of fresh ingredients to pair with tasty, spicy, innovative sauces. La Guerrerense tostada stand in the heart of Ensenada gets that equation right every time. We should know, we only ate there five times in three days. The cart is the brainchild of Sabina Bandera, a petite woman with close cropped grey hair and a smile from ear to ear. She reigns over her empire of street food and packaged salsas, maintaining military order so that raw shellfish can be shucked à la minute, tostadas drizzled with oil-based cacoa nib salsa, and cocteles of pismo clams doled out to devoted fans. If you’re not into raw seafood like sliced scallops and sea snails, you’re crazy, but, there are cooked options as well. We fell for the smoked fish paté tostada, with a flavor profile that was completely different from what you expect in Mexico - meaty smoked fish is stewed in a tomato base with green olives, onions, marjoram and oregano, to make a deep, complex spread. After all, we are just south of California, so olive trees grow here, and olive oil is the staple cooking oil. The seafood selection changes daily, but you can always count on those thrilling salsas. Our favorite was a bright orange pineapple sauce, and an oil-based salsa macha, made with whole peanuts and crushed dried chiles. This is not your mother’s salsa, but instead, a whole new texture and eating experience. We were so inspired, we created a Mexican Chile Oil. Lucky for you, it’s available now on our Destination Salad menu. -- source link
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