She-la-kills it with the Chilaquiles

The streak is on. I love it when stuff in your fridge gets used up before it goes to waste. My mom today started frying the tortillas for some chilaquiles and she was going to use some mole we have in there, but we are saving that for something else so I gave her some home made spicy harissa. She then threw in a tomato to cut the thickness of the harissa, fried some eggs, and breakfast was served. It went really well with my drip pour over cup of Starbucks organic Chiapas, Mexico (thanks Jason for the coffee).

Taco break

I'm keeping the streak going and I might set a record for 3 blog posts in a row, jajaja. Today Kevin and I had a craving for some street style Mexican fish tacos and thankfully we are in biking distance to Mariscos German, which I assume most of you already know about them. In case you don't, which you should, they are located on the corner of University Ave. & 35th. Growing up in TJ I took this food for granted because there were tons of options and at our disposal, but now I crave them and head straight there.



Today we stuck to the classic baja-style battered and fried fish tacos, and since we wanted to treat ourselves we ordered us an aguachile tostada de camaron. Aguachile literally translate to chile water and by the time you are done eating this spicy, limey, fresh shrimp tostada that's exactly whats left on the plate. Aguachile is similar to ceviche where the shrimp is cooked by the lime juice, but the addition of the chiltepines, the red ball chiles, give it a strong dry spice that makes you crave a nice cold chela or beer. The tostada is then topped with some pickled red onions and fresh sliced aguacate. Needless to say, as we were riding back to crank some more work hours we stopped by the store and picked up some tall boy Modelos, sat in the back patio with the beautiful San Diego sun and worked some more. Not a bad day. Gotta love food, good food that is!

Huevos Ahogados

I gotta say my mom keeps surprising me. This morning Kevin and I were working on our soon tba project, and my mom comes over and drops off a bowl of huevos ahogados, or drunken eggs. I love Mexican food for obvious reasons, but also because it can be so simple, flavorful, and the meal usually was created by the hard working laborers wives who just threw stuff together. These eggs were poached in home made tomato broth with sauteed onions and chipotle. Served with some fresh cut Haas avocados and some warm corn tortillas. Look out day, cos here we come.
Buen Provecho!

Caldo Tlalpeño for lunch

I was hard at work on my laptop blasting throught the many to do's of a current project, when my hunger I could not suppress anymore. I got up to start making myself a sandwich and I hear the best thing from my mom's mouth, "Oh I'm already making you lunch it will be ready shortly". That's right peeps, my mom made me Caldo Tlalpeño. Legend has it that back in the 1920's in the southern town of Tlalpan, right outside of Mexico City, there used to be an area where food vendors would gather around the center of town and sell there offerings to the local workers coming and going. There was a lady called "Pachita" that would offer this delicious chicken soup but with her own twist. She added chipotle, rice, avocado, and cheese, served with some warm tortillas. Gotta love the essence of street food.

Well today, Pachita was my mom. Gracias, ama!