baja fresh east simi valley catering menu

I often feel like I have moved into the cookie cutter world of chains here. I was very disappointed to not find the same plethora of tasty Mexican treats in Ventura County. Like if I was in the mood for cilantro or spicy or some other spice that I didn’t know the name of but was very pervasive in the restaurant’s dishes. When I lived in Sonoma County (actually Humboldt County too) there were so many hole in the wall, authentic Mexican food joints that I had them broken down into categories like best vegan, best carnitas, best tacos but even more so I got to know what spices each restaurant used the most. I’m not a famous food critic 😉 so I don’t know how to word this exactly, but when you talk about Mexican food how do you describe the overall or predominate flavor? See I don’t think those words are right. Apparently “I Can’t Drive 55” didn’t rake in the dough he thought it would. PS: Sammy Hagar can kiss my ass if he thinks I’m going to pay $140 dollars for his lousy-ass tequila. They only use fresh meat and vegetables and it really shows. There was nothing I didn’t like and I will definitely add it onto the list for a return trip. They have a big screen, beer on tap and pretty good food.

I highly recommend the beef burrito for anyone that likes shredded beef. The tortillas were fresh and the pico de gallo is packed with wonderful ripe tomatoes and onions. I was really able to get the true flavor of everything and the shredded beef was excellent. I went with the basic shredded beef burrito, which contained just the beef and pico de gallo. Spice that up a bit, give it a little more zing and it would have been great.

In addition, the red enchilada sauce they use is too bland and needs a kick. You get a lot of great white meat chunk chicken. The cream based salsa had a great pepper and chili spice to it. Their other two salsas, the verde and the rojo, were typical. Their salsas were ok, the cream based salsa being their most flavorful. It was also a taste I wanted to keep trying, so I’m beginning to think their chips are laced with something. Here is what’s odd, their chips had this odd burnt taste to them, but they were not over-cooked. The first thing to attack here is the salsa and the chips. Two big things in the world of Mexican food. It’s Corporate Mexican, which is an enemy to traditional Mexican food. If there is no cervesa, then it’s not Mexican. The most important rule of anywhere they serve Mexican food is that there should be cervesa. I’ve never been a big fan of the Baja’s and Rubio’s of the world, because to me it’s too processed, there’s no originality in the flavors. This is actually more along my lines of how to get Mexican food – a la cart. If you go, just be wary and pay attention to the variety of burritos and tacos. This is one of those places you need to make sure you read the menu because you could order something like a burrito only to find there is no rice or cheese. I ordered the chicken enchiladas and a shredded beef burrito and hoped for the best. They have a pretty full menu and a good amount of traditional flavors, as well as some new stuff. Inside it looks more like a friendlier Baja Fresh or Rubio’s, however the people behind the counter are much nicer. Just needed the sand and the little kids sellin chicklets Anyway, on to the review… Cabo Beach Grill – Ventura Telegraph/Victoria Plus, you can enjoy it more when the old people try and sell you silver, bottles with your name on rice and hemp chairs. You’ll be away from most of the people and snacking on great shrimp tacos and coronas. It sounds odd now, but it will become clear when your there. If you ever go on one of those vacation cruises and you get to the port of Puerto, find the nearest cab and have them take you down to the left a few miles, to the beach at the base of the hotel. They not only gave you platters of shrimp tacos, but they set you up a table with an umbrella right on the beach. I hit up this little taco stand in Puerto Vallarta that had shrimp tacos for a buck a piece, plus Coronas for the same. They over-charge you and give you the El Torito type stuff. I enjoy testing it out.īy the way, as far as eating in Mexico, stay away from the touristy stuff. I was curious if this place actually had that touristy, beach-type food or if it was just a name. I ate at some local joints, as well as some touristy spots like Sammy Hagar’s joint. Most of the food there is ok, but not great. I’ve eaten in Cabo San Lucas before I’m not sure I’d use them as a reference for a restaurant.

Baja fresh east simi valley catering menu