Amor en la Cocina
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📋 Menu
Salads
Baja California Norte - Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, Parmesan & garlic croutons. (The Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico by Caesar Cardini when he ran short on ingredients).
Chef's Salad
Lettuce & cabbage mix, tomatoes, avocado, cilantro, cheese, carrots, cucumbers, red onion, chipotle vinaigrette.
Appetizers
Aguascalientes - Flautas
Four crispy rolled chicken tacos, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, & guacamole.
Tortas
Toasted telera bread, meat, beans, cheese, tomato, lettuce, sour cream, & guacamole.
Burrito
Stuffed with rice, beans, onions, cilantro & meat.
Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla with melted Monterey jack cheese, and meats, served with sour cream & guacamole.
Queretaro - Sopes
Two crispy sopes filled with beans and meat topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream & guacamole.
Durango
Slowly melted cheese, with chorizo or mushrooms, served with flour tortillas.
Sonora
Five mini taquitos served with charro beans, onions & cilantro on the side.
Soups
Tlaxcala - Tortilla Soup
Hearty chipotle & chicken broth, topped with braised & shredded chicken breast, tortilla strips, cheese & avocado. (In the Nahuatl language, Tlaxcala means - tortilla. And this is the best way to represent it).
Estado De Mexico - Caldo Tlalpeño
Wholesome chicken broth, with braised chicken breast, chickpeas, cheese, chipotle & vegetables.
Guerrero White Pozole (weekends Only)
Menudo (weekends Only)
Jalisco - Carne En Su Jugo
Melt in your mouth beef stew/soup with beans, bacon, cilantro, onions & radish. (With 50+ years of tradition, this dish holds a Guinness world record for the fastest dish served at 13.5 seconds, in Guadalajara).
Tabasco Puchero O Caldo De Res
Rich & hearty beef broth with a medley of seasonal vegetables, served with rice.
Traditional Plates
Puebla - Chile Poblano Relleno
Fire-roasted poblanos stuffed with queso fresco & Monterey jack cheese, topped with house-made ranchero sauce. Rice & beans.
Chihuahua - Carne De Puerco En Salsa Verde
Slowly braised pork cooked in our house salsa Verde. Rice & beans.
Michoacan - Carnitas Plate
Flavorful slow-cooked (fried & stewed) tender pork. Rice & beans.
Mexico - Enchiladas Mexicanas
Salsa Verde, crema, & salsa roja enchiladas, in honor of the Mexican flag. Choice of braised chicken or cheese. Rice & beans.
Guanajuato - Enchiladas Mineras
3 enchiladas covered in our love sauce "Salsa Amor" stuffed with melty cheese. Carrots & potatoes.
San Luis Potosí - Enchiladas Potosinas
3 enchiladas covered in our love sauce "Salsa amor" stuffed with slow-braised shredded chicken, topped with sour cream and avocado. Carrots & potatoes.
Hidalgo Barbacoa (only Weekends)
Slow simmered beef cooked in Harmony of savory flavors
Coahuila - Cortadillo Norteño
Slowly stewed beef cooked with potatoes, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers & a side of rice & beans.
Oaxaca - Chicken Mole
Charbroiled chicken breast smothered in our house-made almond mole. Rice & beans. (Mole is very popular in several states, but it is the state of Oaxaca that has about 7 different moles. Such as; green, red, coloraditos, amarillito, Negro, chichilo, and manchamanteles).
House Specialties
Veracruz - Pescado A La Veracruzana
Grilled & poached mahi-mahi steak finished in olive & caper, tomato-based sauce. Served on a bed of vegetable white rice.
Yucatan - Cochinita Pibil
Marinated pork gently roasted for up to 6 hours in banana leaves. Melt in your mouth, flavorful, delicious!
Zacatecas - Asado De Bodas
Wedding stew. Pork shoulder slowly cooked in our sweet, sour, & spicy "Special sauce".
Seafood
Campeche - Coctel De Camaron
Fresh gulf shrimp, avocado, jalapeño, jicama, cilantro, and red onion, in an authentic Campeche cocktail sauce.
Nayarit - Camarones A La Diabla
Charbroiled gulf shrimp grilled, then finished in our house hot sauce served with vegetable rice & fries.
Quintana Roo - Pescado Empapelado
Fish fillet gently steamed in a chipotle sauce, wrapped in banana leaves, and topped with cheese. Served with vegetable rice.
Colima - Aguachile
Fresh gulf shrimp cooked in a mixture of chili, lime & red onion. Finished with cucumber, jicama, and avocado & served with 2 tostadas.
Baja California Sur - Fish Tacos
2 fish tacos, fried in beer batter served in homemade tortillas, fresh pickled cabbage, tomatoes & chipotle mayo.
Sinaloa - Tacos Gobernador
2 charbroiled shrimp tacos cooked with pico de gallo & chipotle sauce. Served in homemade tortillas with cheese & side of vegetable rice.
Grilled
Morelos - Cecina Plate
Salt-cured sheet of beef served with rice, charro beans, sour cream, avocado, cheese, & cactus.
Tamaulipas - Carne A La Tampiquena
Tender marinated steak cooked to perfection served with a red cheese enchilada, rice & charro beans.
Nuevo León - Arrachera Plate
Charbroiled marinated tender steak & chicken breast. Cooked with onions & bell peppers. Served with rice & charro beans.
Breakfast (From 8 to 12pm)
Huevos Rancheros
2 eggs cooked, served with crispy bacon, topped with ranchero sauce.
Huevos Divorciados
2 eggs cooked. One smothered with ranchero sauce & one with tomatillo sauce.
Chilaquiles
Crispy tortilla chips, cooked in your choice of chipotle, traditional red or tomatillo sauce. Covered in sour cream and fresh cheese.
Ham And Eggs
2 eggs scrambled with local ham.
Chorizo And Eggs
2 eggs cooked with highly seasoned ground pork.
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Torta
Toasted telera bread served with beans, Monterey jack cheese, bacon & scrambled eggs. Topped with sour cream.
Breakfast Burritos (with Beans)
Breakfast burrito with beans. Choose from potatoes & egg, chorizo combos, huevos variations, or classic meat & egg fillings.
Huevos A La Mexicana
2 eggs, scrambled in pico de gallo (tomatoes, onions, serranos, cilantro).
Arrachera And Eggs
2 eggs cooked, served with marinated beef flap meat.
Side Orders
Rice
Beans (refried Or Charros)
Beans served either refried for a creamy texture or as charros, a traditional Mexican recipe with pinto beans stewed in a spicy tomato sauce.
1 Chile Toreado
Chips & Salsa
Guacamole
Sour Cream
À La Carte
Tortillas
Cochinita Pibil Taco
Cochinita pibil on corn tortillas, choice of regular or masa.
Carnitas Taco
Carnitas Taco: Shredded seafood filling, choice of regular corn or masa tortillas.
3 Enchiladas
Three enchiladas filled with your choice of braised chicken or cheese, served à la carte. Seafood cuisine twist.
1 Taco Meat
Drinks
Cafe De Olla
Orange Juice
Mexican Coke
Aguas Frescas
Jarritos
Canned Soda
Choice of canned soda: cola, diet cola, or lemon-lime.
Cafe
Cafe Decaf