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Extremeses

Guacamole Fresco
Prepared table-side, al gusto, pico de gallo and  jalapeüo peppers. Served with chips and salsa.

Queso Chipotle
Not just your ordinary cheese dip.

Totopos
Chips and Salsa.

Calamar al Chipotle Dulce
Corn meal-dusted, calamari steak, tomato-chipotle-honey sauce and chipotle rouille.

Queso Fundido
Melted Oaxacan Cheese, choice of housemade chorizo, pasilla-spiked mushrooms or bell peppers. Served with warm flour tortillas.

Tostadas de Camaron a la Diabla
Shrimp, tomato and chile de arbol sauce, pico de gallo, avocado, corn tostada, Guajillo emulsion.


Ensaladas

Tangy Tamarind
Baby greens, spicy, candied pecans, mango, Queso cotija, tamarind vinaigrette. Add chicken.

Ensalada Cesar
Romaine and red leaf lettuce, anchovy, croutons, cotija cheese, Caesar dressing. Add grilled achiote chicken or grilled shrimp.


Platos Fuertes

Mar Y Tierra
Petite filet, Shrimp a la diabla, roasted chile poblano, corn, onion, cotija cheese,Huitlacoche rice.

Filete de Hierro
Pecan-crusted flat iron steak, black bean coulis, roasted corn puree, red chilaquiles, wilted greens, cotija cheese.

Filete de Res Visrey
Filet Mignon, chile guajillo-red bell pepper sauce, Chile spiked potatoes, pasilla-laced woodland mushrooms.

Chuleta de Cerdo
Grilled frenched pork chop, Chile Pasilla-Tamarind moole sauce, mashed baby red potato with chile poblano, onion and cotija cheese. Sprinkled with amaranth seeds.

Pollo Horneado
Baked chicken breast, roasted tomato- jalepeno cream sauce, roasted poblano peppers, corn, onion and, cotija cheese, huitlacoche rice.

Pollo Ancho
Corn meal dusted chicken breast, ancho chile paste, crema fresca, green onions, huitlacoche risotto.

Marbella
Flour tortillas, filled with shrimp, crabmeat, green onion, tomatoes, baby jack cheese, served with a lobster-chipotle cream sauce. cilantro rice, fresh seasonal vegetables.

Camarones Mango-Mojo
Jumbo shrimp, mango, garlic and habanero sauce, mango-infused rice, plantain chips, prickly pear reduction.

Camarones Coco
Jumbo Shrimp, coconut-chipotle sauce, green onions, black sesameseeds, grilled pineapple coconut rice.

Pescado a la Talla
Fresh seasonal snapper, chile Guajillo adobo, huitlacoche rice, chipotle coleslaw.


Fajitas a la Parrilla

Fajitas are served sizzling with onions, red and green peppers. Served with charro beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, shreded cheese and your choice of warm flour or corn totillas.

Grilled Adobo-Steak Fajitas
Grilled Tamarind-Chipotle Chicken Fajitas
Grilled Mango-Citrus Shrimp Fajitas


Specialty Cocktails

Prickly Pear Margarita
Our signature margarita, with a touch of prickly pear fruit and afloat of orange liquor.

Blue Agave Margarita
Sauza tequila, blue curacao, float of orange liquor.

Desert Mirage Margarita
Sauza tequila and rasberry liqour.

Mango Madness Margarita
Sauza tequila, mango, float of rasberry liquor. Served frozen.

Horizon Martini
Malibu coconut rum, Stoli vanilla, cranberry juice.

Sunset Cooler
Absolut mandarin, orange juice, sprite, grenadine.

Conzumel Blue
Skyy citron, Amarreto, blue curacao, sweet and sour, lemon juice.

Sangria
Made with four different variatels, tequila and fruit juices.

 
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