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Baja in July
Hi,
Daughter & boyfriend will be in Cabo for a friend's wedding in early July. They'll extend their trip in and around La Paz and Todos Santos. They love to eat but don't have a large budget. Any recs for restaurants in those locations that are open in July, have good food and are more Mexican than Californian priced. Thanks!
Unique Restaurants near Hotel Marine Plaza in Mumbai
Hi Everyone,
Wife & I will be touring both North and South India for four weeks in March and plan on eating regional specialties wherever we are. We end up in Mumbai for our last two nights and are staying at the Hotel Marine Plaza. Any recs for unique restaurants in the vicinity.
Even though we may be a bit tired of Indian food by then, I think we want to stay with that genre (although Thai, Malaysian, etc. would be o.k. too). We also want to stick with stand-alone restaurants that attract mainly locals rather than five star hotel tourist magnets.
Much Thanks!
Need Santa Fe/Albuquerque Guidance
Hi Erich and all,
Sorry for any confusion. What I guess, I meant, was something more "refined/creative/challenging" than the traditional Mex/New Mex we'll be eating (and loving!) at Sadie's in Albuquerque (maybe), El Sombrero in Gallup and Orlando's in Taos. Coyote, Anasazi, SantaCafe, Compound, etc. seem to take it a little further toward high end 21st century generic American than we might want to go.
The Casa Sena Cantina menu has a few non-traditional choices (chorizo stuffed pork, green chili cheese polenta, crabcakes w/mango chipotle sauce, etc. and a few potrentially interesting takes on standards like enchiladas and quesadillas. For reasons listed, wouldn't go to the main dining room, but the Cantina w/entertainment seems like it could be good food and fun. If Casa Sena food is far inferior to the others listed let me know as we certainly don't want to "waste" a dinner on mediocre food.
BTW we've decided to do Zinc our next (and last) night in Albuquerque, so we should get a moderate high end fix there.
Thanks Again Chowhounds!
Michael
Need Santa Fe/Albuquerque Guidance
Hi everybody,
Thanks for the Albuquerque recs. I think I have plenty to go on. I'm still not there yet on Santa Fe, as La Choza/Shed seem like the same downhome Mex/New Mex that I've been eating. What about La Casa Sena Cantina. Their menu has some upscale choices and there's the entertainment as well? Thanks again!
Michael
Need Santa Fe/Albuquerque Guidance
Hi Chowhounds,
Another trip, another chowhound dilemma. This time wife and I are taking our 20 year old chowhound daughter for a 4-corners/Taos/Santa Fe road trip before she heads back to the books. We all love southwestern/Mexican food, but are staggering our dinner choices so we eat it about every other night. So far we have:
Dinner 1 in Albuquerque near Old Town - Crepe Michel or if we're too late, Sadie's.
Dinner 2 in Gallup - El Sombrero (might have chosen Jerry's but it doesn't serve alcohol)
Dinner 3 in Durango - Steamworks Brewing Co. for Cajun Boil
Dinner 4 in Taos - Orlando's
Dinner 5 in Taos - Bravo (or The Apple Tree)
Dinner 6 in Santa Fe - ?
Dinner 7 in Albuquerque near the State Fair/Airport - ?
For Santa Fe we'd like to do something New-New Mexican, but don't want to go so upscale that it just becomes another high end dinner like those we can get in San Francisco where we lived, or San Diego where we now live (FYI, if you're ever down here and have a bundle of money try Blanca in Solana Beach. It's run by Michael Mina's executive chef and is off the scale good). Recs like Coyote Cafe, Geronimos, Anasazi, etc. would seem to fall in that category--a little bit too refined for what we want. What might be some possibilities that are above Sadie's/Orlando's/El Sombrero, but not not so "trendy" that the food's no longer southwestern?
And for our last night in Albuquerque we'll be wandering around the State Fair in the afternoon early/evening and would probably like a dinner choice (could be anything as long as it's good) that's not too far from there or the airport and would be a nice chowhound cap to our trip?
Much Thanks!
Madrid, Lisbon, Seville
Hi Chowhounds,
Later this month my wife and I are heading off to Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Although we do like "high end" food, what we're looking for in this case are good low/moderate places reflective of the local cuisine/ambience.
In Madrid we're looking for three places that serve a good variety of tapas. I don't think we want to eat standing around a bar, but rather at a table and with a menu of available tapas. Suggestions?
In Lisbon we want to go downtown (Barrio Alto?) for a fado restaurant where we can eat fairly good local food and listen to some fado singing as well, but not too late into the evening. (We'd prefer to start eating/listening no later than 9 pm or so.) For our other night we'd like if possible, to stay close to our hotel which is a couple of miles north of downtown near the Roma metro station. There is supposed to be a theater/restaurant district right nearby. Any suggestions for restaurants near there?
What are the best place in Seville for sampling local Andalusian cuisine? If there are tapas served that would be a plus.
Much Thanks!
Michael
