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I'd order any roasted pork dish at Ay! Caramba without hesitation, it's that good. Although I began with the best of intentions, I must admit I only finished half of the dish, but did enjoy the leftovers for breakfast the next morning.
All of this food was washed down with some excellent limeade, and you really shouldn't drink anything else there with your meal, unless, of course, you want to choose from a couple of excellent Mexican beers, Dos Equis or Corona, or move up the shelf to one of their excellent margaritas. There are many versions of margaritas to choose from, including hibiscus and strawberry, with thirty ( 30 ) different tequilas to choose from, also. You can't go wrong with the limeade, though, made fresh, and refilled often during our meal.
Our luncheon on the next visit was an adventure, also. There were five of us, and we chose from all over the menu. Our beginning was the nachos grande, tortilla chips topped with cheese, ground beef, beans, jalapeños, olives and sour cream. It was a generous plate, but with five of us it did not last long, and it was good right down to the last sliced olive. Going around the table, we enjoyed a pork burrito, chile verde burrito (sauteed pork in a green chile sauce, with pinto beans, lettuce, tomato and cheese), two fish tacos (white fish lightly battered and fried, then drizzled with Ay! Caramba's special sauce, with minced onion and cilantro), the flautas, and chicken enchiladas (baked in homemade guajillo chile sauce). In other words, we ate up, and took home what we couldn't finish at the table.
Portions are generous, and the entrees come with a choice of two among rice, beans and sauteed vegetables. As mentioned above, the plates and utensils are plastic and the napkins are paper. In other words, this is a very casual place. It's also very reasonably priced, with the most expensive entree at $13.95. My burrito was $7.95, and I got two meals out of it. In fact, all of the burritos are $7.95 except for the bean burrito at $6.95. The tacos are either $2.50 or 2.75 each, and two or three make a meal, whether it's the marinated char-grilled beef, or the marinated char-grilled chicken, or the roast pork, fish or tuna. Side dishes include the beans, rice and vegetables, as well as an excellent, house-made guacamole, and I'd recommend you try this at least once.
Sweet endings are worth a try here, too. We enjoyed a coconut flan and a three milk cake on our last visit, and if they are available on your visit, get one of each. The flan was smoothly textured and nicely flavored, with the coconut accompanying the flan rather than overwhelming it. The cake was moist and rich, their three milk cake . . . . tres leches, as you'd refer to it in Mexico, and the three milks: condensed, evaporated and whole or skim. If I were you, I'd bring some of my burrito home so I would be sure to have room for either one of these desserts - - oh, wait a minute, that's what I did. Well, you should, too.
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